Grounded

Description

This was created during my first few weeks of somatic therapy.I don’t really have any memories of feeling wholly safe and centered in my body. I have had to always distract myself with activities or pure nonsense. I imagined my partner’s hand placed on the back of my heart, helping me feel safe and secure, and I expanded that localised feeling, slowly, through the rest of my body. We spent a few deep breaths, letting that feeling of feeling grounded and centered sink into my body. As it did I could see and feel this golden, pulsating aura that started in my heart and spread throughout my body. This painting is the closest depiction of what the feeling of being grounded is to me.