Today we're going to be exploring one more EMDR resourcing technique.
These resourcing techniques are built to be tools in your tool belt to reach for during your daily living when you recognize you could use some regulation and support And today the resource we will be adding to your tool belt is the idea of a protective figure.
So wherever you are,
Just go ahead and find a little bit more comfort in your physical body.
Whether that's a taller spine,
A gentle tuck of the chin.
Any light little movements that your body is asking for.
Letting yourself take what you need here.
Finding just a little bit more comfort and allowing yourself now to turn towards the breath.
For a few breaths here.
Slowing the breath,
Easing it in and out of the body,
Starting to recognize that there is no rush here to get to the next breath.
Letting the mind start to relax as the body becomes a little bit more here.
And now starting to think of a figure from your present or past.
That you associate with protection.
This can be a person,
An animal,
Real or imagined,
Spiritual figure or even someone from a book or a movie.
Taking all the time you need,
Letting your mind scroll through the options that are popping up and just choosing the one that feels most true to you right now.
No wrong answers here.
And when you imagine this figure,
Letting yourself also feel this protective quality that it brings up within you.
Notice where this protection is in the body too.
And once you have a really strong sense of this protection,
The visual of whoever came to mind,
Go ahead now and tap the left foot and then the right foot,
Left foot,
Right foot,
Left,
Right,
Left,
Right.
Left.
Right,
Deep breath in.
And letting it go.
Imagining this protector,
This protection again.
Seeing if the feeling has amplified.
With just a little bit of this bilateral stimulation.
Staying with the feeling right here.
And if it's still feeling positive and accessible,
Let's do one more round of this bilateral stimulation,
This light tapping of the feet.
Left foot,
Right foot,
Left foot,
Right foot,
Left,
Right,
Left.
Right.
Deep breath in.
And letting it go.
Letting this image and this feeling anchor somewhere in your body,
Perhaps where you're noticing this protective quality arising,
Living,
Being.
And noticing any other feelings that are coming up alongside this as we just tapped in this protector.
Letting those feelings just have a moment here.
As we recognize now that this protector is one that can be reached for whenever you feel like you could use some protection.
Whenever you feel like the energy they brought to your body just now could be useful in your daily living.
So we let this protector anchor somewhere into the body,
That felt sense anchor into the body so that the mind can reach for it more easily when it needs.
So knowing that this tool,
This feeling,
This protector is here for you to use whenever you need.
And again,
It's okay if you don't use this tool perfectly or if it doesn't always work as intended.
Just knowing it's here and reaching for it is also quite the act of self-care.
Of regulation.
Of working to initiate change from the inside out.
So go ahead and take a few more breaths here,
Letting yourself just tuck this tool into the tool belt and coming back into your day however you need.
Noticing the space around you just a little bit more now.
Good.
Welcome back and be well.
