Somatic exercise is great for someone who’s body has forgotten how to actually relax the muscles to remind the body how to relax but I’m wondering what the equivalent technique is for the mind to remind the mind itself not to feel a certain way?
Somatic exercise is great for someone who’s body has forgotten how to actually relax the muscles to remind the body how to relax but I’m wondering what the equivalent technique is for the mind to remind the mind itself not to feel a certain way?
psych nurse here: somatic exercises are also for your mind. your mind is part of your body. the idea that they’re separate things or that the brain is “in charge of” the body as opposed to a neat accessory that can do helpful things for it is silly. That concept in and of itself causes a lot of psychological dysfunction that somatic therapies exist to rectify by reunifying the two.