Chapter 14

ON SAFETY AND VULNERABILITY

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EXERCISE 01 – Foetal position

A body-based grounding exercise exploring where you physically experience safety and how posture strengthens that sensation.

EXERCISE 04 – My secure past

A guided visualisation recalling a person or place associated with security, strengthening internal access to safety.

EXERCISE 06 – Feelings and sensations about my past

A trauma-awareness exercise noticing bodily reactions to upsetting memories and practising grounding and distancing imagery.

EXERCISE 07 – Hugging myself

A self-soothing embodiment exercise using physical self-embrace to generate and expand feelings of care and protection.

EXERCISE 08 – The magical shape

A protective imagery exercise visualising a boundary around you that strengthens with your breath and shields you from threat.

EXERCISE 09 – Keeping bad experiences in the past

An exercise to help you shrink past dangers mentally and reinforce present-day safety statements.

EXERCISE 12 – Opening up on my own

An exercise where you shift from protective to open body positions, exploring the sensation of vulnerability safely.