Struggling to Love Yourself? (Somatic Meditation to Heal Your Blocks to Self-Love)

We all struggle to love ourselves sometimes. Even when we truly desire to be kind to ourselves, to feel our worth, and to see ourselves through loving eyes … something inside of us resists, or pulls away, or shuts down. In this episode of Somatic Healing Meditations, we’ll explore the deeper reasons why we experience blocks to self-love. You’ll be gently guided through a Somatic Meditation to Heal Your Blocks to Self-Love using Regenerating Images in Memory (RIM®). This practice invites you to connect with the parts of you that may be holding fear, pain, or resistance - and to meet them with warmth, curiosity, and compassionate attention. Together, we’ll create space for those parts to soften, so that self-love can begin to feel safer and more possible. If self-love has felt distant or unreachable, this episode offers a quiet turning point. A space to breathe, to reconnect with yourself, and to take one soft step closer to the love that’s already waiting within you. In this episode: Why we struggle to love ourselves Somatic Meditation To Heal Your Blocks To Self-Love (using Regenerating Images in Memory) Related meditations: Meditation for Secure Attachment with Yourself (Because Self-Love Isn’t a Feeling. It’s a Relationship) Self-Love Body Scan Meditation Try more Regenerating Images in Memory Meditations here! Read more here about our blocks to self-love here: https://helloinnerlight.com/somatic-healing-meditations/struggling-to-love-yourself-somatic-meditation-to-heal-your-blocks-to-self-love 🌟 If you want to learn even more about how to regulate your nervous system and connect with your body and emotions in a deep and supportive way, enroll now in The Feel It To Heal It Mini-Course! In 5 powerful mini-lessons, it will help you drop in, deepen your compassionate self-understanding, and find more clarity and healing on your journey. Enroll for free now! 🐠 Join me in Costa Rica this winter for a deeply restorative Somatic Self-Love Retreat - a gentle, immersive experience designed to help you reconnect with your body, soften old self-protection, and return to your truest self. Through daily somatic practices, heart-opening workshops, and healing time in nature, you'll learn how to cultivate embodied self-love from the inside out. ✨ Early bird discounted spots are almost gone! Learn more at www.helloinnerlight.com/retreats (If your heart is whispering yes to this retreat, but your mind needs a bit more clarity, I’d love to connect! You can book a free 20-minute chat with me right here: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=16736577&appointmentType=80654090 ) __ Connect with Karena: @helloinnerlight on Instagram and YouTube Find ALL of the amazing Somatic Healing Meditations here 1:1 Somatic Healing Sessions with Karena Somatic Self-Love Retreat in Costa Rica Get AD-FREE access to this podcast, plus live classes, workshops, and group coaching in Somatic Healing Hub Free mini-course: The Feel it to Heal it Mini-Course Join me in Somatic Healing Hub!

Authentic self-love is something we practice into being. 🌸 It’s something we cultivate gently, over time. And when we do, something beautiful happens: our relationship with ourselves starts to feel like home. A place where we can soften, rest, and meet ourselves with compassion, no matter what we’re feeling. This week’s Self-Love Body Scan Meditation is a soothing, regulating journey to connect with an authentic sense of self-love in your body. We’ll begin with gentle breathwork, followed by a series of iffirmations - open-ended, curiosity-based prompts to soften into authentic self-love. From there, you’ll be guided through a slow, spacious body scan designed to help you connect with yourself with true compassion and care. Think of it as an invitation to discover what self-love feels like in your body … and to anchor that feeling a little more deeply with every breath. ✨ If you’ve ever longed to feel more love from within, this episode offers a gentle path back—one breath, one moment at a time. 💗🌸 In this episode: How to Cultivate Authentic Self-Love Self-Love Body Scan Meditation Regulating Breathing to Drop In Iffirmations For Authentic Self-Love Feeling Authentic Self-Love in Your Body Rotation of Consciousness Related: Meditation for Secure Attachment with Yourself (Because Self-Love Isn’t a Feeling. It’s a Relationship) Related: Try more Deep Relaxation Meditations here! Read more here: helloinnerlight.com/somatic-healing-meditations/self-love-body-scan-meditation 🌟 If you want to learn even more about how to regulate your nervous system and connect with your body and emotions in a deep and supportive way, enroll now in The Feel It To Heal It Mini-Course! In 5 powerful mini-lessons, it will help you drop in, deepen your compassionate self-understanding, and find more clarity and healing on your journey. Enroll for free now! 🐠 Join me in Costa Rica this winter for a deeply restorative Somatic Self-Love Retreat - a gentle, immersive experience designed to help you reconnect with your body, soften old self-protection, and return to your truest self. Through daily somatic practices, heart-opening workshops, and healing time in nature, you'll learn how to cultivate embodied self-love from the inside out. ✨ Early bird discounted spots are almost gone! Learn more at www.helloinnerlight.com/retreats __ Iffirmations for Authentic Self-Love: I wonder what it would be like to experience more self-love. I wonder who I could become if I learned to love and accept myself as I am. What if I can soften my heart to myself today? What would it be like to consistently treat myself with more warmth and kindness? What would it feel like to look at myself through a more loving lens? What if it’s safe for me to see the good in myself? What if nothing in me needs to be “fixed” in order to be worthy of love? What if I could feel more appreciation for the beauty within me? What if I could feel more compassion for the struggle within me? What if all parts of me belong, right here and right now? What if all parts of me belong, right here and right now, even the ones that feel unlovable? What if there’s a quiet part within me that never forgot my true worth? What if there’s a quiet part within me that knows how to love? What would it be like to look beneath the stories of self-judgment and connect more with that part of me? What if it’s safe for me to slow down and show myself the warmth and kindness I truly deserve? __ Connect with Karena: @helloinnerlight on Instagram, and YouTube Find ALL of the amazing Somatic Healing Meditations here 1:1 Somatic Healing Sessions with Karena Somatic Self-Love Retreat in Costa Rica Get AD-FREE access to this podcast, plus live classes, workshops, and group coaching in Somatic Healing Hub Free mini-course: The Feel it to Heal it Mini-Course Join me in Somatic Healing Hub!

What if self-love isn’t something you feel… but something you create? 💫 In this episode, we explore a completely different way of understanding self-love. It’s a view rooted in developmental psychology, somatic healing, and the attachment patterns that shape our inner world. You’ll learn how the four-step attachment cycle becomes a powerful, research-backed blueprint for creating secure attachment with yourself. Even if you didn’t grow up with consistent emotional attunement, your body can still learn what it feels like to be truly seen, supported, and loved from the inside out. We’ll talk about why so many of us struggle to feel safe with ourselves, how to gently re-pattern those old dynamics, and what it means to create a felt sense of inner trust and belonging. 🌱 Then, I’ll guide you through a somatic meditation based on the attachment cycle using Regenerating Images in Memory®. This is a deeply intuitive process that helps you attune to your real needs and respond with care. 💗 If you want to move from thinking about self-love to feeling implicitly loved, this episode is for you. In this episode: Secure Attachment with Yourself: Creating Real Self-Love The Attachment Cycle - Your Inner Blueprint for Secure Attachment with Yourself When It Feels Hard to Love Ourselves Meditation For Secure Attachment with Yourself (using Regenerating Images in Memory) Related: Try more Somatic Emotional Processing Meditations here! Learn more about secure attachment and self-love here. 🌟 If you want to learn even more about how to regulate your nervous system and connect with your body and emotions in a deep and supportive way, enroll now in The Feel It To Heal It Mini-Course! In 5 powerful mini-lessons, it will help you drop in, deepen your compassionate self-understanding, and find more clarity and healing on your journey. Enroll for free now! 🐠 Join me in Costa Rica this winter for a deeply restorative Somatic Self-Love Retreat - a gentle, immersive experience designed to help you reconnect with your body, soften old self-protection, and return to your truest self. Through daily somatic practices, heart-opening workshops, and healing time in nature, you'll learn how to cultivate embodied self-love from the inside out. ✨ Space is limited! Learn more at www.helloinnerlight.com/retreats __ Connect with Karena: @helloinnerlight on Instagram, and YouTube Find ALL of the amazing Somatic Healing Meditations here 1:1 Somatic Healing Sessions with Karena Somatic Self-Love Retreat in Costa Rica Free mini-course: The Feel it to Heal it Mini-Course Join me in Somatic Healing Hub!

Have you been feeling disconnected from yourself - like you’re going through the motions but not really here? Like somewhere along the way, you lost touch with your own presence? In this episode of Somatic Healing Meditations, you’ll be guided through a calming somatic meditation to help you reconnect with yourself from the inside out. Through breath, gentle touch, and Havening Techniques®, you’ll be invited back into your body with care and curiosity. You’ll also be guided through soothing “iffirmations” to support your compassionate return to yourself. If you’re longing to feel more grounded, more like yourself, and more at peace in your body, this meditation is for you. Take a breath. Let go of the doing. Come home to you. 💗 In this episode: Reconnect With Yourself Deeply Somatic Meditation To Come Home To Yourself: Self-Havening explained Reconnect and Regulate using Havening Iffirmations To Reconnect With Yourself Havening Techniques® is a registered trademark of Ronald Ruden, 15 East 91st Street, New York. www.havening.org Learn more about Havening Techniques and the science behind them Learn all about Iffirmations here https://helloinnerlight.com/somatic-healing-meditations/reconnect-with-yourself-deeply-a-somatic-meditation-to-come-home-to-yourself ✨ Ready to find your center, quiet your mind, and step off the roller coaster of stress and overwhelm? You’re invited to join me in Somatic Healing Hub! SHH is a beautiful, deeply supportive online community filled with the structure, support, and somatic practices to help you actually feel better in your body - and create real change in your life. 💗💗💗 Inside, you’ll get ad-free access to the Somatic Healing Meditations podcast! 💗💗💗💗 Each week, I guide multiple live somatic healing classes - calming, grounded practices to regulate your nervous system and reconnect with your inner world. There’s also monthly group coaching with me, heart-centered workshops, and an extensive library of powerful body-based resources to support your healing journey. Your nervous system. Your emotions. Your healing — lovingly supported. 💛 Learn more and enroll now! 🐠 Join me in Costa Rica this winter for a deeply restorative Somatic Self-Love Retreat - a gentle, immersive experience designed to help you reconnect with your body, soften old self-protection, and return to your truest self. Through daily somatic practices, heart-opening workshops, and healing time in nature, you'll learn how to cultivate embodied self-love from the inside out. ✨ Space is limited! Learn more at www.helloinnerlight.com/retreats __ 🌿 Iffirmations to Reconnect With Yourself What if I can gently come home to myself? What if I don’t have to force myself back? What if I can just return to my senses in this moment? What if I can allow my presence to soften into this moment, more and more? What if it’s safe for me to be here now? What if every time I come back to my body and feelings, I come back to myself? What would it be like to welcome myself back, more and more, with each breath? What would it be like to meet myself with gentleness and curiosity right here and right now? What would it be like to feel a sense of home within myself? What if I’m safe in my own presence? What if I could release all pressure to be anything other than myself? What if I wasn’t as far away from myself as I thought? What if I have always belonged to myself? What if my true essence is always here, even if I feel disconnected from it? What would it be like to reconnect with the part of me that’s never forgotten my true essence? What if it’s safe for me to slow down and listen to my inner world? What would it be like to release what’s not mine and come home to who I truly am? More and more, I choose to reconnect with myself. More and more, I am coming home to me. Connect with Karena: @helloinnerlight on Instagram, and YouTube Find ALL of the amazing Somatic Healing Meditations here 1:1 Somatic Healing Sessions with Karena Somatic Self-Love Retreat in Costa Rica Free mini-course: The Feel it to Heal it Mini-Course Join me in Somatic Healing Hub!

What if your anxiety isn’t a problem to fix… but a message to listen to? 💛 We’re so often told to silence anxiety - override it, out-think it, distract ourselves from it. But what if real relief comes not from resisting our anxiety, but from turning toward it with care? In this episode of Somatic Healing Meditations, I guide you through a powerful somatic meditation for anxiety relief - a practice that helps you shift from control to compassion. You’ll explore what happens when you stop bracing against your anxiety and begin to gently feel it, listen to it, and honor the wisdom it holds. This 4-step anxiety relief process is rooted in neuroscience, somatic emotional processing, and deep inner attunement. It’s not about forcing yourself to be calm - it’s about becoming a safe place for the parts of you that feel anxious. 🎧 If you’ve been longing for a way to meet your anxiety that feels gentle, real, and deeply healing… this episode is for you. In this episode: A Somatic Approach to Anxiety Relief Somatic Meditation For Anxiety Relief Step 1: Feel The Anxiety in Your Body Step 2: Turn Toward This Feeling Step 3: Iffirmations For Anxiety Relief Step 4: Understanding The Message Within Related: Try more Somatic Emotional Processing Meditations here! Read more about this somatic approach to anxiety relief here. Iffirmations for anxiety relief What if it’s okay that I’m feeling this anxiety right now? What would it be like to make space for this anxiety without needing to push it away or fix it immediately? What if it’s safe for me to feel this right now? What if there’s nothing wrong with me for feeling this way? What would it be like to soften my heart to myself in this moment? What would it be like to soften my heart to this anxiety in this moment? What would it feel like to welcome all parts of myself, even the parts that feel anxious? What would it be like to meet this anxious feeling as an invitation to go deeper? What would it be like to listen to this feeling and honor the message within it? What if these anxious feelings actually make sense in a way? Sentence leads for going deeper What if these feelings make sense in a way because… Because what I’m really feeling deep down is… What I really want or need when I feel this way is… What feels most supportive to me when I’m feeling anxious is… What I’m realizing now is… How it feels to realize that is… Giving voice to anything else that wants to be known until that feels complete. ✨ Ready to find your center, quiet your mind, and step off the roller coaster of stress and overwhelm? You’re invited to join me in Somatic Healing Hub! SHH is a beautiful, deeply supportive online community filled with the structure, support, and somatic practices to help you actually feel better in your body - and create real change in your life. 💗💗💗 Inside, you’ll get ad-free access to the Somatic Healing Meditations podcast! 💗💗💗💗 Each week, I guide multiple live somatic healing classes - calming, grounded practices to regulate your nervous system and reconnect with your inner world. There’s also monthly group coaching with me, heart-centered workshops, and an extensive library of powerful body-based resources to support your healing journey. Your nervous system. Your emotions. Your healing — lovingly supported. 💛 Learn more and enroll now! 🐠 Join me in Costa Rica this winter for a deeply restorative Somatic Self-Love Retreat - a gentle, immersive experience designed to help you reconnect with your body, soften old self-protection, and return to your truest self. Through daily somatic practices, heart-opening workshops, and healing time in nature, you'll learn how to cultivate embodied self-love from the inside out. ✨ Space is limited! Learn more at www.helloinnerlight.com/retreats __ Connect with Karena: @helloinnerlight on Instagram, and YouTube Find ALL of the amazing Somatic Healing Meditations here 1:1 Somatic Healing Sessions with Karena Somatic Self-Love Retreat in Costa Rica Free mini-course: The Feel it to Heal it Mini-Course Join me in Somatic Healing Hub!

Ever find yourself spiraling into panic, shutting down in a conversation, or overreacting in a way that just doesn’t feel like you? You’re not alone - and you’re not broken. You may be experiencing something called an amygdala hijack. In this episode, we’re diving into what amygdala hijack really is - why it happens, how it feels in the body, and what’s going on in the brain when your amygdala takes over. Understanding this can be a game-changer for anyone who’s ever struggled with reactivity, shame after conflict, or feeling out of control in moments of stress. We’ll also talk about why you can’t think your way out of an amygdala hijack - and why somatic tools like Havening Techniques® are so effective at calming the emotional brain and bringing the thinking mind back online. You’ll then be guided through a gentle, body-based practice to calm your amygdala and return to a felt sense of safety. If you’ve ever wished you could stop the spiral in real time, this episode is for you. In this episode: What is Amygdala Hijack? How to Calm Amygdala Hijack Somatic Practice to Calm Your Amygdala using Havening Related: Try more nervous system healing meditations here! Learn more about Havening Techniques and the science behind them Havening Techniques® is a registered trademark of Ronald Ruden, 15 East 91st Street, New York. www.havening.org 🌟 If you want to learn even more about how to regulate your nervous system and connect with your body and emotions in a deep and supportive way, enroll now in The Feel It To Heal It Mini-Course! In 5 powerful mini-lessons, it will help you drop in, deepen your compassionate self-understanding, and find more clarity and healing on your journey. Enroll for free now! 🐠 Join me in Costa Rica this winter for a deeply restorative Somatic Self-Love Retreat - a gentle, immersive experience designed to help you reconnect with your body, soften old self-protection, and return to your truest self. Through daily somatic practices, heart-opening workshops, and healing time in nature, you'll learn how to cultivate embodied self-love from the inside out. ✨ Space is limited! Learn more at www.helloinnerlight.com/retreats __ Connect with Karena: @helloinnerlight on Instagram, and YouTube helloinnerlight.com Find ALL of the amazing Somatic Healing Meditations here Free mini-course: The Feel it to Heal it Mini-Course Join The Co-Regulation Community: https://helloinnerlight.com/the-coregulation-community 1:1 Somatic Healing Sessions with Karena Somatic Self-Love Retreat in Costa Rica

We all avoid our feelings sometimes … but even when we’re not actively thinking about them, those emotions don’t disappear. They stay with us - in our bodies, in our breath, in our inner dialogue - quietly shaping our experience from underneath the surface. This gentle somatic meditation is an invitation to stop running and start listening. You’ll be guided to turn toward what you’ve been holding inside and meet it with compassion and care - creating space for insight, integration, and emotional release. Using a powerful emotional healing technique called Regenerating Images in Memory® (RIM), this practice helps you connect deeply with what’s really going on within you in a way that can facilitate a deep emotional release. RIM works with your body and imagination in a deeply intuitive way, supporting healing that feels organic, safe, and surprisingly relieving. If you’ve been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected, or just sensing that something’s unresolved beneath the surface, this episode is for you. Let this be a soft place to begin again. 🎧 Press play when you’re ready to gently feel what’s here - and release what no longer needs to be held. In this episode: The power of turning toward our feelings instead of avoiding them Gentle Meditation For Healing And Emotional Release (using Regenerating Images in Memory) Related: Enjoy more Somatic Emotional Processing Meditations here! 🌟 If you want to learn even more about how to regulate your nervous system and connect with your body and emotions in a deep and supportive way, enroll now in The Feel It To Heal It Mini-Course! In 5 powerful mini-lessons, it will help you drop in, deepen your compassionate self-understanding, and find more clarity and healing on your journey. Enroll for free now! Connect with Karena: @helloinnerlight on Instagram, and YouTube helloinnerlight.com Find ALL of the amazing Somatic Healing Meditations here Free mini-course: The Feel it to Heal it Mini-Course Join The Co-Regulation Community: https://helloinnerlight.com/the-coregulation-community 1:1 Somatic Healing Sessions with Karena

You don’t need to think harder. You need to listen deeper. 💗 When it comes to making decisions (big and small), most of us try to think our way to clarity. But real clarity doesn’t come from overanalyzing - it comes from reconnecting with the quiet wisdom of your body and heart. This guided somatic meditation for intuitive decision making helps you shift out of the mind and into the felt sense of what’s true. You’ll explore the heart as a powerful center of intuitive intelligence - and learn how to access the deeper knowing that lives within you. Intuitive decision making isn’t something you have to figure out. It’s something you can feel into. And your heart - your beautifully intelligent, deeply connected heart - knows the way. Whether you’re in the middle of a big life decision or you’re just longing to trust yourself more deeply, this meditation is for you. In this episode: Your Body is Home To A Deep, Intuitive Intelligence Somatic Meditation For Intuitive Decision Making Breathing to Reconnect And Regulate Centering In Your Heart Asking Your Heart For Guidance Related: Enjoy more Deep Relaxation Meditations here 🌟 If you want to learn even more about how to regulate your nervous system and connect with your body and emotions in a deep and supportive way, enroll now in The Feel It To Heal It Mini-Course! In 5 powerful mini-lessons, it will help you drop in, deepen your compassionate self-understanding, and find more clarity and healing on your journey. Enroll for free now! Connect with Karena: @helloinnerlight on Instagram, and YouTube helloinnerlight.com Find ALL of the amazing Somatic Healing Meditations here Free mini-course: The Feel it to Heal it Mini-Course Join The Co-Regulation Community: https://helloinnerlight.com/the-coregulation-community 1:1 Somatic Healing Sessions with Karena

This simple breathwork practice is truly self-care for when you're too exhausted to do self-care. 😌 When you're depleted, burned out, or running on empty, even the idea of doing something to feel better can feel overwhelming. That’s why Bhramari Pranayama—also known as humming bee breath—is so powerful. It takes almost no effort at all, but gently shifts your body out of stress and into a state of rest and repair. Just a soft inhale… and a slow, humming exhale. That’s it. And yet research shows that this quiet, simple practice can nourish your nervous system, calm your stress response, and support recovery on a deep physiological level. If you're longing for healing but don’t have the energy to “do” anything—this practice is for you. Press play and let the hum  help you recover from fatigue and exhaustion, one easy exhale at a time. In this episode: How Bhramari Pranayama helps you recover from exhaustion and fatigue Guided Breathwork Practice for Deep Relaxation Related: Enjoy more Deep Relaxation Meditations here 🌟 If you want to learn even more about how to regulate your nervous system and connect with your body and emotions in a deep and supportive way, enroll now in The Feel It To Heal It Mini-Course! In 5 powerful mini-lessons, it will help you drop in, deepen your compassionate self-understanding, and find more clarity and healing on your journey. Enroll for free now! Connect with Karena: @helloinnerlight on Instagram, and YouTube helloinnerlight.com Find ALL of the amazing Somatic Healing Meditations here Free mini-course: The Feel it to Heal it Mini-Course Join The Co-Regulation Community: https://helloinnerlight.com/the-coregulation-community 1:1 Somatic Healing Sessions with Karena

When you’re struggling, it’s easy to believe you’re doing something wrong—that you should be handling things better, feeling less, or already be “over it.” But the truth is, struggle doesn’t mean you’re failing. It means you’re human. And what you need most in those moments isn’t to push through—it’s to be met with compassion. In this episode of Somatic Healing Meditations, I guide you through a soothing somatic self-compassion practice that uses Havening touch to calm your nervous system, ease emotional overwhelm, and bring compassionate support to the parts of you that are hurting. You’ll be guided to connect with what you’re feeling, normalize your experience, and soften inward using soothing “iffirmations.” If life feels heavy right now, this practice is here to help you feel held—from the inside out. 🩷 Press play and experience the healing power of self-compassion. In this episode: The Healing Power of Self-Compassion Somatic Self-Compassion Practice using Havening Techniques How To do Self-Havening Connecting With Your Felt Sense Iffirmations To Normalize Your Struggle Iffirmations To Soften Toward Yourself Learn more about Havening Techniques and the science behind them Related: Enjoy more Iffirmation Meditations here Havening Techniques® is a registered trademark of Ronald Ruden, 15 East 91st Street, New York. www.havening.org Iffirmations to Cultivate Self-Compassion Iffirmations to normalize/humanize your struggle: What if it’s okay to feel this way right now? What if lots of people struggle like this sometimes? What if there’s nothing wrong with me for feeling this way? What would it feel like to stop fighting with my feelings? What would it be like to just accept my feelings right now? What if my reaction here actually makes sense in a way? Of course I feel this way because … Iffirmations to Soften Toward Yourself What if I can soften my heart towards myself right now? What would it be like to soften my heart toward the part of me that’s struggling right now? What if I can start to accept myself where I am and as I am? What if I can love and accept myself even when I’m struggling? What if I can love and accept myself especially when I’m struggling? Who would I become if I could release my self-judgment and foster self-understanding instead? What if I can gently be more accepting toward myself? What would it feel like to become a steady source of love and compassion in my life? What if self-compassion is my best route forward? What if I truly and deeply deserve compassion? What if I truly and deeply deserve compassion, because … 🌟 If you want to learn even more about how to regulate your nervous system and connect with your body and emotions in a deep and supportive way, enroll now in The Feel It To Heal It Mini-Course! In 5 powerful mini-lessons, it will help you drop in, deepen your compassionate self-understanding, and find more clarity and healing on your journey. Enroll for free now! Connect with Karena: @helloinnerlight on Instagram, and YouTube helloinnerlight.com Find ALL of the amazing Somatic Healing Meditations here Free mini-course: The Feel it to Heal it Mini-Course Join The Co-Regulation Community: https://helloinnerlight.com/the-coregulation-community 1:1 Somatic Healing Sessions with Karena