Hi,
My name 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 to help you feel free to be you.
Because when we've experienced past trauma,
We've been trapped in situations controlled by other people and shut down for expressing who we are.
And it can feel really hard today to feel safe and to feel free to be ourselves.
So today we will tap into that.
So before we get started,
You can position yourself in whatever way you desire right now.
This is the beginning of being free to be you.
You don't have to sit up,
You don't have to cross your legs,
You don't have to lie down.
You can stand up,
You can sit against a wall.
Just choose the position that's best for you.
And once you settle in that position,
We're going to take three deep breaths together.
Breathing in.
And breathing out.
And breathing in.
And breathing out.
One more time,
Breathing in.
And breathing out.
With your eyes closed or your gaze lowered,
I want you to notice the first sensation that you feel in your body.
The very first one.
Maybe it's a tension in your shoulders or tingles in your fingertips.
Maybe you feel some butterflies in your stomach.
There's no right or wrong.
Just choose the first thing that you noticed.
And as soon as you notice it now,
I'm going to ask you to invite your body to respond to the sensation.
Without judging how you should respond or what's the right way to respond or how can I fix this or make it go away,
I'm going to ask you to just be with this sensation and organically invite movement in the way that feels most natural to you right now.
So if you have tension in your shoulders,
You might find that you really just want to roll your shoulders back or forward.
Or if you have butterflies in your stomach,
Maybe you find yourself bringing your hand to your stomach and rubbing it.
Maybe you have the desire to move with some water-like fluidity.
There's really no right or wrong here.
Just invite organic movement in.
And you may do the same movement repeated over and over again.
Or you may find that your movement is expanding and changing and shifting.
Whatever you're doing is the purest,
Truest,
Most authentic expression of you right now in this moment.
Because you felt into your body,
You responded to your body,
And now you're moving in a way that is expressing exactly where you're at right now.
Something that you don't allow yourself when it doesn't feel safe to be you.
So keep going with whatever movement you're doing for just a little bit longer.
Knowing that it is perfectly safe to be you,
However you're expressing yourself right now,
Whatever you are doing.
There is no right or wrong.
There is no better than or worse than.
This is exactly who you are right now,
And it is safe to be you.
It is safe to express yourself.
And that whatever you're doing,
However you're moving right now,
Start slowing down your movement or making it smaller.
Gradually,
Slowly until you get to a natural,
Satisfying pause.
Giving yourself the closure that you may be needing for this intimate experience with yourself.
And now we'll take another deep breath together,
Breathing in and breathing out.
And make one movement or one pose to just solidify the ending of this.
Maybe you hug yourself or put your hands on your chest.
Maybe you allow yourself to just lie down and get really comfy as you surrender your body's weight to the floor.
There's still no right or wrong here.
And it's safe to be you,
However you want to end this meditation.
If you enjoyed this one,
You'll also enjoy one of my other movement meditations in my library.
It's called Feel Safe Wherever You Go.
Thanks so much for joining,
And I hope you know that it is safe to be you.
Thank you.
