{"id":2661,"date":"2020-05-11T14:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodycollege.net\/?p=2661"},"modified":"2020-05-11T14:01:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T13:01:23","slug":"how-to-find-safety-during-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodycollege.net\/how-to-find-safety-during-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Safety During the Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The amount you\u2019re affected by an unprecedented event like this current pandemic depends on your resources and your relationship to health. We all do the best we can, given our history and current circumstances. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>Many of our responses are rooted in primitive reflexes<\/b> embedded in old parts of our nervous system. How we as individuals express the primitive reflexes of mobilising (\u2018fight-or-flight\u2019) or immobilising (\u2018freeze\u2019) is based on previously successful strategies we\u2019ve learnt as we developed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bringing awareness and choice to our habitual responses and our deepest imprints is a huge part of finding safety at times like this. <\/span>This is necessarily an embodied awareness<\/b> as most of our defining experiences are encoded non-verbally and non-consciously in our bodies, mediated by old, reflex parts of the brain.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are three key steps in the process of finding safety:<\/span><\/p>\n

ONE: Connect to resources<\/b>
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We have lots of health within us, and our bodies can guide us to find them. By looking for the things that make us feel good in our bodies, we can enhance our connection to health. By doing this over time, we build up a library of resources that help us to feel healthy, vital and safe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NB<\/strong>: If even thinking about your body is activating try <\/span>OMG – Orient Move Ground<\/span><\/a> to settle. You can try again another day or try with a friend or guide present to help you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sit for a while and reflect:<\/b>
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What thoughts, ideas, people, pets, food and places (which you may need to imagine or visit virtually right now) make me feel more alive?<\/span><\/p>\n

Ask yourself:<\/b><\/p>\n