Compassion within restraint. Sometimes we're asked to respond—not react—in ways that go against our usual habits. To hold back, stay still, or restrain ourselves. Other times, we’re called to speak, act, or show up for what we truly believe in, even when energy, faith, or motivation feel far away.Finding compassion within restraint means saying no to old patterns that don’t serve us in this moment — not with harshness, but with loving kindness. With a gentle smile. With a softening body that still stands steady. It means meeting tension with tenderness.This session offers space to touch those moments with care and to cultivate loving determination.We’ll begin with slow, heart-focused breathing to soothe the nervous system, then move into a short guided meditation to anchor into the body and gently return, again and again, to the present — restraining the mind with compassion, not force.“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”— Viktor E. Frankl