Why Somatics Psychology for Stress and Trauma?
Somatic psychology is a field that focuses on the connection between the body and mind, emphasizing how physical movements and sensations can influence emotional and mental well-being.
“Somatic" refers to the living body.
Somatic practices involve paying close attention to internal physical sensations and bodily experiences to understand and address emotional or psychological issues stored within the body.
It involves practices that help people become more aware of their bodies through gentle movements, breath work, and mindful exercises toward opening and resolution. By tuning into our body's sensations and movements, somatic interventions can help reduce stress, alleviate chronic pain, reduce burdens from trauma, and promote overall health.
It's like a holistic approach to health that recognizes the profound link between how we feel physically & think and feel emotionally. Once we acknowledge its existence, a captivating journey unfolds in mysterious and beautiful ways.
While we often navigate life with our thoughts, what if you could connect with your body to uncover the answers you seek?
Stepping into the unknown requires courage, but we assure you, it's all worthwhile. Embracing curiosity to explore uncharted paths means trusting the process and savoring each moment with the freedom to accept your true self.
For us, this is living, and we're here to assist and witness your journey.
“Somatics can be described as the practice of intentionally experiencing the body from within” -Thomas Hanna
“The Body Keeps the Score”
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by”
Somatic Therapy: A Rhythm of Regulation
Somatic therapy is a practice of listening to the body’s stored and incoming information. Through afferent sensory receptors, the somatic nervous system communicates with the central nervous system. This can lead to a reaction from the sympathetic nervous system (fight, flight, freeze, or fawn) or a response from the parasympathetic nervous system (rest, digest, and regulate).
As we gain awareness of these patterns, we begin to shape our adaptive capacity, guiding the nervous system into a rhythm of ventral vagal regulation that helps maintain both homeostasis and allostasis. This rhythmic balance is what we often refer to as the window of tolerance, where we are most connected, grounded, and able to respond to life with clarity and resilience. Normalizing this rhythm will help regulate the many hormonal cascades that are associated with reducing dis-ease in the body and mind.
Somatic therapy heals and strengthens the bidirectional highway between the brain and the body (living body). Learning and practicing this will allow for the connection to foster balance within the MindBody System as a whole (embodiment).