What do you notice when you look at the above image?
A color theme? A landscape? A person?
Maybe it evokes a feeling of being alone while facing a challenge.
Perhaps you are navigating a major life change - a loss, a crisis, an immigration, a transition that quietly or suddenly shifted everything you knew about yourself. You may feel like you’ve gotten knocked down. Your familiar self-image may be broken into pieces - some pieces are missing, some seem not to be relevant anymore.
I use a somatic approach to work with individuals who are finding their way through:
a challenging life event or personal crisis
loss of identity after a major role or relationship change
the quiet but persistent feeling that who you were no longer matches who you’re becoming
the disorientation of immigration and cultural reinvention
the need to integrate all the parts - old and new - into something whole
Getting up after being knocked down is not easy. Taking a step forward is even harder. But as long as you can breathe and use your consciousness, there is a chance for your system to rebalance and recalibrate. There is a choice to reinvent yourself - not by leaving pieces behind, but by integrating them into a more expansive version of who you are.
Take a look at the image one more time. The colors are calm. The landscape is peaceful. A person is well supported by the environment.
