The Grounding Room
What if your healing journey isn't just about understanding WHAT happened to you-but learning how to listen to what your body is telling you?
I am Christina, a somatic practitioner, and this podcast is an invitation to slow down, turn inward, and reconnect with the wisdom of the body.
Together, we will explore the places where emotions, experiences, stress, relationships, and old patterns can live in the body, and discover simple, meaningful ways to meet them with curiosity rather than judgement.
This isn't just a podcast about talking about healing. You will be invited into somatic practices, meditations, reflections, movement, journaling, breath work, and sometime unexpected experiences that help you connect what you know in your mind with what you feel in your body.
You don't have to have it all figured out.
You don't have to be perfectly healed.
You don't even have to know where to begin.
I am inviting you to simply begin to notice.
Awareness is where change begins.
And in this space, I want to give you a safe place to slow down, to feel what you feel without judgement, and to explore what your body might be trying to tell you. A space where you don't have to have the answers and you can be curious about yourself, reconnect with your body, and perhaps, little by little, a way back to yourself.
Episodes
38 episodes
Anger Isn't Always About Anger
Have you ever considered that your anger isn't the problem-but a message?Anger and Resentment can live in the body long after the moment that created them has passed. They show up as tension, exhaustion, irritability, or even in th...
The Hidden Cost of Blame: Taking back your Personal Power
Blame can feel like protection. It gives us somewhere to put our anger, hurt and the things that have happened to us that we can't change. But what if holding on to blame is keeping us stuck?In this episode, I expl...
What do you do with anger when there's no one left to tell? -Letting Go
"Letting Go" is one of the hardest things we are ever asked to do. The nervous system can not "Let Go" because we told it to, or one of our loved ones thinks it's been long enough. There is no timeline for healing. AND...
The Weight Of "SHOULD": Releasing the pressure to be who you think you're supposed to be
How often do you tell yourself, "I should be doing more," "I should feel differently," or "I should have figured this out by now"?The word should can seem harmless, but over time, it can become a constant source o...
Moonlight and Stillness: A Sleep Meditation
🌙Drift off to sleep with this journey into Moonlight and Stars. 🌙 Close your eyes, still your mind and imagine stepping outside beneath a vast, quiet night sky where the stars stretch endlessly above you.🌙 let the darkness b...
When Depression Lives in the Body: The Somatic Connection
What if depression isn't only in the mind, but something we can also experience in the body?In this episode, we explore the somatic connection to depression and how emotional pain can show up physically through heaviness, fatigue, numbne...
Birdsong Soundscape
Press pause on the noise of the day and immerse yourself in the simple, soothing sounds of nature.This birdsong soundscape invites you to slow down, reconnect with nature and enjoy the present moment. Allow space for the sound of the bir...
Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn: What is your body trying to tell you?
Your reactions might actually make more sense than you think.In this episode we will move beyond simply labeling reactions and responses and explore the deeper question:What is your body trying to communicate?We will...
A Mind and Body Meditation
So that you don't have to choose between calming your mind and relaxing your body, this meditation is for both. This meditation is a space to step away from the noise of the day and simply notice what is here- without judgement, wit...
Journal With Me
Putting my thoughts, pen to paper, got me through one of the hardest times in my life and looking back, I often wonder how my body knew instinctively, that is what it needed, at such a trying time. Before you roll your eyes at the i...
Part 7: Crown Chakra Meditation
In this episode we complete the journey through the chakras, with this deeply restorative Crown Chakra Meditation.The Crown Chakra is located at the top of the head and is the energy center for spiritual connection, inner peace, and unit...
Nature VS Nervous System
What if the path back to a balanced nervous system was waiting just outside your front door?In this episode we will discuss the powerful relationship between nature and the nervous system, and discover how reconnecting with the natural w...
Part 6: Third Eye Chakra Meditation
I this episode, we journey inward with this Third Eye Chakra Meditation. Designed to connect to your intuition, mental clarity and cultivate a deeper sense of inner knowing. This energy center is associated with insight, imagination...
Part 5: Throat Chakra Meditation (Find Your Voice)
This meditation is perfect if you are feeling unheard, struggling to speak your truth, or simply seeking inner peace and emotional balance.In this Episode you'll:*Calm the mind and nervous system*Release fear around clear c...
Grateful AF
In this episode we explore gratitude. Not the typical, write down 10 things you're thankful for, but a deeper dive into experiencing gratitude through somatic practice. I offer several somatic practices during this episode, as well ...
Hijacked- Stop scrolling for 30 seconds
Why is it so hard to put your phone down once you have started scrolling? Why do likes, followers and endless notifications feel so rewarding, even when we feel less connected than ever?In this episode, I unpack these answers. Join...
Part 2: Sacral Chakra Meditation
I realized this week that I never uploaded the Sacral Chakra Meditation, so these are out of order and I apologize for that over sight. But here it is....Awaken your creative energy and reconnect with the bold power of your Sacral ...
Part 4: Heart Chakra Meditation
In this Heart Chakra Meditation, I guide you into a space of compassion, emotional healing, and inner peace. This episode is written to gently open and balance your heart energy center, helping you reconnect with love, forgiveness, and e...
From Scattered to Centered (The ADHD Nervous System)
In this episode I explore the connection between Somatic Work and ADHD. What if ADHD isn't just in the mind, but also living deep in our nervous system?I discuss how chronic stress, advice from others, masking, and emotional...
Part 3: Solar Plexus Meditation
In this episode we explore the Solar Plexus, Part 3: of a 7 part series through meditation. The Solar Plexus is the heart of our self-esteem and self-worth.The Solar Plexus is located between the naval and the base of the sternum, ...
"I know everything about my trauma- So why am I still stuck?
What happens when you have done all the research, understand all your patterns, and can explain your trauma better than anyone- but nothing seems to change?Trauma isn't just a story held in the mind, it's an experience carried in the bod...
Part 1: Root Chakra Meditation: for safety security and grounding
In this gentle somatic meditation, you will be guided to reconnect with your body, and cultivate a deeper sense of grounding and inner stability.Working with the qualities of the root chakra-safety, security, stability and grounding, thi...
Chakras 101: a basic and simple guide to our energy centers
In this episode, I explain the 7 chakras in the most basic way. This is an introduction to what they are, where they live and how they influence different aspects of your emotional, physical and spiritual well-being.After exploring...
A Meditation for the ADHD Brain
I wrote this meditation designed for the ADHD mind. When your mind feels busy, scattered, or pulled in a dozen different directions, this short, simple meditation offers a place that you can slow down, reground, release mental clutter and...
Gen X Health (An interview with Author Chris Benjamin)
In this episode, with Chris Benjamin, author of RESET: The Gen X Complete Health Transformation, (link below) we explore what it was like for Chris to write a book. He also gives us practical tools that actually help make life better for ...