Everyone needs to learn to take care of themselves—and to help care for others. To support this, each culture needs to create body-centered rituals and practices that promote self-care and collective wellness. These practices, too, need to be passed on from person to person—particularly from parents to children. • These practices help our bodies to slow down and settle. They help us have fewer and less intense reflexive responses. And they help us give more energy to love, compassion, and regard. • You already know what needs to be at the center of all these efforts: an individual and
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