Somatic Sense

Understanding Common Frustrations with Somatic Therapy What is Resourcing? Resourcing is the practice of reconnecting with safety, stability, and comfort in your nervous system. It's about building your capacity to feel grounded, regulated, and resourced so that when we do deeper healing work, your nervous system has the tools and the safety it needs to process without becoming retraumatized. Resourcing looks like breathwork, grounding exercises, movement, leaning into comfor

Hopefully you had a chance to read my blog on what somatic therapy is, linked here. If so, you might be wondering: doesn't somatic therapy require being in person? Since it involves the body, doesn't something get lost through a screen? After practicing somatic therapy virtually for quite some time now, I can tell you with confidence, it doesn't. Somatic therapy is not only possible virtually, it is deeply effective. Here is why. There is no necessary hands-on component to so

Why Won’t My Body Relax? Have you ever felt like your body just won’t relax? You keep telling yourself, “Everything is okay” and “I am safe,” but those pesky physical feelings of anxiety (heart pounding, hot cheeks, heavy breathing) just won’t go away. It’s as if your body didn’t get the memo, which can leave you feeling frustrated. You might have wondered, why is this happening? Learn more about physical symptoms of anxiety here. The Screaming Almond of Terror (Your Amygdal