Your Body Trust Meditation
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Black women, this meditation is for you. I made this after a moment where my nervous system went into a slight meltdown— because I had to set a boundary I knew was right for me. If you’ve ever noticed that choosing yourself can feel physically unsettling, you’re not imagining it. Many of us learned to survive by overriding our bodies. We pushed through exhaustion. We stayed quiet when something felt wrong. We learned to endure instead of listen. So when we finally choose ourselves—when we say no, when we rest, when we protect our time, our energy, our space—the body doesn’t immediately relax. It watches. It waits. It asks whether this boundary will actually be honored.
Over time, trust with the body isn’t rebuilt through affirmations alone or by tricking the mind—it’s rebuilt through follow-through. Through consistency. Through showing the body, again and again, that we will not abandon ourselves anymore. This Body Trust Meditation was created for that moment: the moment after the boundary, when your nervous system is loud and your body needs reassurance. Let the drums in this meditation be your warrior call. To honor your body. To hold your ground. If your body has learned to brace… If choosing yourself still feels unfamiliar… If rest, boundaries, and protection don’t come naturally yet… You are not broken. You are relearning. Press play when you’re ready. Your body knows what to do. xoxo, Empress Theadora |