Resourcing For Safety In Practice

In meditation, we're invited to bring close attention to our inner worlds. While regular practice can play a significant role in trauma recovery, it can also be activating if traumatic thoughts arise without being met with a sense of inner strength and stability. This resourcing practice is offered as a tool for tapping into an internalized sense of safety for making meditation accessible and healing, especially if there's a history of traumatic stress or trauma. You'll be guided to experiment very briefly with 3 self-nurturing pathways. The invitation is to find your self-nurturing pathway and to practice using it even when you’re not distressed. This way, if you find yourself becoming dysregulated during meditation, you have a strategy to call upon to help you work more comfortably with what arises, whether that’s in the midst of practice or in life.

*Inspired by the work of trauma experts Peter Levine, David Treleaven, and Tara Brach

Reviews

I rarely hear practitioners express how difficult it is to access mindfulness and meditation when you have experienced trauma, even trauma informed ones. It was really encouraging to be introduced to resourcing and basic tools I can use if I become dysregulated during practice or feel unsafe. Thank you for this kind and thoughtful session, I will be returning to it many times 💜