Yes, I know what you think of me. Never shut up. Never shut up. Never shut up.
She gets you on her wavelength. Grab my purse and hitch the ride with Mrs. Jesus. Welcome to Never Shut Up.
I'm your host Rose Kress. Today is March 28th and 29th of 2026. Welcome to the weekend. We are talking about Tori's cover of Suzanne by Leonard Cohen and Mrs.
Jesus from Scarlet's Walk. Taken together. And I'm going to take these two songs together because it's the weekend and that's how we do things on the weekend. Taken together.
And the songs are about other people setting us free. Leonard Cohen sits down with Suzanne and invites him in and makes tea and he shares and she simply sees him and hears him and that's healing for him. And then Scarlet, she hitches a ride with Mrs. Jesus and you know if they have a conversation and Mrs.
Jesus, well Mrs. Jesus is listening to her. He's the masculine aspect of listening and receiving and holding space and compassion. And so when we feel seen and heard by somebody, this allows us to open and unfold.
It allows deep release. It may be one of the greatest gifts that we can offer another person is to truly see them, to truly hear them. For those of us that have had the privilege of sharing something deeply personal with Tori, even if it's just in a letter and then she plays your request or maybe it's in conversation with you, Tori is somebody who exemplifies what it means to hold space, to really listen and receive and see and feel you. True compassion is about seeing others without judgment, listening without judgment.
It's about seeing ourselves without judgment. Seeing to ourselves without judgment, listening to our bodies without judgment. Maybe you need to put the icy hop on your hip and rather than judging yourself for that, that's simply a thing that's happening right now. So our practice for this then is Padma mudra and as this is a mudra that uses both hands, you won't be able to drive while you're doing this.
So we'll bring the palms into a prayer position at the heart and then keeping the heels, the base of the hands, the thumb and the pinky finger touching, open your middle three fingers. So your hands take on the appearance of a flower that is opening and breathing with this. Nice simple, easy breaths in and out, no forcing, no directing, simple breathing. Imagining here that you have that lotus flower, your hands are that lotus flower.
And the center of that lotus flower is compassion, the light of compassion, which is now shining on your face. The seeds of compassion are always within us, they're planted in our hearts and with a little bit of nourishment, they grow and they bloom. So each breath getting deeper as we honor this compassion within our heart. Passion is self acceptance without judgment.
It's honoring who you are and where you are today. We don't need to get into a conversation about what needs to change or how the world needs to change. It's simply that sense of welcoming, welcoming yourself in for tea. Let's have a cup of tea together.
Let's listen. It's welcoming your body. What needs attention in your body right now? What in your body needs to be seen and heard?
Maybe it's, oh, I need to go back to bed and rest or maybe I want to go to yoga class, maybe I have to get outside and move my body, maybe I need to get some sunshine, some vitamin D. Whatever the case is, listen, welcome with compassion. And when you're ready, feel free to release your hands. If the eyes were closed, allow them to find the horizon.
And thank you for joining me and Tori for a little mental yoga. And remember, five minutes a day is so much better than 60 minutes once a week, especially if that five minutes a day is spent listening to Shash, which I know is more than five minutes long, but oh my God, it's so good. All right, I'll see you on Monday. Bye.
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