Category: Feeling Safe

Somatic self-love is an alchemical process of bringing our essence down and into our bodies.

Releasing Resentment for More Joy: Somatic Self-Love & CPTSD Recovery

Abuse and any mistreatment can lead to intense resentment, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Learn how somatic self-love and recovery from CPTSD can help you move forward and release resentment so you can find more joy in life… For those of us who experienced childhood abuse, resentment can feel “good.” When we’ve…
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CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks and How Somatic Self-Love Can Help

Discover how somatic self-love can help provide relief from emotional flashbacks associated with CPTSD, and learn how to begin your journey towards recovery and thriving. What is CPTSD? CPTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) is a condition that can result from prolonged exposure to traumatic experiences, such as abuse or neglect. One of the key symptoms…
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Safe and Grounded: Somatic Self-Love Practice for Toxic Shame

Toxic shame can be a particularly insidious form of trauma, as it often develops slowly over time and can be challenging to identify and address. Somatic Self-Love can be a helpful tool for releasing shame and promoting greater self-acceptance and self-compassion. Toxic shame refers to a pervasive and long-lasting feeling of shame that is deeply…
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Somatic Self-Love for Integration and Agency: Embodied Expression

Childhood abuse impacts our nervous system and sense of self. When we experience abuse as children, our early development can be affected in ways that shape our neural pathways and relationships with our bodies. Trapped Energy Limits Discernment This early abuse and the resulting trapped energy in our bodies (trauma) creates a state of dysregulation…
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Breaking The Barriers to Somatic Self-Love by Releasing Cultural Programming

Cultural programming: a powerful yet invisible force that shapes our thoughts, beliefs, and actions, often without us even realizing it. It seeps into our lives through various channels – from the media we consume to the values imparted by our families and even the religious teachings we follow. As we navigate our complex world, these…
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How Somatic Resourcing Can Help Create More Somatic Self-Love

Exploring somatic resourcing to soothe your inner critic, get out of perfectionism and foster heartfelt growth and transformation. Learn how this body-based practice can help you unlock the healing power of self-love…. What Is “Resourcing? Somatic resourcing is body-based tool that identifies and cultivates internal and external resources that can help individuals feel safe, grounded,…
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Somatic Self-Love Pendulation Exercise Tuning into the Natural Rhythms of Life

The Pendulation Exercise can foster more somatic self-love by helping you tune into your body’s natural rhythm and develop a more profound sense of connection and appreciation for yourself. By focusing on the natural rhythm of contraction and expansion in the body, the Pendulation Exercise can help you become more attuned to the physical sensations…
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Body Scan for Somatic Self-Love

Body scan meditation is a practice that involves bringing attention to different parts of the body in a systematic way. It is often used as a relaxation technique and can help individuals become more attuned to the sensations in their bodies. During a body scan meditation, the individual lies down on their back or sits…
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