December Sadhana

✨ Come See Us in the Good Light — A Month of Embodied Kindness ✨

There are moments in life when a story touches us so deeply that it rearranges something inside us—quietly but undeniably. The documentary Come See Me in the Good Light is one of those stories.

It’s a film about humanity in its rawest, most luminous form: the threads of grief and joy, the ache of being alive, and the extraordinary capacity we have to meet one another with presence, tenderness, and courage.

Watching it feels like being reminded of who we truly are beneath the noise—soft-spined, brave-hearted, and built for connection.

Why This Film Matters Right Now

We live in a world hungry for gentleness, for people willing to slow down long enough to witness each other. This documentary invites us to do exactly that.

And from that place, I’m inviting us—our little corner of community—to not just watch, but to practice the message.

🌿 A Month of Embodied Kindness This Holiday Season

For the next month, let’s commit to small, somatic expressions of kindness—acts that don’t bypass our bodies or our boundaries, but instead roots us deeper into ventral vagal connection, compassion, and presence.

Here are some ways we might practice:

Slow Presence

• Take three extra seconds in every interaction before responding.

• Let your breath rise and fall through your ribs before your words rise to meet another person.

Micro-Gestures of Care

• Offer genuine warmth to the people who often go unseen—cashiers, delivery drivers, neighbors, janitors, bus drivers.

• Let it be simple: eye contact, a thank-you, a soft smile.

Kindness Toward Your Own Body

• Practice one act of self-attunement each day: a gentle hand to your chest, a long exhale, a stretch, a glass of water sipped slowly with awareness.

Repair & Reach-Out

• Send a message to someone you care about.

• Apologize where you need to.

• Tell at least one person something you appreciate about them.

This challenge is not about being perfect. It’s about re-patterning the nervous system toward connection, humanity, and compassion—one breath, one moment, one gesture at a time.

Inspired by Andrea Gibson

There’s a moment from Andrea Gibson’s writing that I keep thinking about—a moment that feels like the heartbeat of this challenge.

In the piece, Andrea describes receiving devastating medical news. Their world tilts, the floor drops, and their breath becomes something unfamiliar. And yet—walking out of the doctor’s office, they still lift their eyes to greet the nurses at the desk. They still hold the elevator door for strangers.

Not because everything is okay.
Not because they’re pretending.
But because even in the moments that shatter us, a part of us still reaches toward the world with tenderness.

It’s a reminder that kindness is not the opposite of pain; sometimes it’s the companion that helps us carry it.

Your Invitation

Watch Come See Me in the Good Light this month—with someone you love, or alone with a soft blanket and a warm drink.
Let it soften you. Let it challenge you. Let it open a new kind of listening inside you.

And then:
Let’s practice being the kind of people who greet the nurses, hold the elevator, breathe slowly, and offer a small good light to the world—especially on the days we need that light ourselves.

I love you all. xx

Jeanine