Healing Trauma (Part 5): Tuning Into Our Body through Somatic Practices

The Soul's Work Podcast

In this eposide, Janice explains why is the body so important in healing trauma. She also shares some body-based (somatic) practices that can help us build a foundation for addressing trauma and coming back to our "whole selves" by:

• expanding our capacity to be aware of and stay with our body's internal physical sensations and emotions – however uncomfortable;
• reducing hypervigilance;
• staying curious and open to our environment and the people around us; and
• noticing more easily when we move out of alignment with our grounded, authentic selves.

Over time, we can build the capacity to handle more of the emotional charge when diving deeper into healing trauma, walk away from harmful situations earlier, be more present in the moment, and feel more alive in our bodies.

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Earlier episodes in the Healing Trauma series:

• Pt 1: What is Trauma + How My Journey Started (S2, EP6)
• Pt 2: What Causes Trauma + Why Trauma Isn’t Just About Negative Thoughts (S2, EP7)
• Pt 3: Getting Triggered (Why Can’t We Just Leave the Past in the Past?) (S2, EP8)
• Pt 4: Doing Therapy (S2, EP9)

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• “The Missing Piece: Healing Trauma through Somatic and Mind-Body Therapies” (The Soul’s Work Blog)
• Yoga Nidra (Insight Timer App)
• Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy (Susan McConnell)
• Coming to Our Senses (Jon Kabat-Zinn)
• My Grandmother’s Hands (Resmaa Menakem)
• Awaken to the World Alive! mindfulness course (Rooted Global Village)
• "Orienting as a resource" Drop-In Class with Irene, February 20, 2021 (Irene Lyon)
• Grounded dancing (Joy-Marie Thompson)
• Tending the Roots Festival, April 6–9, 2022 (Rooted Global Village)
• "Liberate Your Soul’s Voice Through Song" workshop (Thorald & Isaac Koren, The Shift Network)
• "Singing is For Everyone: Technologies of Liberation" (Eli