“I have come to the conclusion that human beings are born with an innate capacity to triumph over trauma."(Peter Levine)

Somatic healing helps to "renegotiate" patterns of arousal and anxiety. By being quiet and learning to hear our body sensations we are creating the conditions for our body to discharge stuck negative energy and begin to heal.  This process moves us from experiencing painful physical symptoms, helplessness, or anxiety to an experience of empowerment, peace, and resiliency. It expands our container of tolerance and  strengthens and builds our resistance to future stress and trauma.

Who can benefit from somatic experiencing?

Trauma is not in the event. Its in the nervous system. Anybody who feels stuck, is experiencing anxiety, insomnia, physical pain that does not have a medical cause, digestive issues, nightmares, restlessness etc. 

We have the innate capacity to heal.

 Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, a leading medical doctor, scientific researcher, and teacher at Harvard Medical Center stated that the effects of stress and trauma rob people of their capacity to "be here." He went on to say that  "What they need more primarily is to be helped to "move through physical experience and gain the mastery that traditional psychotherapy [has been] unable to help people with. Therapy needs to consist of helping people to be in their bodies and to understand their bodily sensations. 

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