In part two of a series on giving and receiving, host Jodi Rose Gonzales explores why receiving is often so much harder than giving, and why learning to receive might be one of the most generous things you can do. Drawing on yoga philosophy, personal reflection on the vulnerability of receiving, and powerful imagery, this episode invites you to practice the inhale: allowing yourself to be filled, held, and nourished by life rather than just powering through it.

Key Takeaways:

1. Receiving Requires Vulnerability—and That's Why It's Hard
2. Learning to Receive Is Generous Toward the Giver
3. What You Block When You Can't Receive

Art Journal Prompt:

Create an image of your vessel—what you're here to receive. Write a word or phrase inside it naming what you're ready to receive.

Journal prompts:

• I have been blocking this because...
• If I let this in, I would feel...
• One small way I can practice receiving this week is...

References:

• Aparigraha (non-grasping) from yoga philosophy's yamas
• Episode 49: Hope in Community—the empty ornament story
• Research on the giving-receiving cycle and relational wellbeing