Body scan meditation to become familiar with the felt sense

Body Scan Meditation

Safe Space Meditation

This gentle, trauma-informed meditation invites you to create and rest in a safe internal space. With the soothing backdrop of Weightless, you’ll be guided to slow down, notice your environment, and connect with a felt sense of safety in your body.

Perfect for grounding, calming, or beginning a session—this is a soft landing place for your nervous system.

Safe Space Creation

Crystal Cavern

Grounding (Staccato 1)

Lyrics:
Whe-whe-whe-le-ho,
Mi cami my ya
X2
_______ wanka mi halo my ya ma,
_______ wanka mi halo my ya ma.

Background:
This song came to me in the Redwoods of California. Like many of my other songs, not recorded here, there are hints of other languages and traditions present here. I've been told that this one sounds Lakota. 

Ceremonial Context:
This is my song for invoking the Spirits and Forces that guide me, those Medicines that I have formed relationship with, the Elemental beings that have taught me the ways of the Medicine Path. I traditionally sing this song as a "Calling Song" in Ceremonies, as it calls the Spirits to the Ceremonial space.

Oftentimes, in many types of indigenous ceremony, the ceremony begins with an invocation of the Spirits & Forces to come & join the ceremony. Oftentimes, this is in the form of a song. For many indigenous people, these forces can be anything from Plant Spirits, to the Elemental Spirits, to Ancestors, Spirit Guides, Guardians & Protectors of Land, etc. etc. etc. 

As a ceremonial singer, I feel that these types of songs are extremely important. For a person holding a container for ceremonial participants, calling the guides and spirits that that person has created deep connection with is highly important. This is because the "shaman" or curandera, has spent their lives developing deep relationships to Spirit & the many forms that He/She takes. By calling forth, into the ceremony by name, the Spirit forces that he/she works closely with, the other ceremonial participants may come to know them by their presence there.

Spirit Calling Song

Emma Simpson – Somatic Therapies

I’m Emma, a long-time somatic bodywork therapist, yoga and movement teacher, and group facilitator. My work is grounded in over two decades of hands-on experience, and shaped by my own journey of recovery and healing. I know firsthand the transformative power of mindful, body-based practices.

I now work primarily in group therapy settings, weaving together somatic techniques, nervous system education, and trauma-informed mindfulness. I’m currently in the final year of the Somatic Experiencing® Professional Training Program, and I love integrating the wisdom of polyvagal theory and SE exercises into my sessions.

These recordings are shared in the spirit of support, regulation, and reconnection—to body, to breath, and to each other.

Safe Space Creation

Emma Simpson

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