Many of us have never learned how to regulate our nervous system, never learned how to move from fight or freeze to rest and restore, or never even had a simple experience of feeling truly safe. This, you may agree, is worth learning and experiencing. The alternative is being stuck in some degree of an activated response (hyperarousal or hypoarousal) for days, weeks, decades at a time.
Most, if not all of us, know the experience of feeling anxious or being in some level of fight, flight or freeze, deadening or collapse. We know what it is like to feel scared, uncertain, worried, agitated, or irritable. Metta meditation can help us experience a feeling of safety and a settled nervous system. This practice is an invitation to connect to feelings of well-being, ease, peace, and happiness for yourself and the world.
