Hi,
This is Ori Krug,
Board certified dance movement therapist and trauma and relationship expert.
Today,
I would love to guide you through a movement based meditation on feeling worthy of love.
When we experience past trauma and unhealthy relationships,
We don't really believe that we are worthy of healthy lasting love,
Because all of our experiences have shown us that we don't deserve it.
And because trauma is stored in the body,
There are no amount of words or affirmations that can really help our bodies and our nervous systems believe this.
So in this experience,
You will get a taste of what it feels like when your body truly believes that you are worthy of love.
You can start in any position that feels comfortable for you,
Sitting down,
Lying down,
Or perhaps standing up.
And now you can close your eyes or lower your gaze.
And we're going to take three deep breaths together,
Breathing in and breathing out,
Breathing in and breathing out.
One last time,
Breathing in and breathing out.
Keeping your eyes closed or your gaze lowered,
I'm going to invite you to visualize a version of yourself that truly believes and feels throughout your whole body,
Mind and soul,
That you are worthy of healthy lasting love.
You can picture this version of you through a movie or some kind of video where you're watching yourself interact and go through the day to day of your life now that you truly feel worthy of love.
As you're seeing yourself,
How are you moving differently now that you feel worthy of love?
How are you holding yourself in your body?
You might see a different way that you're gesturing in relationships,
That you're holding yourself as you have a conversation.
You might simply see that the way that you walk from room to room in your home is different.
There's something different about the way you walk into a room.
See this version of you,
Witness this version of you in your imagination,
And now start bringing movement into your body in response.
So how does your body want to move right now in response to seeing this version of you who is completely worthy of love,
Who believes you are worthy of love?
Allow your body to organically respond.
For example,
If you saw yourself walking into a room differently,
You may literally stand up on your feet and walk in this way and try that on.
If you saw yourself holding yourself with more softness in your body instead of being so guarded,
Maybe you allow your body to soften in this moment.
Perhaps the way you saw yourself gesturing was more direct instead of chaotic and all over the place.
Maybe you start making movements that are more direct,
Directly out in front of you,
Or directly out to the side of you.
Perhaps you visualize that you now take up more space now that you feel worthy of love and really believe it.
You can literally take up more space in your movement right now,
Traveling your space,
Maybe by walking around the room,
Or creating movements that just take up more space around you.
Maybe you saw that you're more playful,
More daring,
More spontaneous.
How can you engage your body through movement right now to be more spontaneous and daring and playful?
You might try doing a little leap.
If you do,
Please open your eyes and stay safe with that.
Or a little twirl or something that you just don't normally do because you're often so worried about other people hurting you and that feels really constricting in your body.
Maybe when you feel worthy of love and really believe it,
You're more connected to yourself.
This might show up in movement right now by physically touching yourself through caressing or holding or any other way that naturally comes up for you.
It doesn't matter if your movements are big or small right now.
They don't need to be creative or interesting.
You could be repeating the same movements over and over again and that might be just exactly what you need.
So again,
How does it feel in your body to be and believe that you are worthy of love?
How are you moving differently?
How are you holding yourself differently?
I'm going to leave a couple of minutes of space just for you to continue exploring this on your own.
And when those minutes are over,
I'll gently guide you to bring your movements and your experience to a close.
Thank you.
Whatever you're doing right now,
However you're moving,
I'm going to invite you to slowly,
Gradually make your movements smaller,
Make them slower,
Until you eventually reach a pause that feels satisfying to you.
Don't rush this and give yourself the time and respect to transition out of this intimate experience with yourself.
You may find yourself in an ending position,
Perhaps with your hands on your heart or your hands in the sky,
Maybe something that represents your experience and the essence of who you are and who you become once you fully believe that you are worthy of love.
When you find that pose,
Take a deep breath in and out.
Gently allow your body's position to come back to neutral,
Opening your eyes and looking around your physical space,
Returning to this present moment.
Because you've had a taste of this version of you who fully believes in your body,
In your mind,
And in your soul that you are worthy of love,
You now know that it is possible to become this version of you,
To emerge into a version of you that can let in love and give love in a way that is healthy and deeply satisfying and sustainable.
You can come back to this meditation at any time to continue exploring and playing with this very possible version of you that I know and hopefully you will eventually know is totally deserving and worthy of healthy lasting love.
Until next time,
You deserve to be able to let healthy lasting love in.
