Lexy Florentina, an expert in somatic awareness and nervous system regulation, has devoted her career to helping others reconnect with their bodies and manage stress effectively.
Her work is centered on understanding and feeling the body's cues, which she believes is essential for true emotional and physical well-being.
In a series of three videos, Lexy shares practical techniques and insights from her extensive experience, offering valuable guidance for those looking to deepen their connection with their own body.
Building Somatic Awareness
The word Soma means body - Somatic awareness is the attention and attunement we have with our bodily cues, feelings and sensations. Knowing how we feel, what our body needs, and what we are experiencing are key components of somatic or body awareness. But when we’ve learned to be disconnected from our body for a long time, this can be challenging at first.
Building somatic awareness begins first with getting in touch with our basic biological cues and simply noticing that we have a body here in this present moment.
This is the foundation to the practice of listening to our body
Intellectualizing vs Feeling Your Feelings
The power of using the word “and” when we find our mind taking over supports us in allowing our feelings to exist even amidst the thoughts.
For many of us, getting stuck in our head is a vicious cycle that leaves us feeling disconnected from our body and unable to self regulate our nervous system.
And while it can be tempting to just try to figure out what we’re feeling cognitively and analyze our responses to get those AH-HA moments, it still leaves us intellectualizing our experience and not actually feeling it.
Instead of trying to force ourselves one way or the other, I like to offer the option of using “and”
My thoughts are saying this AND my body is saying this.
When we can create space for both to exist, it helps us soften around the experience of feeling overtime
Simple Somatic Tool to Support Your Body Through Stress
The Voo is a simple somatic experiencing practice that stimulates our vagus nerve. The vagus nerve acts as a communication highway between our brain and our body and when this highway is under pressure or stress our system will get the signal that it’s under threat. The Voo offers gentle stimulation for this nerve that invites subtle movement and vibrations often influencing a parasympathetic response in our body. You can do this exercise 1-2x a day or whenever you’re in need of support. You should feel the vibrations deep in your belly and you may notice a sigh, yawn or spontaneous deep breath after
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We hope this journal has provided valuable insights and practical tools to enhance your connection with your body. Lexy Florentina's teachings offer simple ways to support your well-being. To see more from Lexy, follow her account @lexyflorentina or visit her website at lexyflorentina.com. Thank you for joining us, and we hope these lessons bring you balance and peace.
With Love,
Indigo Luna xx
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