Inner-Child Reparenting: A Body-Based Healing Circle

Inner Child Reparenting

Note: This is an experiential practice. In this session you’ll be gently guided into body-based techniques to feel, acknowledge, and release stored emotions.

About this Healing Circle
Many of us grew up in homes where our emotional needs weren’t met — where we were dismissed, criticized, or left to handle big feelings on our own. This experience often leaves the inner child within us feeling unseen and unworthy of love.

In this virtual Healing Circle, we’ll gently reconnect with one tender memory — and invite a new experience of safety, love, and support through somatic reparenting. This practice isn’t about rewriting the past — it’s about giving your body what it needed then… now.

This circle blends guided somatic practices, visualization, journaling, and integration — all held within a safe, spacious container of compassion and nervous system awareness.

What You'll Experience

• Guided body awareness & grounding
• A somatic reparenting journey (focused on one memory)
• Two reflective journaling segments (3 minutes each)
• Self-compassion practices & body-talk affirmations
• Optional group sharing (no pressure to speak)

What to Bring

• A quiet space to sit or lie down
• A journal + pen
• A soft blanket

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Natalie Bussell
Healing & Embodiment Coach | NB Holistic Health
Trauma-informed. Nervous-system aware. Body-based healing.

### Core Principles of Trauma-Informed Practice

1. Safety – Physical, emotional, and energetic safety are prioritized. People aren’t pushed to do anything that feels overwhelming.
2. Choice – Participants have agency; they can opt in or out of any practice, change positions, or just observe without pressure.
3. Collaboration – The facilitator and participants are in a shared experience, rather than a top-down “expert/subject” dynamic.
4. Empowerment – Focus is on strengths, resilience, and self-trust rather than on deficits or “fixing.”
5. Cultural Humility – Recognizing and respecting that people’s experiences, beliefs, and bodies are shaped by diverse backgrounds.

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### Why It Matters for Healing

• Many trauma survivors are hyper-aware of threat cues (tone of voice, body language, abrupt changes), so being mindful of these creates a safe space where healing can actually happen.
• The nervous system learns safety through experience, not just logic — so a calm, respectful, choice-based space helps the body downshift out of survival mode.
• Avoiding re-traumatization means you don’t accidentally trigger someone into reliving their trauma through overly intense, invasive, or fast-paced practices.