What's Your Healing Season?

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Quiz Questions

1.
When you tune into your body, what do you notice most?
- A.
  I feel disconnected or numb. It’s hard to tell what I’m feeling.
- B.
  I can feel tension or emotion in specific areas, but I don’t always know how to release it.
- C.
  I feel mostly present, and I’m starting to explore how my body wants to express pleasure and joy.
- D.
  Prefer to skip
2.
When you think about your trauma healing journey, how would you describe your current state?
- A.
  I’m just starting to explore healing and wish to feel safe in my body.
- B.
  I’m working through emotions and learning how to release and express what’s stored inside.
- C.
  I’m focusing on reclaiming joy, intimacy, and deep connection to myself.
- D.
  Prefer to skip
3.
Which statement feels most true right now?
- A.
  I place a lot of effort and self worth into being productive, followed by moments of burnout and feeling frozen. I wish I could feel more leveled for sustainable energy.
- B.
  I know how to become present and recognize when I'm feeling anxious or sluggish. However, I know I have tension in my body related to past experiences, but I'm unsure how to process this.
- C.
  I've developed a strong sense of presence and know how to release stuck tension in my body. My current goal is to explore the feminine parts of me that were once shut down, feel closer to others, and build self trust and intuition.
- D.
  Prefer to skip
4.
What’s your relationship like with emotional triggers or flashbacks?
- A.
  They often catch me off guard and I feel overwhelmed when they come.
- B.
  I’ve learned some ways to navigate them, but they still affect me.
- C.
  I can move through them more gracefully and with compassion.
- D.
  Prefer to skip
5.
What kind of yoga or movement calls to you most right now?
- A.
  Slow, grounding, restorative practices that soothe and comfort me.
- B.
  Somatic flows or movements that help me express and release.
- C.
  Creative or sensual movement that celebrates my body.
- D.
  Prefer to skip
6.
How do you currently relate to your body image?
- A.
  I'm not able to connect with my body or feel at home in it. I notice that once negative self talk emerges, it's hard to stop these thoughts.
- B.
  I recognize moments of shame, and I work through this with more grace than earlier in my journey. I still feel like these thoughts are intrusive, and they sometimes hold me back from showing myself fully to others.
- C.
  I've made a lot of progress on my journey and I've learned to celebrate and enjoy my body as sacred and powerful. I wish to take this deeper and remove residual fear and shame that still arises.
- D.
  Prefer to skip
7.
What would feel most empowering to you right now?
- A.
  Knowing how to work with my body to create an inner feeling of genuine safety.
- B.
  Releasing long-held emotions and reclaiming my voice.
- C.
  Exploring sensuality, self-expression, and inner radiance.
- D.
  Prefer to skip
8.
How do you feel in relationships (romantic, family, close friends)?
- A.
  I often feel guarded or disconnected. I worry showing my true self leaves me vulnerable and in a dangerous place.
- B.
  I have a few close people in my life that I trust, although it can be difficult at times to fully be present with this feeling. I've learned to set more boundaries, but find resistance in my body when I do.
- C.
  I’m open to intimacy and connection with others and myself, but sometimes find it difficult when the opportunity arises to fully let my guard down. I've been exploring more vulnerability and fully embracing joy, even though this can be challenging at times.
- D.
  Prefer to skip
9.
What are your deepest dreams and desires when it comes to your healing? (Choose all that resonate.)
- A.
  I want to feel safe in my body and in the present moment again.
- B.
  I want to stop dissociating and learn how to gently stay with myself.
- C.
  I want to release old patterns and stored trauma that are weighing me down.
- D.
  I want to express my truth and feel free in my body and emotions.
- E.
  I want to reconnect to my sensuality and feel alive, radiant, and whole.
- F.
  I want to experience deep, safe intimacy with myself and others.
- G.
  I want to build a life that feels soft, sustainable, and led with intuition.
- H.
  I want to feel balanced in my nervous system, like I can finally exhale.
- I.
  Prefer to skip

Quiz Outcomes

1.
Grounding and Presence (Winter)
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Your nervous system is asking for steadiness, predictability, and comfort, much like how we cozy in for Winter. You might find yourself feeling anxious, causing a rushed energy in your body to do more, be more, and do it all today. This is often followed by feelings of burnout and feeling completely frozen. In this state, negative self talk may criticize your appearance, productivity, and self worth. While you may consciously know this isn't true, it's difficult to stop these thoughts.I invite a gentle reminder that this isn't the season of healing that means you need the most "fixing." You are as whole as you have always been: utterly and completely. I welcome you to view this as your body subtly and lovingly communicating with you.This is your gentle call to slow down and create a sense of safety in your body and routines. From a grounded state, your thoughts will soften in loudness, repetitiveness, and criticism. You'll create natural space for emotions to flow through you, leading to less gripping and more room for energy.I invite you to start with classes, practices, and resources like gentle yoga, nervous system regulation, and grounding meditations. Yoga poses like inversions are supportive like supported bridge or legs up the wall pose. You could also explore deep breathing exercises (if you're comfortable with breathwork). Other options are nature walks, drinking warm beverages, baths, and noticing your body's contact with the ground.
2.
Embodiment and Release (Autumn)
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Your nervous system is beginning to feel safe and supported, but you may still have moments where it becomes overwhelmed if you experience strong emotions. Just like how the leaves fall in Autumn, your body may be ready for gentle release.You’re ready to release emotions, process tension, and reclaim space in your body. This is a powerful time of release and integration. You may be navigating inner shifts and noticing where your body holds stories, and you’re learning to let go with compassion.While it may feel like you have a long way to go, I welcome you to acknowledge how far you've come on your journey, and that there is no rush to your healing. The work you've already done is powerful. This is your gentle call to listen to your inner voice, no matter how subtle it may seem. You've created enough safety for your body to communicate with you more deeply, and this is the perfect time to softly listen. You don't need to do this perfectly, as this will grow stronger with time.I welcome you to explore somatic yoga flows, hip and heart openers, and expressive journaling that focuses on inner sensations, perhaps starting to explore what your body tension is trying say to you. When you notice shifts throughout your day like stronger emotions (even positive ones), I invite you to see where you notice this in your body. Can you place a feeling to this? Is it tightness, openness, fluidity, stagnant? When we place our attention on being fully present with sensation, we give feelings and emotions time to move through us. With negative emotions, this prevents us from creating a story or even forming negative thoughts about ourselves. With positive feelings, we begin to fully embrace our human experience-something that trauma tends to dull or want to hide. You're beginning reveal the fullest expression of you that may have felt safer in hiding, and I welcome you to send yourself gentleness and patience as you explore this.
3.
Intimacy and Pleasure (Spring and Summer)
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You've created a safe haven for your nervous system, and while you may still have moments of activation, this is entirely okay. The goal isn't to always be calm, but to have more natural resilience when we feel out of balance. You're in your Spring and Summer era, the seasons of unearthing, blooming, and energy.You’ve cultivated safety and cleared space, now your healing is inviting you into your feminine power, sensuality, and joy. This phase is about connection to yourself, others, and the world. You’re ready to reclaim your light, your softness, your boundaries, and your worth.Intimacy and pleasure is less about sexuality and more about being open to the entire human experience. The opposite of trauma isn't "healed". It's fully embodying joy, happiness, pleasure, and love. There is a lot of vulnerability in these feelings, but this stage of healing means you're willing to explore this, showing just how far you've come. If you choose to include sexuality in this phase of healing, fully embracing all forms of positive feeling will be supportive and allow more presence in your experiences. I invite you to explore practices that celebrate embodiment, play, and self-love. If you feel comfortable, you might even include gentle self-touch practices like grazing your arm, seeing what feels pleasurable within this feeling. You could also notice when you feel pleasure throughout your day like taking a shower, eating, or being outside or with people you love. I also invite you to introduce more play, the definition meaning: time spent without purpose. You might explore hobbies, video games, intuitive movement, playing with a pet, anything that brings you joy. This season of healing is about rediscovering and revealing the version of you that felt needed to hide after trauma. It's less about being happy all the time and forgetting the past, but more about embracing all pieces of us, our vulnerability, and our experience. It's a gentle return home.