🌉 BRIDGING THE GAP –5 min Mindful Somatic Breathing Practice

Episode 33: Don’t Take Anything Personally: ⁠https://youtu.be/VrSdjtMaygU?si=Y4Vl1xRajRZ2DCQJ

✨ “Their story is theirs, not yours. Stay rooted in your truth.”

🧠 Neuroscience of Self, Other & Regulation: When someone reacts toward us, our default mode network — the brain’s self-referential system — instantly lights up, scanning for threat or rejection.

• ⚡ The amygdala reads tone and expression as danger signals, even when it’s not about us.

• 🌿 But through mindful awareness, we can pause, breathe, and differentiate between our truth and their projection.

• This separation is not detachment — it’s clarity. Neuroplasticity teaches us that every time we unhook from someone else’s emotional wave, we strengthen pathways of self-trust and internal safety.

💡 Reflection: “When I feel misunderstood or blamed, what happens in my body first? How can I pause there instead of defending?”

🌬️ Somatic Grounding & Breath Practice: 🌱 Inhale: I return to myself. Exhale: I release what is not mine.

🌀 You are not the storm — you are the ground beneath it.

1. Begin by sitting tall, feet grounded, one hand on the chest and one on the lower belly.

2. Feel the breath rise and fall beneath your palms — one representing truth, one representing safety.

3. Notice where your body tightens when you feel judged — jaw, shoulders, chest — and gently soften that space.

4. Imagine roots extending from your feet, anchoring you into the earth, as words or emotions move past like wind.

❤️ Heart Integration & Everyday Practice

• 🌊 When we stop taking things personally, we reclaim nervous system regulation as an act of love.

• 💬 Others’ behavior reflects their inner landscape, not your worth.

• 💞 Respond with boundaries and compassion, not defense.

• Try this micro-practice:

• • 👉 When you feel tension rise in an interaction, pause and say internally,

  • ✨ “That belongs to them. I remain here, steady in me.”

• Each time you do this, your brain and body learn that safety lives inside you, not in others’ approval.

💭 Quote: Place a hand on your heart, breathe deeply, and affirm:

• ✨ “I release what is not mine. I remain steady in truth and kindness.”

• 💖 “If you keep this agreement, you can travel with your heart fully open and no one can hurt you.” — Don Miguel Ruiz

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