2/29/24 Live Session Recording
I found the somatic tool strategies helpful and will incorporate them into my own practice and life. I found the the idea of co-self regulation interesting that you can sit with another person and help them to self-regulate without the need to touch. I feel that this is something that I have instinctually done but it was nice to have examples of this. I know that in the work I do at BSH, I will try and speak in a calm and low voice when someone is upset or dysregulated. I try to take slow deep breaths as a way to help them calm their nervous systems down.
The definition of stealing I learned at a very early age. I am not sure who I learned it from, but I knew it was wrong. The definition that I learned was that stealing is when you take something from someone that does not belong to you without permission. The idea of stealing from ourselves is a new concept and I think that it is not talked about as much. I think I steal from myself everyday but have never felt that this is an injustice, but something that is acceptable. I steal my joy with thoughts of where I think I should be or by comparing myself to others. I steal my achievements by saying maybe I could of done better or that I still have a way to go. Talking to myself as though I were a friend is something I don't do. I am always hardest on myself and don't allow the joy or feeling of achievement come in or stay for long. I find I am hard on myself as a means to keep improving. I would never talk to a friend the way I speak to myself and even though I know this, it still seems to creep in. When I find myself doing this, I try and tell myself "stop" and I say "I release what does not serve me." I find myself doing this over and over and over. At which point does it happen naturally? I am not sure. Does it happen in the stillness and the absence of thought or the movement without judgment and connecting to the breath. I Have a lot to let go of and find myself more aware of what does not serve me, but still need to find how to actually let go.
Thank you,
Heather