Heal Trauma

This session begins with a discussion of the Intuitive Guidance process, followed by a guided session to help you release trauma and reintegrate lost parts. Intuitive Guidance is a form of trauma healing that combines Internal Family Systems, somatic reconnection, parts therapy, mindfulness, and deep introspection. By slowing down the body, grounding in the self, then scanning the body for parts and feeling deeply, you connect, allowing them to express, release, and eventually reconnect. We hold that the body keeps the score (getting stuck in fight, flight, freeze, fawn, or fantasy), emotions are messages, and that through an attitude of compassionate curiosity and calm confidence, we can heal. This is deep and transformative work. It may be challenging, but for fellow survivors, it is necessary.

Transcript

And welcome to the session. I invite you to take a seat. Or lie down. And get yourself comfortable. You can close down the eyes if you wish We're just gonna begin with some slow, Deep, Sighing breaths. Breathing in through the nose little extra sip at the top. Holding. Out breath, Physiological sigh and release the muscles. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm waiting till your body is ready to breathe in When it's ready, Breathing in through the nose deeply. A little sip at the top. Holding. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm releasing the tension from the muscles in the body wait until your body is ready to breathe in Hmmmmmmmmmmmm one more and then allowing our breath to find its natural rhythm. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm allowing your breath to find its natural rhythm. Allowing your body to find a place of stillness they will be practicing intuitive guidance. Finding a part of the body that would like to work with us. Part of the body that is holding on to things from our past. Part of us, Part of our past that went through something. Perhaps couldn't or didn't or wouldn't process at the time. That's holding on to things that are now manifesting. Injury or illness, Chronic issues thinking patterns. Behaviours. Or find a part of the body feeling it deeply noting that the sensations and the emotions and the other things that are arising of messages. And today we will listen. With compassionate curiosity. And calm confidence. Taking a moment just to scan the body. To find a part or a collection of parts that we'll be working with today. Wearing the top of the head the face. Jaw. The ears. Back of the head. The neck. Shoulders. Arms and hands. Front of the body, The chest sternum. Ipsengrin. Back of the body, The upper back. Lower back. Buttocks. The legs, Ankles and feet. In any part of the body you may have missed. Now finding a part of the body that is being called to work with today gently resting your attention upon it. Will approach everything that arises with compassionate curiosity. And calm confidence feeling the sensations in this part of the body deeply. Can you trace an outline around those sensations? Bond to the shape. Are they on the surface? Inside. Would you describe them as heavy or light? Their movement, Stagnation. Are the edges rigid? Porous. Sharp or dull. Really feeling the sensations in this part of the body deeply. The duration of this session. I'm not trying to stop these feelings. We're allowing. Witnessing. Accepting. Taking note if our attention is causing these sensations to change. To move. To shift in some way. Or other parts of the body activating. Once again we're just accepting Just allowing. But if at any time. Is an urge to release and you feel safe and compelled to do so. And release. That is love. Scream sleep. Shake. Share. Now opening up your mind space to this part of the body. Maintaining your attention and focus upon the sensations. But also becoming aware of the mind space. Is there a color? Associated with this part of the body. Or perhaps an image. A symbol. Metaphor. Are any memories arising? Mood, Emotions or thoughts. Maintaining our attention on the sensations in that part of the body but also opening up the mind space. Approaching and accepting whatever arises. Compassionate curiosity. And calm confidence. Connecting to this part of the body I'm getting curious. Asking it. How old are you? Or how old do you think I am? How long have you been holding on to this for? And then gently letting it know. I will hold you on now. The changes that have come. Sense. Stronger. Safer. More confident. Asking this part of us, This part of the body, This part of our past What does it need us to know? What does it need us to see? What does it need us to feel? What does it need us to understand? Returning back to the sensations in that part of the body feeling them deeply. Noting if there's been any shifts or changes or movements maintaining our openness. The mind space. To symbolism. Whatever arises. Approaching and accepting it all with compassionate curiosity. And calm confidence. Call this practice intuitive guidance. She may find. Have an intuitive understanding of what you need in this moment. Self-love, Self-compassion. Perhaps to help this part of you through certain inner visions. Discovering a door, Maybe it needs to be opened. Where a seed needs to be planted. Or some bonds need to be cut. Asking this part what it needs from you in this moment offering this part the words or the intention behind them. It's okay. You are safe. I accept you. And invite you to release. It's okay. You are saved. I accept you. And invite you to release. It's okay. You are safe. I accept you. And invite you to release. In a moment, We'll sit together in silence for 10 minutes. Continuing this practice. Connecting to a part of the body that is holding onto something. Part of our past. Part of us. Feeling the sensations in the body deeply opening up the mind space. Approaching and accepting what arises with compassionate curiosity. Calm confidence. Asking this part of us what it needs. Offering it love and compassion acting as our own loving inner parent. Therapist. Guide. Let's begin. Okay. So if you'd like to maintain the meditation. You're more than welcome to do so. But for everyone else, Just simply returning. Back to their bodies. Back to the session. Back to their day. Adding some gentle movement back into the body, Opening up the eyes. Finishing with a commitment. Commitment to return to this practice. The part of the body to the part of the past you're working with perhaps later today or tomorrow in a later session. Checking back in. Letting this part of you know that this is not a once and done kind of thing. That you will return. Chances are you've been holding onto things for years or decades. So it'll take time for these parts to trust the process. To trust you in it. That's okay. Deep healing takes time. And we're here for it. Finishing with the words or the intention behind them. I am here. I am here now. I am here now. And this moment is safe. Thank you for joining me. And I'll see you in the next session