Try These 6 Somatic Exercises to Calm Your Anxious Mind

“I move, therefore I am.” ~ Haruki Murakami

Over the years as I have become better and better at healing my trauma, I’ve also become a better therapist for my clients. As I heal myself, I help those who I counsel to heal too. In that process of learning new and better ways to heal myself, I learned somatic exercises. And, I can safely say, that they are a game changer in terms of healing stored trauma.

What are Somatic Exercises?

The term “somatic” is derived from the Greek word soma, meaning “body.”

Somatic exercises are movement practices that focus on improving body awareness, releasing tension, and enhancing the connection between the mind and body. These exercises emphasize internal sensation and perception rather than external form or appearance, allowing individuals to consciously experience and control their movements.

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The Big Little Pleasures that are actually not so little

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“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” ~ Robert Brault

A few months back, my daughter had a sudden fainting one night, when her eyes were open but her body was not responding. She was crying but could not speak what was happening to her. And moments before that we were planning outfits for her week in college. We were giggling and laughing, while trying on clothes and then suddenly as she was talking to me, she just lay down and that was her state.

We all rushed her to the hospital at 11 pm that night. All the while I was trying to hold it together and my mind kept trying to find an explanation to her condition logically.

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The Serenity of Silence: Lessons Learned on My Healing Journey

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Does silence make you uncomfortable?

“Everything that’s created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.” ~ Wayne Dyer

I live with my husband and teenage daughter in the hustling and bustling city of Mumbai. Both my loves are vocal and noisy. I do enjoy the life they bring to my home, but that also means there’s not a lot of quiet in our house. On the rare occasion I’m in the house on my own, the washing machine is usually running in the background.

I welcome silence.

Some people reject silence, and some people embrace it…I am the latter. Silence recharges me.

However, I have observed some people seem really uncomfortable at the mere prospect of a period of silence. This is why today we see people surrounding themselves with noise: phones, texts, podcasts, tv etc.

Why is this so?

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