Terror is a powerful mechanism of control, and so many in our day and age remain completely lost in a sea of fear, and a prolonged and suspended state of fight-flight-freeze. Fight-flight-freeze is a necessary human animal response to danger. Within this state - one literally becomes disembodied, numb to feeling, and cut off from emotion while the breath becomes shallow and irregular - so that one might be able to take care of the emergency at hand. The adrenaline pumps through the system, and the body momentarily experiences a rush as it engages it’s primitive lower brain survival instincts.
But one cannot fully live in this disembodied state. After the initial rush, the system collapses, and then must shut down entirely to attempt a restoration. Shock often sets in at this stage, especially when we do not move to allow the adrenalized energy to exit the body systems. Very few understand how to allow themselves to go about this deep restoration, as these are tools which have not been widely taught and shared.
As a result, too many now live within these suspended pools of adrenaline, profoundly disconnected and estranged from their deeper feeling, wisdom and somatic intelligence.
This primitive response captures the energy of the body so entirely that movement into more expansive states of being and consciousness becomes nearly impossible. The somatic experience of terror prevents the human being from engaging in its natural spiritual evolutionary journey. When captured in this state, the human being is energetically frozen, unable to see anything outside the small picture of horror that has been adopted as the full and encompassing reality. This becomes a self imposed prison, which is a bodily experience.
But there is another reality.
This reality can be accessed by releasing the terror - and the terror must be let go of through the body. As animals naturally shake themselves out after a fight, or from fleeing capture - so we can also allow for this deeper somatic release that then recalibrates the entire system.
There are whole processes which can facilitate such powerful experiences of release, including shaking, sounding, and the gradual and conscious transition into a gentle, integrated and embodied experience of movement. Within these processes the breath naturally deepens through the diaphragm, becoming steady and rhythmic, a beautful expression of the dance of life that echoes the ebb and flow of the tide.
The shaking techniques dislodge the trauma and terror that have accumulated through the nervous system, and all systems of the body - allowing for a cellular release, and a cellular awakening. The humming and sounding techniques likewise gently resonate the whole system from the inside out, singing into the bones, purifying the energetic pathways, moving stagnant energy and allowing for freedom of motion within the being once again.
The shift into the power of gentleness teaches the whole system that it no longer needs to be suspended in terror, but that one can transmute this destructive energy into a healing force which is liberating, invigorating and empowering. We move out of a state of violence, fragmentation, and fear, and enter into a relaxation response - an increasingly conscious state of deep ease accompanied by a profound sense of well-being.
The experience of well-being is our natural state, as the entire system organically moves to integrate, assimilate and to heal itself when we support it. This is the incredible wisdom of the body, which reveals itself when we have the courage to feel deeply, to listen truly, and to bear witness to our own internal unfolding journey.
In this way, we can become the liberators of our own being, transforming the somatic experience of fear into courage, of grief into joy, of anger into equanimity. All of this is possible through engaging the incredible instrument of the body, and the forces which move through us.
The embodied experience is a state of embrace. This is a state where we are choosing to move towards our experience (physical, mental, emotional or spiritual) rather then retreating from it. Through this deep embrace, and the conscious movement out of fear, we can learn the inner alchemy necessary to overcome the darkest nights of the soul. We empower ourselves, stepping out of the mind of the victim, and into the consciousness of the liberator.
This is your invitation.
