Come Home To Your Body After Trauma

Old trauma makes us disconnect, numb, and escape our bodies whenever we feel uncomfortable. In this movement-based meditation, I'll help you learn how to love and appreciate yourself and your body no matter how you choose to express yourself. Come home to your body to feel safe, confident, and expansive in your own skin.

Transcript

Hi, This is Orit Krug, Board certified dance movement therapist and trauma and relationship expert. Today I would love to guide you through a movement based meditation on coming home to your body. This is specifically for you if you have experienced trauma in the past and as a coping mechanism, You have disconnected, Escaped or numbed feeling your body. I want you to know that this is so normal to do after experiencing trauma, Whether you've experienced purely emotional trauma, Physical trauma or a combination of both. It is normal for us to want to leave our bodies in order to not feel hurt like we used to or like we did in the past. That was something that you did that was so smart that protected you from feeling all the pain of the past, When it was happening and from feeling pain from just remembering the past. But I want to help you know now that it is safe to come home. So let's begin the journey right here, Right now. We're going to start with two deep breaths, Breathing in and breathing out. One more time, Breathing in and breathing out. The first thing that I'm going to ask you to do is to tune into a sensation in your body. Yep, That one right there, Exactly. That first sensation that you feel right now, Start there. It could be a tingling feeling in your feet. It could be heaviness throughout your entire body. Or maybe the sensation is something you feel every single day, Like a tightness in your jaw or your shoulders. Whatever the sensation is, It's okay. There's no right or wrong. Instead of escaping it, Numbing it or trying to avoid it, Or maybe you're trying to pick a different one. Like, No, That's not right. I don't like that sensation. Let me pick something else. See it, Be with it, Feel it. Except in an effort to not get frozen in it, I'm going to actually ask you now to invite movement into the sensation. What does your body organically want to do in response to this sensation? Maybe your body does want to escape it. But what if instead you invite movement into it? If you have a feeling of constriction in your chest, What if you just bring your hand to your chest? Like kind of a light warm pressure just to meet this feeling where it's at. Or you might have the impulse to open up your chest. If you felt a constriction or tension in your jaw, Maybe you just kind of move around your mouth, Opening and closing and moving it in different directions. Because your body felt like that was what it wanted to do. When you repeatedly feel into your body and respond from an organic, Authentic place, This is how you begin to come home to your body instead of constantly abandoning it. So whatever movement you're doing right now in response to that initial sensation that you felt, Keep doing it. And you might be repeating the same exact movement over and over again. Or you've kept your hand on your chest this entire time without moving it. Maybe this movement has turned into something else. It's come from your chest out into your elbows and expanded into your arms. And now all of a sudden you're moving in big movements, Taking up space. And it just naturally evolved that way. You're following your natural instincts right now to be in your body, To express yourself through your body. And whatever that is right now is OK. It's exactly what you need. It's not better to move bigger or smaller. It's not better to shake it out versus flowing through. Every single movement that we do represents a different expression, A different behavior. And when you're home in your body, There's no judgment about whatever it is that you want to express. You accept yourself wherever you're at, However you want to be. And being unapologetically you is the most freeing thing that you can do for yourself. And in turn, It creates the most satisfying relationships in your life too. So I'm going to ask you now to close up this movement by slowly and gradually bringing your movements to a pause, Making your movements smaller and slower until you eventually reach a satisfying point of stillness. Take your time. And whether you're still moving towards closure or you're there already, Let's all breathe in together. And breathe out. Coming home to your body takes practice, Trust, Dedication to yourself. So come back to this meditation as many times as you need. And try to resist the urge to judge yourself or compare today to yesterday. Because depending on when you do this meditation, The time of the day, The day of the week, It's going to look different and it's going to feel different. The goal is to be in your body no matter where you've been or what you're feeling or how your day is going. So you can actually practice this every single day. Thanks so much for moving with me. And until next time, You deserve to come home to your body.

Reviews

More thanks than I can express. I have a TBI and for the first time I held my head with compassion throughout my body. Such a profound gift✨

I am in love with this meditation. I experienced a really profound catharsis that's been bubbling at the surface for days. This is, without a doubt, going into my toolkit for trauma healing and will be shared far and wide with those I love who can (i.e. will) experience great healing from this. Thank you so much for creating this and sharing it with the world. Much love! ❣️🕯🕊🙏🏼

Thank you 💜🌷💜🌷 I will need to keep coming back to this 💜🌷💜🌷

Outstanding. Though tailored to folks living with trauma, just about anyone would probably find something useful in this deceptively simple practice.

No past experience with meditation or movement required.

Lends itself to repeat listening with potentialy quite different experiences each time.

Thank you for the invitation to intuit my body’s needs. I just got the 2nd dose of the COVID vaccine and was feeling achy and tired. My body needed to sway and stretch in fluid movements. Even though there’s still discomfort, I feel more confident in my ability to establish a sense of safety.