Reset and Rebirth
 
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How are you all feeling?
 
It's still pretty intense isn't it! 
 
Last week, I shared a reminder on my social media of ways in which we can help to support ourselves and our nervous system.
 
A couple of weeks ago a young lad smashed into the side of my car whilst I was driving to go for a nice walk in the woods.
 
To say it put me into a tailspin would be an understatement! Even more so when I heard my car was being written off!
 
So, I've really needed to dig deep and pull on all of my tools (and soul family) for support.
 
I know I keep saying, we're being squeezed and it's intensifying more and more for us to acknowledge and let go, but I didn't realise just how much I was still holding onto!
 
Feeling safe, or should I say, not feeling safe in our body and in this life is a big wound many, if not all of us carry.
 
And part of our healing journey is about acknowledging all of those parts of us that don't feel safe and calling them back home….to the body.
 
Self-awareness is so important for our continued journey of personal growth.
 

 
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The accident really brought up old trauma (that I thought I'd healed ;-) ) from this life and past lives where I didn't feel safe.
 
But also from those feelings of despair and despondency, came a deeper inner strength and clarity.
 
Clarity around my reaction to the situation and what had ‘happened to me’, a pattern long repeating itself. A pattern that was ready to go!
 
Also acknowledging where I'm still hiding! Where I'm not being consistent and accountable.
 
Where I've let myself drift a little out to sea.
 
So despite the mental chatter we can get embroiled in as to the why's and wherefore's of those curve balls that can feel relentless at times, there is always greater awareness and growth to come from it.
 
Should we choose to see it…
 
This experience has definitely gifted me a reset. To stop the drifting and set me back on course in true alignment.
 
Now, I would have preferred that nudge to be a little less dramatic, but hey, sometimes we just don't listen! ;-)
 
And we don't realise the sneaky, unconscious ways that we can hold ourselves back in self-sabotage.
 
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Here's those reminders of ways that we can support ourselves and our nervous system..
 
Breathe!
 
When we inhale, we go into a sympathetic nervous system state and on the exhale, we go into a parasympathetic state (rest and digest).
 
When we make our exhale longer than our inhale, it shows we can start to regulate our nervous system to a calmer state.
 
Make the exhale twice as long as the inhale and try for at least 30 seconds.
 
Try breathing in for 4, hold for 7(or whatever you can manage 4-7) and breath out for 8
(I had some deeper fear this time of holding my breath in the pause, so if you can't pause for long or prefer not to count on the pause, that's ok.  Focus on the longer out breaths)
 
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Breathe into your heart
 
Focus breathing love into your heart (maybe you’d like to breathe in a colour, like pink) Breathe in with the intention of connecting to your heart and giving yourself permission to relax and soften, to slow your breathing and heart rate.
 
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Other ways to help calm the nervous system
 
Meditation
Singing/Chanting
Humming/Sighing
Dancing/Shaking the body
Tapping the body
Hug/stroke the body
Stretching
Cold showers
Cold swimming
Walking in nature (connect and ground)
Listen to some relaxing music
Talk to a partner/friend/practitioner/soul family
 
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Vagus Nerve Exercises - this one in the link below for massaging the ears helped me the most this time. 
 
 
I've also been tapping for feeling safe. There's lots of videos on YouTube for this.
 
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And of course, I've been acknowledging the parts of me that feel.... With the "I Love You, Me" Method.
 
It's so important to sit with the uncomfortable emotions however painful and acknowledge yourself for exactly where you're at.
 
There can often be anger and frustration that comes up too, so it's important to acknowledge angry, frustrated you and find ways to move the anger through.
 
Maybe you need to scream to release it. This is very freeing in nature!
 
Maybe you need to move and shake the body.
 
Get in the habit of asking yourself everyday, "What do I need, me?"
 
What does my body need?
 
What does my inner child need?
 
Know that this too shall pass and you do have the strength to keep going.
 
Call on your higher self, your guides, your angels, your family of light, Mother Mary. Whatever resonates for you in the non physical form of assistance.
 

 
Life will always throw curve balls and challenges our way. That's life! It's all part of the experience and growth, so the more we can bring in greater self-awareness and healing, the easier those curveballs become to navigate.
 

 
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thank you for being here and sharing this incredible journey together!
 
 
Sending Much love and Blessings,
 
Paula x
 

 
 
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