# Heavy Eyebrows

By [jer979](https://paragraph.com/@jer979-2) · 2025-07-10

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I have a yoga teacher who is fond of saying “Eyebrow Check.”

She knows that we unconsciously carry around a lot of stress there.

Or at least I do.

When I check on them, I wonder, “how can something that is so small and so seemingly insignificant be so damn heavy?”

I understand now that they are the carriers of some part of my ego, my defenses.

Which part? I am not sure.

But it’s something that is seeking to protect me from some imagined emotional pain.

Maybe it’s the fear of getting caught off guard or taken advantage of.

I don’t want to look like the fool-or view myself as a fool-so the eyebrows serve as the shield.

That’s a lot of burden to put on such a small body part.

And it drags down my entire face and makes my head feel heavier.

Lighten the eyebrows and lighten the load.

We all play the fool sometimes anyway.

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