In the previous blog of body Alchemy we have discussed what your trauma is, why you are facing somatic tension through your trauma and stress and what could be the reason for your trauma and last but not the least that what is the psychology behind your mind body and pain. But in this blog we will discuss all the ways and powerful solutions only, Somatic Healing Practices that can release your pain and make your mental and somatic/bodily system all the way healthy only.

How you can start a healthy yet healing journey for yourself despite all the trauma your body has been going through. Normalizing and accepting the fact that your body needs attention is one of the crucial steps towards healing your body, and congratulations that you have taken that first step since you are reading this blog for your bodily healing and it’s one of the best steps towards starting your journey of self love.

5 Best somatic healing practices.

There are some real and easy to adapt and researched practices which you can adapt to make a magical change in your body, mind and soul, and can transform yourself from these healing practices.

1. Managing a healthy social support network.

Social engagement is very important to keep you on track and it works as a perfect outlet to release your pain, tension and trauma around the people who give you a comforting space.

Many of us think that expressing ourselves is loud, and it’s sympathetic behavior which might portray you as a victim in a room full of a crowd, and might make the other person take an advantage over your weak points.

But listen! We are not urging you to announce your weak points and pain points in front of the world.

But we are telling you to confess some tension and your worry point in front of those few people who gives you a sense of security and a kind of comfortable space in which you can automatically release your life tensions and stress as if it were normal conversation.

Social support networks give you a kind of mental strength where you realize that everyone is going through the same and such pains and it gives a mental impatience, a kind of relaxation, by sharing and consoling with the people who love to listen to you without any questions.

2. Emotional disclosure.

Accept this, the way you can talk to yourself, you can’t express yourself in front of others, in emotional disclosure you have to write about your experience, your positive or negative experience where you don’t anymore need to show in front of ambivalent character, or need not to worry about the suppression of your pain points or the trauma you are handing all in your mind and body.

It’s been found through controlled studies that written emotional disclosure can lead to benefit in pain and other symptoms after several months for people.

Now, you might be thinking what’s unique in this particular somatic practice, so here explaining – emotional disclosure poses an immense importance for the people who are living with unresolved emotional stress.

And it’s quite rational also that why stress even happens, because it’s there in your a issue which is unsolved in your mind, you constantly think about that issue on a loop from a different negative angle.

3. Empathetic Understanding.

As per the research, it suggests that empathetic understanding may be just as responding to emotional distress in patient adjustment.

Empathetic understanding in our close ones is very rare, but if these blogs succeed even to 1% people that listening and understanding someone’s pain point as if you too are the sufferer deters your bullying thought to mock the person’s personal distress or trauma.

Remember every pain has meaning for more clarity, watch the below video.

And when you listen patiently it becomes an art created by you for the person who can release their distress as if you are giving them a solution.

4. Adequate amount of sleep.

Do you know as per APA, it’s been recommended that for healing you properly, it’s important for a person to take sufficient time of sleep.

Sleeping reduces the mental, emotional and bodily fatigue and it’s one of best natural methods to recover and heal your somatic cells.

So don’t try to underestimate its power and cut down your sleep because of some other important stuff that’s been going on in your life. Prioritize it and it will prioritize your healing journey in the most safest and possible way.

So if you take the help of a psychologist, who can help you to identify the challenges and stressors that affect your daily life and can find the ways to help you improve your overall physical and mental well-being.

5. Therapy through a Licensed Psychologist.

As we discussed in the previous blog “How the Body Stores Trauma- The Science Behind Emotional Pain” that a traumatic person might be not aware of their feelings and not fully aware of how to express it in the rightful way, a condition called Alexithymia

“How the Body Stores Trauma: The Science Behind Emotional Pain”

Tip to practice:

Engaging yourself in any kind of physical activity is one of the healthy yet most recommended solutions by studies to improve your somatic and cognitive health.

Affective Analgesia – because exercise can activate the happy hormones and certain dopamine neurons underlies the reinforcement produced by food, water, exercise or romantic interaction, this system suppresses emotional reaction to pain.