We often think of safety as something external. A calm home. A steady routine. A relationship that feels supportive. And these are important. Necessary, even.

But there’s another kind of safety that is just as essential, if not more so.

It’s the kind that lives inside of you.

For trauma survivors, the body often becomes a place that feels foreign or dangerous. Even when the outer world quiets, the internal alarms may still ring. That’s because trauma doesn’t just live in memory. It lives in sensation, in pattern, in the nervous system’s automatic responses.

True healing comes not only from safer environments but from learning how to relate differently to ourselves.

This is what we mean when we talk about internal safety.

It’s not about being perfectly calm all the time.
It’s about knowing how to return to yourself.

Internal safety might look like:

• Recognizing when your body is bracing and offering it permission to soften.
• Feeling discomfort without abandoning yourself.
• Being able to say “I’m here. I’m listening” to your own experience.

It’s slow work. It’s patient work. And it often begins with presence, the kind that doesn’t demand, fix, or force. Just notices. Just stays.

And this is the heart of our Somatic Movement & Meditation group this month. It’s not about moving your body a certain way or meditating the “right” way. It’s about offering your body a space to be felt, supported, and witnessed, without judgment or pressure.

Because when your body begins to associate you with safety…
everything changes.

You start to feel steadier, even when things around you are uncertain.
You begin to trust your own responses.
You gain access to your truth, your needs, and your desires.

Safety becomes something you carry, not something you chase.

And that’s when healing deepens.

Thank you for letting me see you,