PURPOSE: Developing embodied dignity sustains a vital nutrient and enables us to be present in challenging situations, particularly money situations.

PREPARATION: Reflect upon your relationship with dignity. Is dignity something you seek from the outside or cultivate from the inside? Consider our desire for respect from others; note where respect arises. Practice Belly, Heart, and Spine 5 Minute Try It to be familiar with these three body centers.

Minute one: With familiarity with the three body centers, ground your seat on the chair and root your lower torso through the earth. Focus your attention on your spine. Gather interest in your spine.

Minute two:  Gently roll your sit bones forward and back to emphasize the interest on your spine. Interest will grow to appreciation. Notice the movement, openness and a pleasant welcome to your spine.

Minute three: Appreciation will grow to admiration. The spine elongates and expands from the top behind the head and rooting down through the tailbone.

Minute four:  Admiration builds into confidence. Self-confidence grows with deeper roots and a wider spine – nourishing dignity.

Minute five: Confidence embodied in the spine creates a reliable source of dignity. Notice what stage of dignity development you embody: interest, appreciation, admiration, confidence or embodied.

Complete your practice by giving attention to your spine and experiencing directly the benefits of dynamic dignity.