How does the body remember?

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"We remember trauma with our feelings and our bodies." Janina Fisher, Ph.D 

The body remembers wonderful experiences, yet it also strongly tags highly stressful experiences, to be sure and remember 'not to get hurt again.'

Since our bodies remember trauma,

talking alone doesn't change our minds, or how we feel in our bodies.  

A lot of life energy gets consumed when we're in a survival state. 

It's SUPPOSED to consume your energy, in order to save your life. 

But when you are safe, and your body doesn't recognize it, you can feel the effects of survival physiology continuing to pulse in your system. 

Other times, it's as if there is no pulse. No oomph for life.  

You might notice something is off or have a strong reaction to something that didn't warrant that big of a reaction. These could be body memories of something that in the PAST was unsafe, but your body detects some familiar feature is here and happening now. 

And your body is remembering that you were unsafe back then, and so it sets off an alarm system to alert you to pay attention. 

Sometime we call it a "survival response." 

Let's look at creating the best conditions for peace and ease in your body, mind and heart. 

Something else is possible. You don't have to stay stuck in fight or flight or freeze. 

We also access positive or pleasant body memories to support your healing. 

Your body holds a lot of innate wisdom, and it will show you what it's sensing. It works to protect you, to inform you, to give you green and red lights about what is happening within you and around you. 

Somatic Experiencing helps you learn how to listen to those subtle cues. 

Let's grow your access to your resilience, and empower your mind-body & heart to have its freedom.