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A collection of my articles all about trauma all in one place

Trauma and Your Vagus Nerve

by @team-king | Trauma, Anxiety, Body-centred, Breath Work, Healing, Mind, Body & Soul, Polyvagal, Self-Care, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress Relief, Therapy, Vagus Nerve, Wellbeing

Trauma has been described as an overwhelming demand placed upon a physiological human system. Whether it’s an isolated incident or recurring events, chronic stress and anxiety interfere with the balance of your nervous system. When you imagine your instinctive...

Letting Go Of Guilt

by @team-king | Stress Relief, Anxiety, Body-centred, Boundaries, Compassion, Healing, Mind, Body & Soul, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Stress, Therapy, Trauma, Wellbeing

Guilt is one of those emotions that we feel is telling us something important. Be aware that not every emotion and not every guilty feeling is a rational one that has a purpose. Healthy guilt is for a specific and rational purpose – to help redirect our moral or...

Constructive Rest Position for Trauma Recovery

by @team-king | Stress Relief, Anxiety, Body-centred, Healing, Mind, Body & Soul, Mindfulness, Self-Care, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Therapy, Trauma, Vagus Nerve, Wellbeing

Constructive Rest Position unravels tension patterns that are held deep in the core and allows us to let go of trauma and old emotional conditioning …

Trauma and Your Psoas Muscles

by @team-king | Trauma, Anxiety, Body-centred, Healing, Mind, Body & Soul, Mindfulness, Polyvagal, Self-Care, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress Relief, Therapy, Vagus Nerve, Wellbeing

People can hold embedded memories of traumatic events in the body as well as the brain and since the psoas is an organ of perception its release can begin a healing process …

Trauma and How Your Breath Impacts Your Nervous System

by @team-king | Trauma, Anxiety, Body-centred, Breath Work, Mind, Body & Soul, Mindfulness, Polyvagal, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress, Stress Relief, Therapy, Vagus Nerve, Wellbeing

Trauma is physiological. It is a highly activated incomplete biological response (fight, flight, freeze). Anxiety signals that your nervous system is lacking safety and we constrict. This impacts our nervous system, muscles and tissues. Constriction in the body...

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself

by @team-king | Stress Relief, Anxiety, Body-centred, Boundaries, Compassion, Healing, Mind, Body & Soul, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Stress, Therapy, Trauma, Wellbeing

During my work in the past as a bodyworker for many years, I witnessed over and over again how our traumatic experiences and our unprocessed emotions get stuck in our body and show up physically as tension, pain and ill health. At that time, I supported clients...

Trauma and Noise

by @team-king | Anxiety, Body-centred, Boundaries, Compassion, Healing, Mind, Body & Soul, Mindfulness, Polyvagal, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress, Stress Relief, Therapy, Trauma, Wellbeing

Have you ever noticed that when you are distressed you don't hear properly and can easily misinterpret someone's tone of voice? Or you become more sensitive to certain sounds or noise? Or you may startle more easily when you hear a noise?Did you know that when you...

Part 3 ~ How to Set Boundaries with Someone Close to You

by @team-king | Anxiety, Assertiveness, Body-centred, Boundaries, Confidence, Healing, Mind, Body & Soul, Polyvagal, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress, Stress Relief, Therapy, Trauma, Vagus Nerve, Wellbeing

When you need to set boundaries with someone close to you, use calm, assertive language to discuss the boundary clearly and in advance, to give the person a head’s up that things will be changing. Practice and rehearse what you are going to say and how you are going...

Part 2 ~ How to Set Boundaries in Practical Ways

by @team-king | Uncategorised, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Boundaries, Confidence, Healing, Mind, Body & Soul, Mindfulness, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress, Stress Relief, Therapy, Trauma, Vagus Nerve, Wellbeing

There is a need for a range of different types of boundaries in your life, because they apply in various mind, body, and soul human experiences. Physical Boundaries This includes recognising and talking about your own self-care needs (what you eat, how...

Part 1 ~ What are Boundaries and why do I need them?

by @team-king | Stress Relief, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Body-centred, Boundaries, Confidence, Healing, Mind, Body & Soul, Mindfulness, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress, Therapy, Trauma, Vagus Nerve, Wellbeing

Boundaries are an essential part of the trauma recovery process, because they increase our feelings of safety and self-worth. Difficulty with setting boundaries can occur if in childhood we weren’t given the chance to express ourselves, or we followed the...

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