How lighting a candle can help you when fear makes you feel unstable
septiembre 4, 2025
Loneliness and grief can feel like invisible weights pressing on the chest. The silence of an empty room, the absence of a loved one, or the restless nights when the mind replays memories again and again, these moments sink not only into the heart but into the body itself. The chest tightens, sleep disappears, the throat feels blocked. Lighting a candle in these times is a way of saying: I allow myself to be held, even in my pain.
Grief is not linear; it comes in waves that the body carries. Sometimes through heavy breathing, other times through tears that arrive without warning, or in a body that feels drained and without strength.
Loneliness also has a language: the ache in the heart, the emptiness in the stomach, the weight on the shoulders. None of these signals are punishments, they are the body’s way of asking for tenderness. Lighting a candle is a way to offer ourselves that tenderness, to create a silent companion that reminds us: light still exists, even in the deepest night.
Light your Embrace candle in a quiet space. Place both arms around yourself, giving your body a gentle self-hug. As the flame burns, whisper: “I am held. I am loved. I am not alone.” Let the warmth of the candle remind your body that even in loneliness, there is always connection, first with yourself, then with the world around you.
What does your body feel when grief or loneliness visit? How can you embrace yourself with kindness in this very moment?
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