Embodiment Processes and Somatic Psychology

Integrating Body and Mind

Ignoring the rich storehouse of experience contained in our bodies can create stress, emotional stagnation and physical pain. As we explore our body-mind connection, we add another facet to our journey of self discovery. We expand how we learn and what bring to the world around us.

Claiming the Body

Embodiment is the process through which awareness enhances the moment-to-moment circulation of thoughts, feelings, sensations, and energies through the physical body. It forms the basis for somatic psychology, which is the study of the body/mind interface.

Embodiment processes explore the relationship between our physical matter and our energy, and the interaction of our body structures with our thoughts and actions. When we encourage somatic connections, we encounter the richness of body up” intelligence, memory and emotion. We can include these powerful resources to our “top down” cognitive and insight-focused therapy.

As we embody mindfulness we become centered and can let go of trying to constrain, command, or ignore our bodies.  We embrace a more expanded sense of who we are.

My skill bringing embodiment practices and therapeutic talk therapy together enriches clients’ therapeutic processing and the integration of their mind, body and spirit. This improves mental health and increases overall well being.

Somatic Psychology

• any event impacts our whole being - physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual.
• all events must come through our sensory systems.
• Thoughts are also physiologicalevents that take place throughout our organism and not just in the mind.