Orienting

Orienting allows our eyes, one of our sources of sensory perception, to get a clear view on where we are and clarify any safety or danger cues.

Orienting is also a way that we change our embodiment. By noticing what we orient to right now, we can work to update it to re-orient to things that introduce safety or are in line with trauma we are working to reconsolidate. This is how we re-wire our brain and utilize neuroplasticity to change our body over time. What this may look like: orienting to self instead of automatically to others, noticing things in the environment that are pretty instead of possible exits, noticing when someone smiles instead of reading their neutral expression as dangerous, etc.

Utilizing the links below, identify what you currently orient to and what you would like to start practicing toward. Then, practice it! It is only with repetition that we can change our embodiment.