by @team-king | Jun 12, 2024 | Therapy, Anxiety, Embodiment, Healing, Polyvagal, Psychotherapy, Regulation, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress Relief, Trauma, Vagus Nerve
Trauma is any distressing event where we feel overwhelmed, powerless or helpless and do not fully use up or reset our instinctive fight, flight, or freeze response. It can happen to anyone. When a human experiences distress such as injury, loss, continually pushing...
by @team-king | Mar 12, 2024 | Trauma, Anxiety, Body-centred, Breathwork, Embodiment, Healing, Nervous System, Polyvagal, Psychotherapy, Regulation, Self-Care, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Therapy, Vagus Nerve
Body-centered therapy can help you reconnect with your body and emotions, offering a pathway to regain balance and restore a sense of well-being. Following periods of high stress or trauma, your nervous system goes into overdrive, which can prevent you from being in...
by @team-king | Nov 12, 2023 | Trauma, Anxiety, Body-centred, Healing, Self-Care, Sensorimotor, Somatic, Stress Relief, Therapy, Vagus Nerve, Wellbeing
The psoas is a very important yet often unknown muscle that plays a vital role in your physical health and mental wellbeing. The cumulative effect of neglecting this muscle is physical and mental stress and tension, which manifests itself mentally as anxiety and...
by @team-king | Oct 12, 2023 | Trauma, Anxiety, Body-centred, Breathwork, 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...
by @team-king | Sep 12, 2023 | Anxiety, Body-centred, Boundaries, Compassion, Healing, 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...
by @team-king | Aug 12, 2023 | Anxiety, Body-centred, Boundaries, Confidence, Healing, 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...
