From Survival to Safety | Somatic Exercises for Nervous System Regulation | No Explanation
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Understanding Scarcity as a Body State
From a neurobiological perspective, scarcity is an adaptive survival pattern rooted in the autonomic nervous system (ANS). When the brain perceives threat or lack, it shifts toward sympathetic dominance—mobilizing fight-or-flight responses to seek resources or escape danger. Over time, this pattern can become chronic, leading to physiological hypervigilance: shallow breathing, muscular tension, and digestive suppression.
These responses were meant for moments of true danger. But in modern life, they are triggered by subtle cues—financial stress, emotional disconnection, social comparison, or even internalized pressure to do more. Each time this happens, your body reinforces neural circuits of scarcity. The world begins to feel unsafe, even when you’re not in danger.
Somatic regulation works by re-educating these neural circuits through sensory experience. Instead of trying to “think your way out” of scarcity, you invite your body to feel its way back into safety.
How Scarcity Shapes Perception and Physiology
Scarcity alters perception at every level. When the nervous system is in defense mode, the visual field narrows—literally and metaphorically. Eye muscles stiffen, head movement decreases, and the brain’s threat networks, particularly the amygdala and periaqueductal gray, dominate. This makes you more likely to notice danger, less able to perceive opportunity, and less receptive to connection.
This perceptual tunnel vision extends into relationships and self-belief. The body constricts, the chest collapses, and even digestion slows as blood is redirected toward large muscles. Hormones like cortisol and norepinephrine rise, increasing vigilance but reducing access to pleasure and play. Over time, chronic scarcity leads to allostatic load—the wear and tear on the body from sustained stress.
Reversing this state requires not just rest, but embodied experiences of enoughness. Somatic practices create micro-moments of safety that accumulate over time, teaching the body that it no longer needs to guard against life.
By restoring safety through somatic practice, you recalibrate dopamine pathways, making satisfaction and rest accessible again. This balance allows for sustainable motivation—doing and being without depletion. It’s not about forcing positivity; it’s about returning the nervous system to the conditions where curiosity and connection naturally thrive.
From Survival to Safety: Repatterning the Nervous System
Neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to rewire itself—depends on repetition and safety. Every time you engage in a somatic exercise that invites calm, you’re building new synaptic pathways that favor regulation over reactivity. These micro-experiences of safety accumulate, eventually replacing the habitual pattern of scarcity with a new baseline of enoughness.
Think of it as training your interoceptive awareness—your ability to sense internal states. When interoception is accurate, you can detect subtle signs of dysregulation (tightness, shallow breath, clenching) before they escalate. When it’s impaired, you may not realize you’re in scarcity until you’re exhausted or overwhelmed. Somatic awareness rebuilds this communication channel, teaching you to listen before the body has to shout.
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As a certified trauma-centered somatic practitioner and breath therapist, I help you regulate your nervous system. My journey included transforming personal challenges into wisdom. I´ve evolved through my own trauma, trials and errors, which now empower me to offer guidance and support to others navigating their own transformations.
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Disclaimer: The content provided on this channel is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Teresa Trieb is not responsible for any liabilities, injuries, or damages that may occur from following the information or advice in these videos. By voluntarily participating in these somatic exercises, you agree to do so at your own risk and accept full responsibility for any potential damage.
You may consult a healthcare professional before beginning somatic exercises. These exercises are intended as a general guide; always pay attention to your body's signals and discontinue if you feel unwell. If you experience sensations such as tingling, ear ringing, dizziness, light-headedness or similar symptoms, please remain calm, as they are completely normal.
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