Forget the therapist’s couch — and shake your booty instead. A body-based therapy called “Somatic Shaking” can help relieve emotional trauma and physical tension that’s been stored in the nervous ...

There is a common misconception that stress stems and remains in our mind. The reality is a lot different than this. In fact, chronic stress is stored in the body through sustained muscle tension, ...

Somatic therapy is a body-oriented therapeutic approach that aims to resolve symptoms of stress and trauma. It may offer benefits for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other health ...

Lauren Silva, a freelance writer in New York City, believes in feeling good in your body and making that experience accessible to everyone across generations. The proof is in her ever-piling browser ...

Before we’re knee-deep together in the world of thought, I’d like you to notice what’s going on in your body. What can you feel in your face? Your neck? Your shoulders and arms? Maybe there’s tingling ...

Somatic therapy focuses on the effects of negative emotions, particularly trauma, on the body. Somatic experiencing (SE) is a specific type of somatic therapy. SE cultivates bodily awareness as part ...

Huffing and puffing at the end of a workout, you’re spent. But somehow, you realize you’re still holding tension in your ...

Somatic exercise is a style of movement where the exerciser focuses on how the movement makes them feel. 1,2 It tends to be slow and thoughtful so that the person doing it has the chance to notice any ...

Somatic therapy has been researched and studied, and some forms of somatic therapy are found to be effective in treating a wide range of conditions. Because somatic therapy encompasses many techniques ...