Over 10 years ago, when I first began my journey towards healing, my therapist started our first session with helping me create a place in my mind. She asked me what safety meant to me and then based on those words asked me to travel to a mental picture wherever I first thought of based on those words. She asked me what I saw, so I told her of a memory I had being in this gorgeous meadow as a child. The meadow was huge and was hemmed in by old forests and a twisting clear river. She asked me what I felt, so I told her that I felt the individual blades of grass bending as I ran my hand along them walking through it. I felt the hard cool dirt under my bare feet. I felt the rough bark of the old tree next to the river. She asked my what I heard, so I told her of the bumblebees dancing from wildflower to wildflower and of the river gurgling over the rocks beneath. She asked me what I smelled, so I told her of the dry hot piney air and the juice I smelled of the huckleberry bushes. And I created the most beautiful space in my mind that I could use as relief while I faced my demons. I often go back to that meadow, in my mind, not because I want to escape anymore but because I love the calmness of being there. Did you know that sleeping, sitting or walking along the earth actually connects us to the earths electrical charges? Did you know that when we remember something so realistically, our body experiences it as if we are there again? Where do you feel calm?
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