Meeting Holiday Triggers with Compassion (A Somatic Meditation for Relief and Healing)

If holiday stress and triggers are leaving you feeling tense, reactive, or emotionally worn down, this episode is here to support you.

This time of year has a way of activating old patterns in the body and psyche, especially around family, belonging, and unmet needs. Even when we understand ourselves deeply, the holidays can still be a tender and challenging time.

This episode of Somatic Healing Meditations is a somatic meditation for relief and healing when you’re triggered. It’s an embodied invitation to meet yourself with compassion right where you are, offering insight, grounding, and a chance to soften instead of pushing through.

Using gentle somatic awareness and Havening Techniques®, this practice helps your system feel safer and more supported, bringing warmth and care to the parts of you that are hurting.

Press play to give your body a break from holiday stress and meet your triggers with compassion instead of self-judgment.

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Episode timing:

00:00 - Meeting Holiday Triggers with Compassion

03:51 - Somatic Meditation for Relief and Healing: How to Do Self-Havening

07:02 - Somatic Meditation for Relief and Healing: Soothing Your Nervous System

12:37 - Somatic Meditation for Relief and Healing: Getting a Felt Sense of Your Trigger

16:58 - Somatic Meditation for Relief and Healing: Meeting Your Trigger with Compassion and Deep Understanding

31:03 - Conclusion and reflections

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