Hi,
This is Orit Krug,
Board certified dance therapist and trauma and relationship expert.
Today I would love to guide you through a movement meditation to help you trust yourself.
It can feel so hard to trust yourself after trauma,
Even when you know that your trauma was not your fault.
We can go easily into self-blame and to not really trusting our instincts or our choices.
Let's change that today.
You can start in any position that you'd like,
Sitting down,
Laying down,
Or perhaps even standing up.
Let's take three deep breaths together.
Breathing in and breathing out.
Again breathing in and breathing out.
One more time,
Breathing in and breathing out.
With your eyes closed or your gaze lowered,
I'm going to ask you now to tune into your body and notice the first sensation that comes up.
Whatever that first sensation is,
Don't question it,
Don't push it away.
Just gently hold on to it.
And as you're feeling into the sensation,
You may notice some color,
Texture,
Maybe there's movement to the sensation either in one spot in your body or traveling to a different spot in your body.
You don't have to notice these things,
But if they're there,
See it and feel into it.
And now invite movement into the sensation.
So whatever way your body wants to organically and naturally respond,
Right now,
Allow it.
For example,
If you felt a constriction in your chest,
You might feel a natural desire to take a deep breath.
If you felt a heaviness in your body,
You might feel the natural urge to bring your body to the floor.
Or if you felt butterflies in your stomach,
You might feel a natural urge to move your torso in the direction or the opposite direction of the butterflies.
There is no right or wrong.
Just try to let your body lead without your mind telling you what you should be doing or what might be a good idea to try.
If you find yourself in your thoughts,
Bring your focus back to your body and just trust that your body is going to do exactly what it needs to do right now.
Allow this to be a naturally emerging journey where one movement leads to another and leads to another.
So you may have started with a deep breath,
But perhaps that movement then traveled into your arms and now your arms are moving a certain way.
Your movements can be big,
They can be small or somewhere in the middle.
There is no right or wrong.
So just allow each movement to come to your body and follow where it's leading you.
This is the essence of trusting yourself to be out of your head,
To stop questioning,
To stop doubting and even forget that there are thoughts,
There are decisions to make by being completely present in your body and following its impulses and desires.
If you don't have this foundation of trust within your body,
Following your desires and naturally allowing them to unfold,
Then you will never be able to convince yourself that you are trustworthy or that anyone else is trustworthy.
So keep following your organic movements right now and if you find that you feel stuck or that you don't know what to do next,
That's okay.
Bring your focus and attention back to your body,
Back to a sensation and start again.
This is a practice that may take a long time or many different times to get really good at.
Keep moving,
Keep following your body and in about a minute,
I will gently prompt us to start slowing down and find an ending.
AD Whatever you're doing right now,
However you're moving,
I'm gonna ask you to gradually make your movements smaller,
Make them slower,
And allow yourself to gently bring this experience to a close.
You may naturally find yourself ending in a certain pose,
If that's what feels good to you right now.
Take a deep breath in and out.
Gently open your eyes,
Look around the space.
You may make physical contact with your body to let your body know that you're here,
Right here,
Right now.
When you feel ready,
You can then try to bring this into your day by just following what your body wants,
Trusting your impulses,
Going with the flow,
Allowing yourself to rest if your body needs to rest,
Allowing yourself to reach out to a friend or a partner if that's what you need,
If you feel that impulse to do it.
You can revisit this meditation as many times as you need to make sure that your body is on board with trusting yourself because if you only try to convince the mind,
It won't work.
So please know that this is here for you whenever you need it.
Until next time,
You deserve to be able to trust yourself,
Trust others,
And let love in.
Takeoff.
