A Somatic Journey for Soft Grounding + Creative Reconnection

Last week, I shared a somatic journey that helped me come back to myself—gently, honestly, and without pressure to “fix” anything. A few of you asked for the flow, so I’m sharing the outline here as a soft guide.

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Arrival

Invite the body to land.

• Feel the surface beneath you

• Long, soft exhales

• “There’s nothing you need to fix or perform.”

Emotional Clearing

• “Where is the tightest sensation in my body right now?”

• Let the feeling have space—shake, stretch, breathe with it.

Breath & Energy Reset

• 2-part breath: belly → chest → long exhale

• Imagine light moving through your spine

• Let what’s not yours fall away

Drop in Journey

For softening, releasing, and returning to what is truly yours

Let your body begin to soften

Let the day begin to fall away

Let your thoughts drift gently to the background

You don’t need to hold anything right now

You don’t need to carry anything right now

This space is for you

Just for you

Begin by taking a long, slow breath in through your nose

And a quiet, easy exhale through your mouth

Again

Even slower this time

Feel your body respond

Feel the subtle shift

Like a ripple of quiet moving through you

Now imagine warm water

not physical

but energetic

a soft light

pouring over your shoulders

down your spine

into your chest

and all the way through your belly and limbs

This light is warm

gentle

steady

It’s here to hold you

To cleanse what’s not yours

To help you lay it all down

Feel this light-water moving down your back

washing over all the places you’ve held tension

Let your shoulders melt

Let your neck soften

Let your jaw unclench

Let your eyes relax

Let this warmth reach your heart

and the places around your heart

where you’ve been holding too much

The stories

The roles

The pressure

The grief that isn’t even yours

Let it all begin to loosen

You don’t need to force it

Just allow it

Imagine this light seeping into your belly now

the place where so much is carried without words

Soften here

Let it unwind

Let the tightness melt away

Let the heaviness dissolve

You don’t need to hold

what isn’t yours to hold

You don’t need to carry

what was never meant to be yours

Let your breath keep flowing

Let the warm energy move down your arms

into your hands

and out your fingertips

Feel how much you’ve been gripping

without realizing

Feel how much you’re allowed to release

Let this warmth move into your hips

Your thighs

Your knees and calves

Down to the soles of your feet

Anything you’ve been carrying

Anything sticky or dense or borrowed

can flow right out

into the earth

into the light

into release

This isn’t about rejecting

or judging

It’s about remembering

what’s yours

and what isn’t

You can return things with love

Even if no one sees it

Even if no one understands

Your body knows what is yours to hold

And what is not

Now take a soft breath into your heart

And say inwardly:

“I lay it down now.”

Say it again, if it feels right:

“I lay it down now.”

This could be emotion

Expectation

Responsibility

Energy from others

Old versions of you

Whatever it is, let it soften

Let it slip away

You don’t need it here

You never did

Now feel your body

not empty

but clear

Feel what’s left

The lightness

The space

The truth

You’re still here

You’re still whole

But now you’re breathing only in your own energy

your own rhythm

your own presence

Bask in this feeling

This space

This clarity

Let your body memorize this

Let your nervous system feel the exhale

You are not here to carry it all

You are not here to fix or hold or absorb

You are here to be

And you are enough

Let yourself stay in this light

as long as you need

And when you’re ready

begin to gently come back

Bring your awareness to your breath

Wiggle your fingers and toes

Stretch if it feels good

And carry this lightness

this truth

into whatever comes next

You don’t have to carry it all

You never did

You are allowed to return to yourself

again and again

Inner Voice Prompts

Ask from the body, not the mind.

A few gentle questions:

• What am I holding that isn’t mine?

• How can I gently return that energy?

• What does my body feel like without the weight?

• What part of me is ready to soften?

• If I didn’t have to carry this anymore, what would open up?

• What’s something I can let go of, just for today?

• What does my inner voice want me to know about what is mine to hold?

• How would I move if I trusted that I’m allowed to feel light?

• Where in my life am I trying too hard to hold it all together?

• What would it feel like to be fully in my own energy?

Safe Place Journey

Step into your non-physical sanctuary.

No rules. No limits. Just you—playing.

Let yourself sink even deeper now

Let your body settle into stillness

Let your energy soften

You’ve already released so much

You’ve laid down what was never yours to carry

And now, you get to enter a space

that belongs only to you

Close your eyes if they aren’t already

And take a slow, sweet breath in

Followed by a long, sighing exhale

With every breath,

feel yourself being invited into your own sacred space

This is your Safe Place

A realm beyond time, beyond gravity, beyond limits

Here, you are the sovereign creator

You don’t have to ask permission

You don’t have to explain

You get to feel and receive and be

Now imagine yourself stepping through a glowing doorway

A soft shimmer of light that welcomes you completely

As you step through, notice how the energy shifts

The air is lighter

The sky expands endlessly

And the world that surrounds you responds to your intention

to your breath

to your essence

Let this place form around you

You don’t have to try—just allow it

Maybe you’re in a wide open field

where the wind whispers joy

Maybe you’re floating in starlight

Or resting on soft moss beneath a lavender sky

Everything here exists for you

Everything here reflects what’s possible

when you no longer carry the weight of the world

Let your body move if it wants to

Stretch

Lie down

Float

Dance

Gravity doesn’t apply here unless you want it to

You can walk on clouds

Swim through moonlight

Paint the sky with your thoughts

Whatever you imagine becomes real instantly

Because here, you are the dreamer

and the dream

If something wants to appear—let it

A person

An object

A symbol

A sound

There’s no right answer

Only resonance

What does peace feel like in this space?

What does joy feel like?

What does you feel like

when no one is asking you to be anything else?

Let yourself savor that feeling

Let it fill your cells

Let it expand beyond your skin

This is you

Unburdened

Unrushed

Unbound

If a version of you wants to appear—

One who already lives from this space of lightness—

Let them show you how they move

how they breathe

how they receive

You don’t need to chase that version of you

You are them

You’re just remembering

Take a few more moments

to rest in this energy

To witness the beauty of your own inner world

Let yourself feel how safe it is

how easeful

how natural

This place is always here

You can return to it at any time

And every time you do,

you remember more of who you really are

Now slowly

Gently

Begin to come back

Bring the energy with you

Let it blend into your breath

into your heart

into your hands

Wiggle your fingers

Roll your shoulders

Stretch if you need to

And when you’re ready

Open your eyes

Knowing that the weight has been released

And what remains

is yours

is sacred

and is enough