Practice : Taking up space

Something that often comes up for my clients is the enquiry around being comfortable with taking up space.

There are many reasons why it might feel challenging to speak up, ask for what we want, climb the ladder at work or be comfortable with being seen.

From the unending conditioning that we as women (and female identifying) have learnt from our society - to ‘stay small’ in size, opinion and econimically.

To females being presdisposed to the learned nervous system responses of fitting in (people pleasing) and fawning. It can be challenging to untangle what we might feel is holding us back.

Often we can run ourselves in circles trying to understand how we feel and this is why working with the body can often offer us a different perspective.

Below is a video of a short somatic practice that explores moving between making ourselves ‘small’ and making ourselves ‘big’

Click the below to give the video a watch, see if you want to join in and track your experience as you go along. Remembering there isn't a right or wrong way to do this, and the way you know you're doing it right is that feels good for you.

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REFLECTION QUESTIONS

How did it feel to be be small? Did it feel safe and held? constricted and claustrophobic? Something else?
How did it feel to be you at your biggest? Was it too much or just right?
Did you find your most comfortable place today? how did it feel in your body?
Did the place you felt most comfortable surprise you?
What was your version of taking up space in the right way for you?
How did you know it felt good? Could you track sensation, did an image come to mind? was there a memory that arrived?

And remembering that this is all just a way to get curious. Try to stay away from making too much meaning from your findings and instead let whatever wants to stay, stay, and letting go of what's not necessary. ❤️