Somatic Stress Release and Meditation: Finding Peace in Uncertain Times

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There are times in life when uncertainty seems to come from every direction.

Financial concerns, relationship challenges, grief, changes in our families, work stress, health concerns, unexpected transitions and uncertainty about the future can leave us feeling overwhelmed, anxious or disconnected from ourselves.

We may not always be able to change what is happening around us, but we can develop practices that help us return to ourselves.

Somatic Stress Release and meditation can offer two complementary ways of slowing down, becoming aware of what is happening within the body, and reconnecting with the present moment.

Rather than trying to force difficult feelings away, these practices invite us to become curious about what we're experiencing and discover ways of creating greater grounding, awareness and inner steadiness.

Somatic Stress Release is a body-centered practice that recognizes the relationship between our physical sensations, emotions and responses to stress.

When life becomes overwhelming, we may notice changes in the body before we fully understand what we're feeling emotionally.

We might clench our jaw, feel heaviness in our chest, experience tension in our stomach or simply notice that we don't feel completely present in our bodies.

Somatic practices invite us to slow down and notice these experiences.

Instead of immediately trying to make a sensation disappear, we can begin by asking:

Sometimes simply bringing compassionate awareness to the body can begin changing our relationship with what we're experiencing.

Meditation provides another way of returning attention to the present.

When meditation and somatic awareness are practiced together, we can include the body as part of the meditation rather than trying to escape from physical sensations, thoughts or emotions.

Allow yourself a few moments to arrive before trying to change anything.

Notice the surface underneath your body and the support it is providing.

Notice your feet, legs, pelvis, abdomen, chest, shoulders, arms, hands, neck and face.

Where do you feel warmth, heaviness, openness, movement or perhaps very little sensation at all?

You don't have to immediately make the breath deeper.