If you are connecting with someone and you notice them going into distress, take a deep breath and feel your feet connected to the ground.
We can only invite others back into their body if we are in our body. You might even invite them to take a few breaths with you.
We can only invite others back into their body if we are in our body. You might even invite them to take a few breaths with you.
You want to do something radical, try that. Become more embodied. We don’t teach embodied self-awareness by talking at people and lecturing them. It’s taught nervous system to nervous system. Through co-regulation.
We can offer insights to people, reframe their experiences and try to make meaning for them. But what is even more powerful is when someone’s brain starts to make connections for themselves. When they actually start connecting the dots on their own. This is what integration is.
Whenever I get to witness someone connecting the dots on their own and completely shifting their emotional state, in that moment I’m like, keep going, you’re doing it. It’s like when you can see someone has solved the puzzle and is just adding in those last few pieces.
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