A somatic meditation on understanding and working with the freeze/shutdown response. When your nervous system shuts down—when you freeze, go numb, dissociate, collapse—it's not weakness. It's one of the most sophisticated survival responses. It's what happens when fight and flight aren't options.
IN THIS MEDITATION:
• The dorsal vagal shutdown response explained (in simple terms)
• Why you freeze when others fight or flee
• When shutdown happens: conflict, intimacy, overwhelm, social situations
• Where this pattern started in childhood
• Why forcing yourself out of freeze doesn't work
• Gentle somatic practices for reconnection
• Working WITH shutdown, not against it

FOR: Anyone who freezes in conflict, goes blank when they need to speak, dissociates during intimacy, shuts down when overwhelmed, or feels shame for their freeze response.
Abi Beri is a holistic therapist specialising in somatic therapy and nervous system healing. This meditation is part of the Blissful Evolution somatic healing series.
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