How to re-enter life from lockdown

How are you feeling about things opening up?

We went into this pandemic with a slew of unresolved trauma already built into our individual and collective nervous systems.  From racism to women's rights, LGBTQIA rights and living further away from nature and each other.

As you begin to think about re-entry you may feel as though your system isn't ready, in fact, lockdown may have felt like a relief to you.  Less rushing around, less interactions, less stress.  For others, you can't wait to be back in person, going to social events and hanging out in groups.  Wherever you fall inside this continuum, its likely that re-entry will bring up some responses from your bodyhome that you weren't expecting.

We build capacity to handle stress by digesting it in an embodied way.  As you do that over and over again, you grow your capacity to handle more without getting overwhelmed or checking out.  Everyone can learn to do this, because we're all equipped with a nervous system.  But we haven't been taught by our families or culture.  And it's not supported by our modern lifestyle.

In order to avoid additional stress, trauma and grief on your nervous system, you can learn to let your nervous system lead the way.  Learn to regulate, find your voice, hear your intuition, appropriately express your emotions and digest old traumatic experiences.

If re-entry is on your mind and you're ready for tools, please reach out for 1 on 1 support, join a Somatic Movement class or the next Settle Your Sh*t Workshop.