ESD includes pausing, slowing down and reconnecting to body and breath.
Awareness of and reconnection with breath, and connection to the ground, (establishing a relationship to gravity) increases a felt sense of stability and support.
Grounding in the here and now (bringing attention to the present) helps someone move out of the original trauma.
Adapted from Self-Defense Training as Clinical Intervention for Survivors of Trauma, Rosenblum & Taska, 2014
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