Difficult Emotions: Soft Belly, Steady Earth
This Meditation is inspired by the teaching of Stephen Levine, and the neuroscience of Lisa Feldman Barrett. The belly, or gut, plays a central role in how safe or threatened the body feels. Through constant signals related to energy, metabolism, the stress system, immune system, and internal balance, it is one of the primary ways the body communicates with the brain about what matters and what doesn’t. When the gut is tense or on high alert, sensations elsewhere in the body are more likely to feel urgent, overwhelming, or painful. When it is softer, steadier and less defended, the same sensations can be experienced with more space and less suffering because the nervous system is receiving quieter signals of internal safety. Through awareness of gravity, space, and a softening belly, you are invited to see how easing habitual holding can change your relationship to stress.
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