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You can now access all my T4T meditations on my website using this link. This is part 6 in a new series about something very real for so many trans and gender expansive folx: Waiting for gender affirming care. Access the entire series on my website. “The land knows you, even when you are lost.” -Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
As trans folx, there are some days and some seasons when we can’t be in our bodies. Some days and some seasons, we need the permission for that to be ok. And on those days and seasons, we still deserve safe points of connection to hold us, even if it’s not inside our own bodies. Consent-based queer and trans embodiment honors that going inside and connecting to your own body isn’t always safe or accessible. On those days, asking ourselves to go inside or relate to our bodies is going to be too much. What can make hard dysphoria days extra challenging is that there isn’t a feeling of being able to safely come home or connect to your body. When adding in the wait for access to gender affirming care, it can be an experience that feels so raw and isolating. You deserve points of connection, even on the hardest days.
If you ask your body if it’s ok to inhabit it and the dysphoria says “no,” the following practice invites ways for you to feel connection and support in something in the natural world outside of your body. Even this small shift can help your experience feel less raw and isolating, and give your nervous system the felt sense of connection. A reminder for this practice: Queer ecology teaches us that nature is queer, and that queerness is essential to thriving biodiversity. As we give ourselves the invitation to connect to nature, we can remember that the natural world embodies queerness and mutual aid. The practice (access the full guided recording here):
If being in your own body is a “no” today, ask yourself: What forms in the natural world feel accessible to inhabit? What would it be like to embody the ocean? A tree? An animal? What would it be like to imagine yourself feeling connected to something specific in the natural world for a few moments? Honor any movement or stillness that wants to happen Allow yourself to rest in the details of the experience: The scents, qualities, textures, sounds, colors, and felt sense of whatever natural element you choose Feel the connection to something outside of yourself Notice any supportive shifts - even microscopic ones - that happen while doing this practice
The guided recording For a more extensive, full guided version of this practice, click this link. Wishing you moments of ease and connection,
Eula
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