What most people get wrong about Somatic Healing.

It’s very rare to find anyone teaching somatic healing who truly understands the reality and the magic—of what somatic work really is.

There’s a huge difference between talking about Somatics and actually being in the experience of it.

I remember lying in bed one night, after years of practicing this kind of work, and suddenly I realized that it’s the BODY creating almost all of my thoughts.

I had read this idea hundreds of times, but actually experiencing it was completely different. It was, honestly, quite scary.

To see that the body is made of energy—and that these contractions of energy are producing thoughts I have no control over—was intense.

After the initial fear, I noticed something amazing: if I brought my awareness into the contraction itself, the thoughts it was generating would stop. It was like I had discovered a ticket to freedom.

The body is literally an energy source creating thoughts, and bringing awareness to that energy source halts the creation of those thoughts.

Even more amazing, if I stayed aware in that contraction, in that ‘thought-less’ state, the energy within the body would begin to expand, shift, transform, and actually release from the nervous system.

Somatics isn’t just a movement practice, and you cannot think your way into it—it demands deep feeling. It’s the clear, direct seeing of the link between body and mind; the breaking of that link with awareness; and then the transmutation of the energy that was generating the thoughts in the first place.

Become immensely aware of what is moving within you. Look and see: is there a direct connection between the thoughts running through your mind and the energies or emotions contracted in your body?

Once you see that link, you can cut it with your attention. And when you do, space opens up inside—and that is where healing begins.

To learn more about these powerful processes, please explore our website, where you will find our free introduction to embodiment resources.

With love

The School Of Embodiment.