Turning Toward & Learning To Self-Soothe

A common way individuals seek to improve their current state is through distraction and avoidance. While both distraction, avoidance and fleeing difficult experiences and emotions have their place, when we rely too heavily on these strategies, we do not learn the skills that allow us to transform the underlying hurts that continue to resurface. As Carl Jung said, 'Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.'

Turning toward yourself in moments of dysregulation, insecurity and fear is a way that we go through instead of around. The only way out, is through. By going through our despair, anguish, our deepest fears and shame, we can cultivate deep self-insight into courageousness that acts as a tether to self-trust. This course will teach you skills to turn toward yourself in difficult moments and build a branch that you can reach for in times of challenge.

Leçon 1: Polyvagal Theory Introduction

This is a short introduction to how the autonomic nervous system unconsciously assesses threats or safety in your environment, in your relationships and yourself. Get to know your nervous system and learn self-regulation skills through self-awareness and self-compassion.

Leçon 2: Unmet Needs And Your Nervous System

What your nervous system constitutes as cues of danger are going to be specific to you and the unmet needs during your childhood, your personal traumas, your inherited predispositions, intergenerational trauma and your life’s experiences. Listen to this track to reflect on your stuck points and sensitivities.

Leçon 3: Sitting With Emotions

One of the ways you can learn to turn toward yourself and self-soothe when you are dysregulated is by sitting with yourself in times of distress or when emotions are asking for your attention. Learning to turn toward yourself will enable you to increase your capacity to cope with the inevitable challenges that life brings.

Leçon 4: The Path Meditation

Welcome to this practice which is drawn from the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model to help you access Self-energy and turn toward some of your parts and your Self. The Path Meditation is meant to give you the experience of being with what is defined as the Self in IFS.

Leçon 5: Turning Toward Yourself In Yoga Nidra

Take the time to rest, regulate and self-soothe through Yoga Nidra. When you rest in a conscious and intentional way, you show yourself that you can be with yourself and soothe yourself through compassionate attention rather than avoidance.

This practice will aid you in a faster recovery from dysregulated states as it provides a way to safely connect to yourself.

Reviews

This course was exactly what I needed. I am so grateful for your valuable teaching Rachelle. Your voice is soothing to listen to and your insights provided me with new ways to connect with myself through the sympathetic, dorsal and ventral systems, by recognising which one I am in and to show compassion towards myself. Thank you so much 🙏💫💗

What a gift! Thank you so much for offering these practices.