Pause, Reset, Rejuvenate: Become your own Healer
Pause, Reset, Rejuvenate.
Learn how to:
Pause, Reset, Rejuvenate yourself in a space of love and non-judgmental awareness at home.
Carve out time and space to be with ALL of you.
Dip below the surface and feel into what is actually going for you emotionally, energetically, and spiritually.
Become your own Healer.
Hey there!
My name is Tree and I am a Somatic Integration Specialist. I help you get in touch with YOU, teaching you how to become more present with what is happening in your body-mind system, work through your blockages, and how to tap into your authentic Joy, Power, Compassion, and Wisdom residing in your body.
I am here to share some good news.
There is a way to get dramatically in touch with yourself, and it is SO simple.
All of the dysregulated and uncomfortable outer symptoms we may feel are simply the effects of what is going on inside. Believe me, the body-mind system knows when something is “off” and gives us all kinds of signals to tell us.
When we can take time to PAUSE and FEEL, then we can support our nervous system back to a more loving, present, easeful, regulated state. (That’s right, YOU become the healer.)
When we don’t take the space to clear our internal spaces, we feel out of sorts. For me, I notice my head gets a “stuffed” feeling, my brow is tensing automatically (hello frontal lobe overdrive), and I feel disconnected from my body.
Why does this happen? Because we live in a FAST and furious world. It is easy to get into our heads, overthink, and become imbalanced. The “normal” cultural lifestyle doesn’t support embodiment, meaning a true mind/body balance and regulated nervous system. What is normalized is caffeine, grind, ignore the body, and get it done. (Eeeek!!!)
Here are some common external signs that you are in need of a nervous system reset:
You can’t pay attention (feels like ADHD). You feel “stuffed” mentally, energetically, or physically. You can’t enjoy the moment. You’re not able to be fully present with each thing you are doing. When you do have “free time” you quickly fill it with that other thing (that doesn’t actually need to get done right now). You’re having a hard time listening when someone is speaking to you. You have a lot of different thoughts happening like lightning, one right after the other. You energy feels depleted. You feel a loss of passion, love, joy, and interest in the things you normally enjoy. You don’t feel motivated. You’re not taking very good care of yourself. Hopelessness. Helplessness. Fatigue. Low self-esteem.
These are all SURE signs that you need to take some time to Pause, Rest, and Rejuvenate.
For example:
Recently I was in a state of stress for several days and feeling like I constantly had a lot to do and could not catch up!!! I was feeling ADHD-like behavior, my brain jumping from thing to thing. I had to work really hard to listen when people were talking to me because it was hard to focus. I was not able to easily take care of my home stuff like laundry and dishes.
How I did the Pause, Reset, Rejuvenate:
Well first, I BECAME AWARE that I was busying myself on a Saturday morning. Realizing that none of what I was doing was priority, I paused, and asked myself, “Okay, what do I REALLY need right now?” I listened. All I wanted to do was lay on the floor. I was too tired to even sit up. This was not a physical tired (I slept well all night). This was an energetic, emotional, and spiritual tired.
I proceeded to actually do what my body told me it wanted. I laid down on my floor, on my back, with a blanket. Laying on our backs (comfortably) is helpful because it connects our spinal column to the ground. It helps with grounding and shifting us into a parasympathetic, rest and digest, state. I had my “Stillness” playlist on. These are songs that help my high alert frontal brain waves to shift into a theta state, a more relaxed and open brain state. I felt the ground holding me. I breathed.
I could then start feel more clearly what was underneath the surface. The true sources of holding, pain, and fear. . .
I invited my spiritual council to be with me. I asked “What do I need to see?” I started to see and feel flowers blooming in my heart center. This symbolically felt like an opening to love, and a deep feeling and reminder of the strong love that lies in my heart.
My attention was then drawn to my solar plexus. I felt unknown grief there that I let myself feel. I cried a little.
Then up to my head we went. I did not logically bring my attention there. I was guided there. This is intuitive knowing that gets stronger and stronger the more embodied we become.
My head was the big one. In the center of my brain it felt like there was a dense, dark, heavy seed. As I asked “What is this?” and felt into it, it was my seed of worry. I quickly understood that it was working SO hard to “keep it together” for me. I cried spontaneously. I felt so much love for this seed, for how hard it has been working to try and support me in my craziness.
It became clear to me that this is what happens when a small part of us is given too big a task to support us. The way I see this is that my head was trying to “hold it all together” and was dis-integrated from my heart, gut (intuition) and pelvis (power). WE have MANY parts. but none of them are the boss. The boss is the part that is our inherent nature, which is living in unconditional love, peace, joy, and bliss. The boss is our soul. Our innate consciousness. Some call this christ consciousness. THAT is the boss.
When I acknowledged this worry seed with my non-judgmental loving attention, I felt the sensations shift in my head. More space around this dense center area. More light. My nose and sinuses shifted. My imagination thought it might want to be in a glass case, so I tried that. It turns out it didn’t, so I reverted back. I asked, “What now?” Suddenly I felt a clear sense of harmony in my brain and body. It felt like the seed was still there. And I consciously knew in the process that I did NOT want to get rid of my worry. Why? Because NO part of us is inherently bad. Every part simply is trying to help us survive, or support us in some way. The imbalance comes when that part is doing too much. I love my worry. She helps me in her own ways. I was reminded of a phrase that a coach I worked with taught me when doing parts work— “Thank you, I love you, AND You are not allowed to limit me or steal my joy, success, or energy.”
I felt rejuvenated. Clear in my mind and open in my heart. This whole process took me about 45 min.
As you can see, the imagination runs the show. Our spirit guides inform us through our intuition and imagination. We must trust it. It might be hard at first, but the more you practice, the easier it will become. This is like building and expanding a sense that has been lost or shut down. Simply practice getting yourself out of the way and trusting what arises when you ask the questions. You will be shown exactly what you are meant to see. This is my approach to deep somatic inquiry and processing. It’s 1,000% spiritually driven.
On a final note, the only way to do this is through connection. Connection is what all our parts, including our souls, are seeking to find (reclaim) our wholeness and integration. Connection with yourself. Connection with the Earth (that grounds and supports you). Connection with the heavens/cosmos which expand us into infinite possibilities. Connection with our spiritual helpers. The greatest shifts in my healing journey have come from recognizing that there are incredibly benevolent spiritual beings that love me unconditionally and want to help me in every way. Know that you are connected to unseen benevolent beings all the time. They want to help you. They want to support you. They want you to experience your highest good.
Let their love in! Let them show you! Let them support you!!
With the greatest love,
Tree