Why work with a Somatic Practitioner?
Somatic exploration is easy for our systems since we move intuitively, and we do it to self-soothe and take care of ourselves.
Taking a walk, being in nature, running, stretching and dancing are ways we naturally move our bodies. These things can feel good when we do them on our own and can help us to heal.
Yet, healing at the deeper level happens with a professional to guide you into awareness of what is actually happening in your body when you do these things and how that relates to who you are, your psychological stories, personality and experiences of living in the world.
Because of the nature of trauma, hardships, or challenges we’ve faced in life, we can’t always trust our own thoughts, instincts, and ability to discern our feelings because of old patterning and wounding that might distort or influence them. On our own, we may not notice how to connect beneath our habits and personality to the wisdom in our whole self. There is no one to hold us accountable for staying with the feelings, thoughts and patterns long enough for them to truly be released, completed or integrated in our system.
A professional can attune and notice what is too much, too soon, when your system might be heading out of its presence and tolerance capacity, when to frustrate and challenge in order to expand the system’s capacity, and when to support, hold space for, witness and mirror. Since many wounds also come from relationships where needs aren’t met or there’s shaming, blaming and misunderstanding without attunement or reconnection, being seen, mirrored and understood by an other is necessary and can be healing in itself.
