The "Unsafety" of Releasing an Old Pattern

There comes a point on the journey of integrating a painful pattern, that we are ready to move on.⁠

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There becomes something boring about revisiting it…⁠

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We reach the next level of “wholeness” and playing the same old wounded story & inquiry has no energy around it.⁠

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And yet - to rest in the new “wholeness” we feel, where the energy opens up, where we feel more magnetic, light, & open…⁠

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𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 & 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧.⁠

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It can feel like we are untethered,⁠

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And we don’t know where to locate safety in our nervous system.⁠

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So there’s a mix of joy & opening,⁠

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With uncertainty & “what the fuck do I do with this?!”⁠

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These are moments it is so key to be gentle with ourselves.⁠

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To move slowly through the world,⁠

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Sensing & orienting to the newfound freedom in our nervous system.⁠

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It can feel like learning to walk again,⁠

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Such a precious & delicate time to nurture ourselves as we embrace life in a new way.⁠

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Notice the small inner movements that want to return to the old thoughts & concerns,⁠

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And accept them as the innocent threads that remain as we find a new type of safety within ourselves.⁠

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A safety that is not based in re-living the familiar sensations of painful patterns —> but based in a deep capacity to accompany ourselves through the unknown.⁠