Reconnect With Safe And Happy Feelings

This is the outline for the call Reconnect with Safe and Happy Feelings which is a part of our Body Vitality Workshop as we focus on Body Safety with co-hosts Rick Wilkes and Cathy Vartuli. Team members can listen to the recording here.

Deepak Chopra, in Ageless Body, Timeless Mind says...

Intelligence is present everywhere in our bodies Our inner intelligence is far superior to any we can try to substitute from the outside.

What are the deeper benefits of reconnecting with our body, besides "just" safe and happy feelings?

We take the view that the body is intelligent and has our best interests (and its survival) at heart.

- Each body has a unique story to tell.

- If we give ourselves the time to slow down, turn inward and listen to our body's messages, we can tap into a broader intelligence (including non-physical guidance). [See Body YES and Body NO]

- The ability to be present in our bodies offers the possibility for changing our lives.

- Our bodies exist in the present moment where deep change and insight can occur.

- This approach is informed by trusting the wisdom of your unique experience and story as it unfolds in your awareness.

- Honoring your experience can be one of the most profound acts you can take. Your experience matters because it is the entry point into knowing who you are and the access point to creating the life you want.

- Learning how to have a positive and pleasurable relationship with our bodies can have profound effects on our health and well-being.

- Grounding, centering, deep wisdom, and expanded creative potential are the many gifts of embodiment (i.e., "being fully present in your body").

- Increasing body awareness helps us to access our intuition and make informed choices.

- Being present with our body experience allow us to uncover and resolve limiting patterns thereby inviting new pathways for thinking, feeling, and moving.

Softening Blocks to Reconnecting

- The body is always in the NOW. If we're distracted by future worries or past regrets, it's hard to connect.

- Reducing your anxiety and stress helps to soften resistance. Use EFT, meditation, and massage to help relax. [See also Grounding Exercises]

- Sometimes we're braced against relaxing into the body. We expect pain or are too wound-up to relax.

- Touching the natural comfort points used in EFT and taking a breath can help (also called Touch and Breathe). Gently touch each tapping point with your fingertips and breathe in and out. If you like, say aloud, "I am safe now" at each point.

- As we reconnect, it can be useful to listen to our body's guidance as best we can.

- If we approach this gently (not forcing it with willpower), and we do our best to determine if we're disconnected out of habit or because there is a block or fear there, the process is easier on your physiology and emotions.

- If there is a block, we can tap it away.

- And tapping prepares us energetically if something comes up as we reconnect with disassociated parts of our body.

- If it is habit that is blocking the connection, we can gently remind ourselves (tap tap tap) that we are now safe. And practice.