Inner Trust | Talk

11:11

11:11

Inner Trust | Talk

by Verena Thackeray

Type

guided

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

Inner trust is the foundation for a more joyful, purposeful life. Make better decisions — more quickly, and with greater confidence. Build stronger relationships with your loved ones. Progress with purpose and confidence in the workplace. In this talk I explore what inner trust actually is, why we lose it, and how to rebuild it — not through willpower or positive thinking, but through the body.

Trust Confidence Relationships Body Mind Connection Movement Meditation Letting Go Compassion Purpose

Meet your Teacher

Verena Thackeray

16 Oranienburg, Deutschland

Meet your Teacher

Verena Thackeray

16 Oranienburg, Deutschland

Transcript

Hi, Everyone. Today I wanted to explore with you the feeling of trust or the concept of trust. I was thinking a lot about, Yeah, How can I trust myself more, My abilities, My. . . Capabilities, My skills. But also just Trust myself. Through the day, Not worrying about things, Trusting also the universe that everything will be all right in the end. And also trusting. Others to let go, Even more to. . . Lean into my support team. And I find myself quite often in Here maybe a little bit of controlling mode. I'm sure. You know this feeling. If I plan enough and if I have enough. Things I can control. Then it is somehow easier to trust and let go. And also when it comes to my capabilities, I think if I do this other course, Then I'm ready to do whatever I want to do. Then I can trust in my capabilities. If I'm going to. I don't know, Learn something first and then I have the skills and can do that. Or if the other person is. . . Acting in a certain way, Then I can trust. Or is the life. Is exactly how I want to have it or expect it. Then it is easier to trust into everything, Isn't it? So I've. Find myself somehow in. . . Bringing always conditions to my concept of trust. When I do this, Then I can trust. When someone is doing that, I can trust a little more. When this happens, I feel the concept of trust is working. And I think. . . I think this is a very rational solution and trust is not working like that. I think trust is something completely independent from everything. Trusting myself is something which is deeply rooted. In me, And I think when we are growing up we. . . Forget this original feeling. Of inner trust. When I see babies, How they explore the world and trust that they are going to be held, That the world is in their favor. That brings me always to the point that I think Trust. Is something we have from the moment we are born. It's an inner state and the way how we grow up, The experiences we have throughout our life. Bring us to this point where we, Yeah. Might not trust so easily anymore. And our coping strategy and our solution is often, We just need to control a little bit more. We just need to do this and that, And then we can trust again. But I think, As I'm working a lot with the body, I think that the mind is not the solution here. I think we need to somehow bring us back into this. Baby state of inner trust. Bring us back to this raw experience. And of course, A lot of. Experiences we made in our grown-up life tell us no, No, No, No, It's not safe, We can't trust. But I'm wondering what the solution is because I find myself. More and more. Unsatisfied by me controlling everything, By me being so critical, By me being so skeptical. Bye. Losing a little bit trust in myself in others in life and I think it is not a decision to. . . Trust yes or no, It is a decision to change something. That's for sure. But I think when you have taken the decision that you are thinking maybe like me, Where you are like, There has to be another way. Then I think this is something we need to activate in us again. And this is something I think where the rational mind comes a little bit to to its limits somehow. And I've found lately that Working more with my body. Activating this inner trust, This raw inner trust sensation. Brings me more and more in a state where I'm able to let go a bit more and give myself a chance to not control so much, Not to Try to plan and navigate. And I think it is with a lot of things. It is like muscle training. Of course, We need to always remind ourselves with our rational mind. That we want to choose another path. That when we are back in this, I'm not sure if I can trust that, I should do this first and then I can trust, Realizing OK, I'm again on this path. And I think. Then taking the decision is a rational acts. But then trying to find also a body sensation where we feel a little bit more trust. That we know we are held, Our feet are carrying us through the day. Our body is safe. We are safe. I think then we can. . . Easier find a way to trust again. And again, It's a muscle, It's nothing which will happen immediately. But when I do sometimes some exercises, Especially with the floor in movement, Where I allow myself to sink down. And experience this feeling of being held by the floor. It immediately shifts my inner state. And that brings me to this conclusion or idea that when we are able to activate this body sensation where we feel like We are held. We can let go. We can sink. Then I think our rational mind and our body Brain. They can more easily talk to each other and be like, Right, I have this sensation here. What do you think? Should we try it? Then it is a bit easier than just sewing. Deciding today, Tomorrow I trust. So I think it has to work together because our body is still. . . In this controlling mindset. Maybe you know this feeling when you are planning, When you are efficient and doing. I immediately feel it, My body is more tense, I'm more, So I'm holding more, Right? I'm holding everything more. You know this feeling maybe in your shoulders, We are holding, We don't trust, We hold, We try to navigate through life. Flamming. Maneuvering us through. And in that moment, It is so hard to. . . Let go our body. But I think. When we activate this feeling. . . I'm held, I can't let go. Then I think. . . We can really make the difference. And I think it is this. Taking a conscious decision. But unlocking something in our body because when I'm like this and I'm okay, Tomorrow I trust. I mean, That won't work, But if I'm. . . Bringing myself in a state of my body can trust. Then my rational mind might follow. So. . . Maybe it's worth to try. Some body meditation, Some movement impulses around the topic trust, I work here often with the image of. . . Thinking to the ground, Lowering yourself. And experiencing this feeling of being held. Maybe that's something you would also like to try. Yeah, I think. Let's be also compassionate with ourselves. Of course we are not babies anymore and we have made experiences and we can't just circle everything back and wake up tomorrow and say we trust the world and we are super naive. But I think in the right moments, Observing what our mind does, Observing how our body reacts, And if we want, We can change it, But not only with our mind, Also with our body. Remember this feeling of, Okay, Tomorrow I trust. This won't work. Right? If you have any thoughts on trust, And your experiences to bring it back. Let me know. I'm more than curious. Thank you very much for listening. And maybe see you next time.