ðŸ’Does it feel safe for you to feel and receive love? Does it feel safe for your to have mind-blowing s-x? Sometimes it doesn't feel safe to get what we truly want. I'm referring to safety in the nervous system and emotional body. Sometimes deep down our bodies aren't in alignment with what we truly want. They throw up blocks and resistances that get in the way of what we want. Then we find ourselves in a shame spiral around how we show up. And the shame blocks us from having what we want in the first place.
If it doesn't feel safe for you to feel pleasure, one of the simple yet most impactful practices we can do is practice feeling safety in the body for those moments when we get triggered and our sense of safety feels disconnected. I invite you into a 1 minute practice to cultivate more safety in your body right now...
✨Take a deep breath, and begin to land in your body. Scan your body, where do you feel a drop of safety in your body right now? It will be different for everyone and different moment to moment, for me, right now, I feel safety in my stomach.
✨What does safety feel like in your body? What sensations are associated with safety? It will feel different for everyone, for me, safety feels warm, cozy, toasty, tingly and giddy.
✨Now take a deep breath and turn up the dial on that feeling of safety. Whisper to yourself: "I am safe. I am safe. I am safe" or "safety, safety, safety".
This practice is always available to you. I recommend practicing it daily so that when your sense of safety is compromised, it's habitual.
When we feel disconnected from our safety, there’s a calling to come back to our truth. And our truth lies in our bodies.
The fundamentals for thriving look different for everyone but for many its safety, love and belonging. These are core to starting your thriving journey.