In this episode, Laura and Bernhard share their experiences and the benefits of somatic work as healing practices that are crucial for this day and age.
Show Notes Part 1:
- Why it is important to engage in somatic work
- Symptoms of disassociation and dis-embodiment
- The body-mind connection
- How tension in the body affects our thoughts and emotions
- Laura’s story of her healing journey with yoga
- How to consciously engage in body-mind practices
- Bernhard’s healing experiences of receiving bodywork
- The importance of safe nurturing touch
- Laura’s experience of receiving massage sessions from an elder medicine woman
- The skin is the surface of the brain
- Why people are averse to being touched
- The connection between psychological issues because of lack of touch
- How to do somatic meditation correctly
- Laura’s experience at a somatic meditation retreat
- Healing inter-generational trauma and past life trauma through somatic work
- The healing intelligence of the body – you are your own healer!
- How to work with difficult emotions and process them somatically
Bernhard Guenther & Laura Matsue
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