Simple somatic exercises to calm anxiety and stress by working with your body, not against it. Twenty gentle practices you can do anywhere.
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Somatic therapy is a body-centred form of psychotherapy that helps your nervous system settle and release patterns insight alone can’t shift. Here’s how it works, what happens in a session, and who it helps.
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Feeling overwhelmed doesn’t mean you’re too much. It often means a sensitive nervous system has been carrying more than it can process alone. Here’s how somatic therapy helps.
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Hakomi is a gentle, body-centred form of psychotherapy developed by Ron Kurtz in the 1970s. Through kind, curious, present-moment attention, it helps you discover the patterns and beliefs held in your body, so they can shift at the level where they first formed. If you’ve landed here, you’re probably someone who’s done a bit of
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Anxious attachment is a way of relating where closeness feels essential but never quite safe. It usually begins in early relationships and lives in the nervous system, which is why understanding it often isn’t enough to change it. Healing tends to happen through the body and through safe relationships, not insight alone. If you’ve found
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Your body releases trauma when it feels safe enough to be felt. With gentle, supported attention, you might notice yawning, sighing, shaking, warmth or tears as your nervous system lets go of what it’s been holding. Developing an attunement to your own body is vital if you want to heal and release trauma and repressed
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After over 10 years as a holistic therapist, I’ve had the privilege of working with countless bodies, hearts, and nervous systems. Along the way, I’ve discovered key truths about healing trauma and emotional imbalance that have also helped me heal my own emotional pain. 1. Trauma lives in the body Healing isn’t just about revisiting
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Talk therapy works mainly through conversation and insight. Somatic therapy also works with what you feel in your body in the moment, which can reach patterns that formed before we had words. What talk therapy offers Many people come to therapy expecting a traditional “talk therapy” approach where they share their story with a therapist
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Whether you’re curious about somatic therapy or already well along your healing path, these are the books and organisations that have shaped how I work. Take what’s useful and leave the rest. Books: good places to start These are readable without any therapy background. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. The
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Many of us avoid difficult feelings without realising it. Gently asking “What am I unwilling to feel?” helps us turn towards those emotions, so they can move through us rather than build up. This question has become a cornerstone of my self-reflection. It was first introduced to me when I was 18 years old by
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