No Story Needed-A Somatic Approach

We all love to tell our stories, and it is a valuable experience when we feel listened to and seen.

Many connections can happen between people when we realize our stories are similar, or empathy can well up when we did not know the challenges of someone's story.

For example, I had a client who came in and would put her shoulders near her ears when talking of her family.

After playing with that sensation and putting the shoulders high and then relaxing them, a snapshot of a memory came back to her.

Holding her shoulders this way helped her feel small.

When arguments occurred between her parents, she would try to become as small as possible to be invisible.

Raised shoulders are a habit she carries today and does when feeling conflict occurring.

This information has helped her read when conflict is happening, whether it be subtle or overt.

Her nervous system gears up to become small at the first sign of anything resembling battle.

Shoulders up first clue, and now she can stop and think about interpreting the present-day reality differently.

Perhaps there is a conflict, but more than likely, it is a trigger from an old pathway encouraging her to seek safety when there is no concrete threat.

Our bodies will give us thousands of clues if we choose to pay attention.

Somatic therapy helps uncover how we sense the world and how we have trained ourselves to react to threats, real or imagined.

Simply noticing posture when we speak is only one way.

Free Somatic Therapy consultations always available.

Over the phone or in person.