A common thing that happens when we begin excavating old traumas at the somatic level is a sense of overwhelm. From my experience this can be due to a few things, and while this week’s vlog doesn’t cover each and every aspect of why someone might feel overwhelmed [...]
Did today’s vlog title catch your interest? While I know this is in fact a metaphor and not a literal meaning, I thought I’d have some fun with it. Have a listen. Resources I Share In The Vlog: VIDEO: What do you do when [...]
Today I have a short video for you on why simply slowing down our breath to calm our nervous system and reset it isn’t enough, and why it (often) doesn’t work. There’s so much myth and misinformation out there, so today, I’m setting it straight! This piece was [...]
I’m going to bet there’s at least a handful of folks here who have avoided starting the practical journey of healing their nervous system because sometime in the past they were told to let bygones be bygones, or that their suffering was not severe enough and that “other” [...]
Ok folks, Repeat after me: anxiety is survival stress. It is those fight, flight responses burrowing up and out to say hello. It can also be old freeze energy (that shutdown response) loosening its grip on the body’s physiology, which in turn means the system will feel and [...]
Today’s video falls into the category of most frequently asked questions. It revolves around a question that goes something like this: “Irene, does **insert your mind-body practice of choice** help with healing trauma and nervous system regulation?” Gosh, folks, I wish it were easy enough to just say [...]
Guess what? I’m writing a book. The entire process is embryonic, but the seed has been planted. (Not to keep you in suspense, but that’s as much as I can tell you.) I’m sharing this with you today, not for encouragement (even though I’ll happily take it!), but [...]
Sometimes the most direct questions are the best ones for me to tackle, and the other week, one of my followers on YouTube asked this question: The quick answer to this question: to be healthy! Here’s the thing -- when we are storing old traumatic [...]
My latest video is a short one (~10 mins) and an important one. It covers the two most important words for healing trauma and restoring nervous system health back to the entire human system and more. They begin with the letters C and R - can you guess [...]
So how do you find a good somatic practitioner? This is a question I’m getting a lot these days as more and more people are (finally) waking up to the absolute necessity of working at the body, felt-sense, nervous system, and movement (motor) levels because this is the [...]
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