Postural Alignment Meditation for Somatic Healing & Self Esteem

This somatic alignment meditation is gentle yet powerful—it seamlessly blends many modalities into one to create a guided meditation that is trauma-informed, somatically therapeutic, can assist with reducing symptoms of anxiety depression, and can support you to increase your own felt sense of embodiment.

Inspired by my studies and teacher training in somatic exercises with Liz Tenuto, this practice also has echoes of craniosacral therapy, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen’s Body-Mind Centering approach, trauma-informed somatic presence practices, and my own gift of intuitive channeling through my voice—which makes it healing and accessible for individuals who are beginning or continuing their journeys of healing from chronic anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

I hope this practice can nourish, serve, and support you today. 🙏

Possible Outcomes From Practicing Postural Alignment

If you are interested in somatic healing and/or are feeling drawn to practice somatic exercises, you may be feeling the impacts of long-term stress, chronic tension patterns in your body (which can contribute to chronic pain), and/or are experiencing PTSD symptoms like chronic migraines, frequent nightmares, feeling constantly on-edge or alert for danger, and chronic insomnia.

Somatic practices like this postural alignment meditation can be an amazing starting place for healing because it is non-invasive and gently begins to train your parasympathetic nervous system (the branch of your autonomic nervous system associated with resting, restoring, and digestion) to turn on.

Here are some possible outcomes from practicing this alignment meditation (Please note: Results may vary based on your unique experience, history, body, and on how consistently you practice this):

  • Relief from anxiety and racing thoughts

  • Easing symptoms of depression

  • Reduced hyper-vigilance

  • Greater emotional resilience

  • Increased self-esteem and self-trust

  • Decreased dissociation and increased embodiment


Alignment Meditation


Want to Go Deeper?

If this practice supported you and you resonate with the description above, you may benefit from going deeper through 1:1 support. I am an incredibly skilled practitioner who offers grounded, intentional therapy and coaching to help creative, ambitious people like you to move through trauma and come home to themselves.

👉 Schedule a therapy consultation (if you live in Connecticut or New York) or a coaching consultation (if you live anywhere else) and begin the journey of breaking free from stuck patterns, healing past trauma, and come home to your true nature.

With care,
Heather

Heather Waxman

Heather Waxman is a therapist, spiritual life coach, breathwork facilitator, and author of the Your True Nature Oracle deck. She delivers a truly holistic therapeutic experience by sharing spiritual, somatic, and relational practices to help clients achieve their personal goals and come home to their true nature.

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