Guided Meditation for Complex PTSD

Karuna offers a brief 10-minute centering meditation for those who have experienced Complex PTSD due to childhood physical, emotional or spiritual neglect and abuse. The focus is on being present and authentic while calming the central nervous system from a hyper-vigilant state.
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[@HubfortheHeart]

Welcome and thank you for viewing. Many have inquired about full meditation offerings, so I'm sharing my dedicated meditation program here: www.hubfortheheart.com/online-programmes/ Thanks again for viewing. With warmth and respect, Karuna x

[@brostradamis]

I think that's one thing I really forget to remind myself of: I'm safe now. Thank you for doing this, it really helped me!

[@magneticsnail7218]

I feel the same. It’s scary and yet affirming to recognize we’re safe

[@luadesantana]

I was trying anxiety guided meditations and they were giving me even more anxiety until I found yours. Thank u so much, this is truly helping me ❤️

[@satcalpurg3765]

I’ve never been able to meditate-always start getting overwhelmed by the intense unsafeness held in my body-brain starts doing anything to escape. This video calmed that reaction, and I was actually able to feel connected and secure and like I was doing something to HELP myself, instead of making myself feel even more sick and crazy and inauthentic. Thank you so much.

[@regaininglife9084]

I almost cried while doing this. This video gave me a little peace for the time being.

[@HubfortheHeart]

Glad to hear this video brought about a bit more peace. Education to Awareness to Healing to Wholeness!

[@nadiadavis7844]

Me too when I heard the words "you are safe"

[@NeysaLucia]

I thought I was the only one. I was crying through the whole thing, but especially when she said that it was okay now and I was safe. About midway I finally calmed down.

[@ariellathebohemian6381]

I have really bad ptsd and it’s been very debilitating lately but this meditation has brought me back to the present and really helps me feel aligned and safe 🤍 thank you

[@imarielmermaid]

i have been told so much to do meditation so ive tried like the apps n i didnt get it. im just sitting there with my eyes closed and id end early bc i never felt safe. i felt rlly vulnerable even if i was alone and got way way more anxious when they tell u to focus on ur breathing haha so i avoided it until now. I definitely needed this meditation specifically for complex ptsd. I will say it was very hard at first because i kept tearing up and choking up when you said like "you are safe now" or i can make my own decisions. all those kinds of words you said. i never heard them or i guess never rlly felt it and it was scary to close my eyes and trust but i did because i felt u rlly understand how to deal with someone with CPTSD because u kept repeating it..u know our minds wander, etc. anyways, thank you for this and i will keep trying. my back hurt so much lol not used to sitting up straight haha. thank you.

[@binko8290]

I bawled my eyes out while doing this meditation. Thank you so much now I feel more safe and connected to life again.

[@Bellaaaaaaaxxo]

I have C-PTSD and if you also struggle with this I highly, highly recommended the book: Surviving to Thriving C-PTSD by Pete Walker. It’s really been a huge help in educating myself around what I’m dealing with and see aspects I need to constantly work on to be able to function and manage this mental illness. It’s still so hard for me to remind myself but also get my body to believe that - I’m safe now. Thank you for this seriously, I feel like PTSD but also C-PTSD specifically is not talked about enough there’s not as much out there that I’ve found to actually be helpful when it comes to this and being able to calm down. ✨This helped🖤✨

[@sharonr5605]

I started crying when the meditation went into the heart and what you said about the doors to the heart being closed. I have been doing meditations for years and always have issues when they want you to breathe from the heart.

[@LOVE_ALL_AROUND]

Thank you...just found your channel. I have been working on myself for over 30 years and just getting in touch with my rage from my childhood. Being 55 I am probably hormonal as well.

[@lovegals1]

I tried this for the first time and I can’t believe how much better I feel. I was really angry before this thinking about my past and how I was treated but this has helped a lot. Thank you so much.

[@HubfortheHeart]

I'm so happy to hear this is helpful. In my work in private sessions with beautiful souls who have experienced trauma: I often focus on providing people an understanding of, for instance, where/how shame originates and creates a cycle of guilt/inner critic within us that puts us on "high alert" for much of our life---that is, until we understand the process and can, then, finally unburden ourselves! I'm seeing great and quick results in my sessions that focus on trauma/Complex PTSD. To all here: If you are inspired to book private sessions, feel free reach out to me at [e-mail] or visit my site at www.hubfortheheart.com.

[@hannacrayola4073]

Thank you for this. Helped me calm down during a flashback.

[@pakillelea]

one of the best guided meditations for CPTSD i've come across. thank you for everything you do. very healing.

[@HubfortheHeart]

I appreciate your feedback. Within so many healing paths, the personal experience of faith becomes important, a vital component to healing. For those of us with CPTSD, for those of us whose self identity was not nurtured and formed, this path of faith is a bit trickier, as we want to check in with our *authenticity* to ensure we are not zoning out/disssociating. We are now owning our authentic self, an identity that was stolen earlier. I try to provide videos that encourage our authenticity, nurture self identity and, also, enhance the very personal experience of faith.

[@christianmanning8746]

wow thanks

[@nathalievaillancourt6895]

So powerful. I see the positive effects of this meditation a little more each time.

[@aqsa17ishaq]

Oh my! This has been my favorite guided meditation for a couple of months now. The om chanting at the end is so overwhelmingly beautiful. Please make a separate solo video of yourself singing this om on harmonium.

[@HubfortheHeart]

What heartwarming comments. So glad you enjoy this meditation. I have recorded the OM as a separate track in part of my CD, which you can download here: www.hubfortheheart.com/online-programmes/ People put the OM track on repeat and have it playing in the background! Thanks again for viewing.

[@tracymoreno5994]

The part where you said "give it a container" wow. It's hard for me to feel comfortable in my body, but that felt good. Thank you. I already downloaded this one so I can use it even when I don't have wifi!

[@bribattles3671]

Thank you for the space to find safety and authenticity. 🤍

[@HubfortheHeart]

Oh, thank you so much for viewing. This is exactly what I most seek to provide on my channel!

[@philippersha5321]

Thank you, I also cried my eyes out, healing tears, the hypervigilance being over, that really struck a chord, Thank you sincerely, I am having episodes maybe once a week now, instead of daily or sometimes more. I appreciate this.

[@HubfortheHeart]

What a dear sharing, Philip. Glad to learn the episodes are subsiding a bit. I'm very glad to provide support in this way. Thank you for watching.

[@Thysta]

Thank you!

[@mayajakubowski7005]

i wasn't expecting these visualizations and they added a lot for me in this meditation thank you

[@nicolematteson]

So glad I decided on a meditation specifically for CPTSD. Thank you for creating this.

[@SelfcareforBodyMindSpirit]

Thank you so much for this meditation, this is the first one that I have found that is mindful of dissociation.

[@monamccormack]

I just came across this video today. I’ve gone thru some really bad trauma a few years back and it’s true I am safe now🙂🙏

Thank you for this heart meditation!

[@HubfortheHeart]

Thank you so much for viewing, Christina. I am glad you enjoy this meditation.

[@Galactic_hippie1111]

This is perfect. So trauma informed 🙏🏻✨ it can be hard for people with CPTSD to feel safe in a relaxed state, but this was good. Thank you

[@catharmony2220]

Thank you

[@melidiroberts4904]

Omg this was so healing for my cptsd!!! Thank you so much!!!

[@PragyaChawla2076]

I love you Karuna

[@ignatiusequality9239]

Thank you so much for this! Much love to you, Karuna.

[@SartorialisticSavage65]

It's always been bad. But it has really ramped up in recent years. Thank you so much for this video.

[@tallskinnywith6shots1]

Thank you very much this meditation very much helped me

[@nadiadavis7844]

That was beautiful, thank you 🙏💛

[@animallove6564]

I don’t know if I have ptsd in any form but as soon as I closed my eyes I started shaking, sweating and grinding my teeth then I had a flashback to when my mum told me my dog had died and then I just broke down crying

[@gra6799]

Wow this really connected me and the wording really spoke to me 🙏🌈👌😊💓Sincere gratitude I feel so much more peace in my body and mind

[@beatboxbill]

I like the part where she sang hidey ho

[@aronbereket1205]

Thanks

[@HubfortheHeart]

You are most welcome, Aron.

[@Ms.spudmuffin]

you can get cptsd in adulthood

[@babyyodachelsea7034]

Just the focus on not dissociating was nearly impossible

[@userheello41]

That was truly beautiful.....thank you so much xxxxx

[@HubfortheHeart]

Thank you, Siobhain. So happy to hear this video soothed and warmed and, hopefully, inspired as well.

[@hArtyTruffle]

Is there a meditation for people who still have to maintain hyper-vigilance? I started the meditation with you but couldn’t continue due to that. 🙏

[@connectingthedots100]

Loved this! Thanks fellow traveller!

[@HubfortheHeart]

Wonderful to hear.

[@lydiamadeline9667]

im trying hard to heal but im also currently living with my abuser and have no way out for at least four more months. i have no one to stay with or anywhere to go. how could my therapists be upset with me for not 'putting enough effort in' because im making no progress, while im still being traumatized daily? how am i supposed to heal when i cant escape it

[@zionglory4919]

Meditation is good. Karuna is your name?

[@candacekesting1786]

I don't know what some of the things you said mean. Like opening the heart and giving it a place on the pelvic floor. I want to understand and get benefit. What does the atuning of the heart mean ?

[@HubfortheHeart]

Thank you for being in touch, Candace. I love your question. The heart I refer to is our emotional energetic centre, not the physical heart as you may have guessed. Generally, I have found that those of us who have experienced Complex PTSD are very empathetic and emotional intelligent people! I know in my personal path, I have been overly empathetic! Part of my personal learning was to discover that my empathy was not always well placed with certain individuals. Goodness! That was a difficult learning for me! So, for the heart: When we feel a wamth or love or goodness, this is a very high energy that helps us to integrate past pains. Love, from the heart. However, we don't want our heart/love/empathy to be out of balance! That's where the pelvic floor/legs come into play: When we lightly draw in at the pelvic floor (rather like we're holding our pee!) and when we feel this drawing in quality, it can help ground us, connect us to earth, bring us into the here and now. So, I'm an advocate of being warm and loving---without being a doormat for our world! That's where the drawing in to the pelvic floor and, also, breathing into belly can help! We will *not* be a victim to energies in our world! We will keep our heart open and loving and warm.....and, at the same time, we will be discerning in how we express love and to whom we offer empathy and connection. Make sense?

[@maryanlerose9438]

thank you! How ia the BEAUTIFUL INSTRUENT CALLED?

[@HubfortheHeart]

Thank you for viewing. It's called a harmonium. :)

[@rebeccadolashewich7094]

✨🕊💖🙏🏼✨

[@Drakengard82]

Wow :)

[@galactic.samosa]

brilliant! thank you for this

[@HubfortheHeart]

+Rehana C. Thank you so much. Happy to learn this meditation is helpful. I continue to regularly post guided meditations. If you have specific requests, please feel free to let me know.

[@galactic.samosa]

I've been trying to open up this knot in my imagination and creativity - I am a songwriter, but recently been avoiding my art, because there's this sense that I have so much inside to be shared, and I don't know where to start/how to meet the musical expectations of myself. It would be fabulous if you had a meditation for loosening that knot and allowing the energy and light to flow freely within creativity. Thank you!!!!!!

[@HubfortheHeart]

+Rehana C. Oh goodness, here it is again: perfectionism dressed up in the garb of expectation, as passed down from someone else's dusty ol' closet. :) I can relate. We got this! I'm happy to post a meditation to enhance creativity: We'll discard the hand-me-downs, open the doors of the heart and connect with creativity/inner voice as inspired from authentic self...... stay tuned......should have something posted within 2 weeks.

[@galactic.samosa]

+Hub for the Heart yes!!! this is exactly it, it's from my old conditioned world (both parents have NPD). I am so appreciative of you doing this!

[@adamatova]

+Hub for the Heart Any chance to redo this with a centering/grounding start and including some soft empowering music?

[@keirasstory372]

❤️☀️

[@sitaare-bhagwatimakwana7817]

Is it normal to cry during the meditation.

[@HubfortheHeart]

Thank you for comments. The meditations will effect us each a bit differently......depending upon what is rising up for each of us from the inside. Sometimes sadness, sometimes joy, sometimes crystal clear clarity and yet, other times, we simple notice an ongoing commentary of the mind (and can be frustrated by that!). My insights: Remain with experience (rather than distancing)....as if you're moving toward, feeling, withing the experience. Then, see what that brings. Massive respect for your journey, Karuna

[@tatianarose7777]

Thank you