The importance of developing somatic awareness & a strong internal base
We can only grow as big as our base is deep.
If you want a thick and tall trunk to your tree then you need to ensure that you have strong roots planted deep inside the ground, or in other words, a robust base. If not, the tree will simply fall over. This is true for work, relationships, and also for our confidence and sense of resilience.
To develop a strong base we need to connect with the stillness within and learn to be fully present with what we feel, process emotions, and get embodied.
True presence and coherence mean being exactly where we are and feeling what we are feeling. Stillness means inner spaciousness, emotional availability, and presence. Spaciousness relates to what goes on inside us and outside us at the same time. We lose this internal space when the thoughts and pace of life take over. We need time for contemplation where we stop, feel, and just be.
Sometimes what we need is to simply witness our emotions to give it room. At other times we need to disconnect from what goes on around us and give ourselves the silence and space we desperately need.
For this to happen, we go inward and pay attention. If we don’t know how to stop and allow what is there to be there, we tend to escape to different forms of numbing – alcohol, sex, shopping, drugs, eating, etc.
When we are not in full resonance, we are projecting things from our past into our present time.
When we feel worried or unsafe, for example, it is often rooted in our past. Our nervous system got wired in our childhood a certain way, which became our way of reacting to similar situations. Then, when a similar situation comes up, we react based on our past programming. Ask yourself: How much stress is in my nervous system that I call normal 24/7?
Coherence means being exactly where I am with what I am feeling – no gap between my body, my mind, and my emotions. I am in resonance. That’s also when we feel at peace with ourselves.
“When we have unprocessed emotions, we are paying a high electricity bill – the electricity is our chi, our life force. To sustain trauma and unprocessed emotions take a lot of energy.” – Thomas Hubl
And in that sense, we are holding stress in the nervous system 24/7 that we call “normal” which is actually depleting our energy and vitality.
Home is an unconditional space where we feel love, support, and deep relational connection.
It’s important to remember that our sense of home and our network deeply impact our immune system. When we talk about “coming home,” I’m referring to home as an unconditional internal space where we feel love, self-worth, and grounding.
To develop a sense of home, we need belonging and relating, and to be home within means to live in alignment and have a strong internal base.
Alignment is a process of connecting our inner and outer worlds and locating ourselves more and more as an awareness – aware of our mind (thoughts, images, and memories), our emotions (sadness, fear, anger, shame, joy, calmness, numbness) and our sensations in the body (heat/cold, tightness/ openness, etc.) It means aligning our word with our energy so they are one – so people FEEL what we say, in alignment. An overwhelm to the nervous system can bring down the immune system making us run down and sick.
You can see why it’s so important to pay attention to our bodies and learn how the body communicates with us and what it all means.
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