the Gayatri

I sat facing the sun today and closed my eyes. 9 Oms then 27 rounds of the Gayatri. It's associated with the sun and speaks of holy radiance we all adore. As I did my best to focus on the exact pronounciation, the English meaning and the beads in my hands, I could see, almost literally, warm orange parts of myself open up. It was the coolest thing! And I had a realization:

My counselor once told me that it is okay to take up space in the world.

But there's no way I could ever really do that until I learned how to take up space in myself.