Starting Your Healing Journey

So I am currently training in trauma awareness therapy.

And the one thing I've learned is how important it is to have a body-based practice,

As well as some sort of talk therapy,

Emotional connection format.

When we talk out our emotions and when we process it with somebody else.

There's also that body component that we have to be feeling as well.

Because trauma and challenges and struggles that we have,

They don't just get held within memory.

The nervous system stores it.

And the nervous system is part of the body.

It's part of the way we feel and part of the way we process.

And so having these two at the same time,

We process our thoughts as we feel into our bodies.

It's a very powerful state for healing to occur.

And we do this within safe relational containers,

Which means you have another person with you,

For example,

A therapist trained in trauma,

Or someone who can listen,

Someone who can be present with you.

And it's really about integrating the somatics,

The body,

Along with the cognitive and the intellect.

And through this processing of integration,

We can connect the dots between what was going on in our environment and how we processed it internally within our minds,

Within our bodies and nervous systems.

And also a body-based practice such such as yoga,

Pilates,

Massage,

Any body-based practice is also really important so that we can tune into the feeling in our bodies.

We can feel our feet on the ground.

We can feel energy.

We can feel sensation,

Such as tension,

Tightness.

And with this,

We can become more connected to ourselves,

To our minds,

To our emotions,

To our thoughts,

To our body sensations,

And develop the capacity for awareness.

So that's why a body-based practice is also really important.

Along with a cognitive intellectual talk therapy approach with a safe person.