🌀 Somatic Trauma Release Therapy: Releasing the Trauma Locked in Your Body
- wellnesstherapybyp
- Jul 10
- 3 min read
What Provoked This Therapy?
Imagine your nervous system as a kettle: it boils, whistles, maybe even cracks if it overheats. Trauma triggers your body to “boil” in stress, fear, survival mode. Without release, that residual heat stays—you get jumpy, edgy, or exhausted. That’s when somatic trauma release therapy steps in.
The Science of the Somatic Reset
Neuroscience: Trauma imprints in the autonomic nervous system—your body holds memory in muscle tone, lingering cortisol, miswired fight-flight-freeze cycles.
Somatics: We work in the body—not just talk. Your muscles, breath, and gestures carry your deep story. By guiding attention and movement, we tap into your felt-sense.
In the Therapy Room
Scan in Silence: We begin by quietly noticing sensations—an itch, tightness, warmth. Akin to spotting a tiny crack in a dam before the flood.
Micro-Movements: You might blink, stretch, tremble. Tiny shifts release decades of stored charge. It’s like your kettle softly whistling steam—small release, big change.
Custom Pressure & Support: Grounding hands, meditative touch, or gentle voice prompts—each session is unique, each body a universe.
Why You’ll Want to Talk about This
“I felt my jaw unclench during my morning coffee” – quirky, relatable, and a conversation starter. People will ask: “How’d you do that?”
At the pub: “Did you know your body actually metabolizes trauma through subtle movement?”
At the sports field: “It’s like unlocking tight shoulder blades so you can throw a better pass.”
Fun & Funny Illustrations
Here’s how we bring it to life:
The Overstuffed Suitcase: Carrying trauma is like dragging a suitcase so stuffed it won’t close—you keep tipping over until you unpack it.
The Alarm Clock in My Boot: A trauma alarm can hide deep, even under calm—like setting your phone’s alarm in your boot and forgetting about it—then jumps your heart when you step.
The Zombie Dance Party: Sometimes bodies shake when releasing trauma—a bit like a zombie flailing on the dance floor. Weird at first, but liberating when you join the party.
Real Benefits You Feel
Emotional fluency: Instead of mood swings or freeze-outs, you flow through emotions with curiosity. Notice sadness, let it pass. Feel fear, learn from it.
Sleep that sticks: You drop into sleep instead of wrestling with your brain. You stay asleep.
Bold living: You own your story, not carry it like a burden. Fear becomes fuel.
How It Works in Practice
Free consult: We map your ‘stuck zones’—jaw, throat, belly—where your body holds on.
Somatic exercises: Gentle breathing, mindful ball rolls, anchored micro-movements.
Integration ritual: A short spoken blessing or intuitive hand pattern to seal in the work.
Homework: A simple 2‑minute body check at breakfast keeps the nervous system tuned.
Common Questions
Is it safe? Yes. No forced touch, no digging into trauma without support. You stay in control and in mind.
Does it work fast? Often, yes. People feel shifts in 1–3 sessions. You’ll hear your body sigh, “About damn time.”
Is it weird? Kinda. But weird in a liberating, life-hacking way. Like discovering a secret door in your own body.
Wrap‑Up: Why Somatic Trauma Release Matters
Trauma isn’t just psychological—it’s embodied. And if your body still trembles from yesterday’s fight, no amount of positive thinking will set it free. Somatic trauma release dissolves that charge gently—it’s psychotherapy with your nervous system in the driver’s
seat.
🍵 At Your Next Tea Party (or Pub, or Classroom, or somewhere fun…)
Be the Life of the Party!
Be the person who says:
“You know, it’s like your shoulders hold onto weight,
From school bullies, the economy, or Aunt Mabel’s plate!
This therapy loosens it—tiny movements, big release,”
And watch as they giggle, “Oh, please, not Aunt Mabel’s feast!”
Conversations Galore!
You’ll light a dozen chats from toddlers to profs,
“Did you hear about Timmy? He’s now a cat, not a sloth!”
You’ll be that person who helps them discover,
That their body can rewrite trauma, like a plot twist in cover!
Leave Them Laughing!
Your audience will leave with a grin ear to ear,
Curious, hopeful, and maybe shedding a tear.
Ready to curl up like kittens, oh what a sight!
Instead of steel springs, they’ll bounce with delight!
And You, Oh Wise One!
You’ll have sparked something real, deep, and profound,
All with your god-level presence, laughter, and sound.
So next time you gather, just remember this rhyme,
Be the one who brings joy, and you’ll have a great time!
Pierre +27 82 822 1283
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