Increased Inner Safety
Learn about the Vagus Nerve and the nervous system to increase your ability to identify which state you system is in. This helps you to know which tool to bring in to restore calm.
Practice the Anchoring Bi-Lateral - to root you into your unshakable center through your Vagus Nerve
Practice the Attuning to the Body to increase your awareness of when you feel safe and when you don't.
Create YOUR version of the Cave of Safety. Then spend time in there savoring & soaking in, the feelings of safety, support & unconditional love/acceptance.
Determine HOW and on What, YOUR brain likes to FOCUS. This is KEY to interrupting the amygdala and the threat response in the nervous system. If unsure - try these and see if they hold your attention:
Molly's Dancing the Cingulate
Connecting with AWE
Breathing with the Tree of Life
JUST FOCUS ON YOUR BREATH! See as color or illumination if that helps, or focus on the ribs, belly and chest expanding and contracting with each breath
Practice Mindfulness and/or Quiet Mind to build your reflex/muscle response to return to groundedness when activating thoughts, feelings and sensations arise - or when people or events push us off course.
Open Heart practices increase our compassion for ourselves and others. Engaging with these practices can expand our sense of inner safety.
Increasing Compassion for Self & Others: