Bretrayal Trauma Meditation for Triggers

This is a guided meditation for betrayal trauma. The trauma response can be triggered by daily life events. The meditation helps to find peace and connection with oneself and God. Find a safe and quiet space, relax your body, and focus on your breath. Acknowledge and feel the emotions that arise from the trauma. Breathe through these emotions and let them pass. Recognize that you are not defined by your trauma. Surrender to God and trust that he will bring healing. Hello, welcome. My name is Danielle and I will be guiding you through this betrayal trauma meditation. Betrayal trauma is real and deeply painful. Many women experience PTSD like symptoms when their trauma is triggered. The trauma response is triggered by simply living. Triggers come unwelcome and at random. This meditation will guide you through your trauma response from a trigger to find peace and connection with yourself and God. Begin by finding a safe, quiet space and make yourself comfortable. You may sit or lie down, making any adjustments needed for comfort. Now that you're in a comfortable, safe place, take a deep breath in, the deepest breath you've taken all day, and exhale. Repeat two more times. Return your breath to its natural rhythm. Scan your body for areas of tightness. Begin with your head. Relax your forehead and jaw, releasing any tightness with an exhale. Relax your neck, shoulders, arms, and hands. Let the calm of the moment move down to your abdomen, legs, ankles, and toes. You are safe. You are relaxed. Due to the trauma you have faced, you're in a temporary state of emotional and physical pain. This is not who you are. You are not your trauma. Your reaction is a symptom of the betrayal you have experienced. In order to move through this trigger, you will first acknowledge it, then cultivate self-compassion, and finally surrender to God. I will be your guide as you begin to overcome the pain by first letting yourself feel it. Breathwork is powerful to help process difficult emotions. Turn your attention to your breath and ask yourself, What did I experience? Now ask, What am I feeling? Your emotion is valid. Name it. Inhale deeply. Allow space for this emotion. Be with it for a moment. Breathe with your feelings. It makes complete sense that you feel this way. When you feel ready to let it pass, inhale, and with an audible exhale, release it from your body. What else do you feel? As an emotion arises, inhale deeply, creating space to hold it tenderly for a moment. Breathe in and out as it swells. When you're ready, let it pass with an exhale. Take time to name, feel, and breathe through any other emotions as they arise. If no other emotions arise, turn your attention to your natural breath, and repeat the word peace as you inhale, and calm as you exhale. You are in the exact place you need to be at this moment. You are hurting because of the way someone you trusted treated you in the past. You experienced trauma. You are broken. It is time to make you whole again. You are hurting because of the way someone you trusted treated you in the past. You experienced trauma. You are broken. It is time to make you whole again. You are hurting because of the way someone treated you in the past. Turn your attention to your breath. Inhale warm, radiant love deep into your soul. Drink it. Bask in it. Soak it up. You are loved. It is a tangible, deep love like golden honey. You are loved. You are loved. You are loved right now, just the way you are. God loves you. You are cherished. Feel his love and acceptance fill you. Your feelings and response to this trigger make complete sense. The fear, anger, and resentment you carry is not yours to bear alone. Now is the time to give them to God. You cannot control the choices of others or the world in which you live. That is God's role. God intends to make beauty out of your pain. Trust. Give the burden, the fear, the desire to control to God. Trust that he will make all things right. With your next exhale, surrender to him. Now ask God, what do I need? And listen. When you're ready, begin moving your fingers and toes. Slowly clench your eyes. And if you're lying down, sit up.