10 Somatic Facts That Will Blow Your Mind!!!!!

Here are 10 mind-blowing facts about somatic movement that will change the way you think about your body and mind:

1. Your Body Holds Memory

Did you know your body stores memories of past trauma, stress, and emotional experiences? Somatic movement helps release these physical and emotional "body memories," allowing your nervous system to reset and heal.

2. Somatics Can Help Rewire Your Brain

Through conscious movement, somatics can stimulate neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to form new neural connections. This means that regular practice can physically rewire the brain, helping you break free from harmful movement patterns or stress responses.

3. Somatics Activates the Healing Power of Your Nervous System

Slow, intentional movements in somatics activate the parasympathetic nervous system (the “rest and digest” system). This shift helps your body recover from stress, lower heart rate, and improve digestion, promoting overall relaxation and healing.

4. Emotions Are Stored in Your Muscles

When you experience stress, anxiety, or trauma, your muscles often tense up and hold on to that emotional energy. Somatic practices help release these built-up emotions by gently moving and stretching the body, allowing trapped feelings to surface and be processed.

5. Somatic Movement Can Improve Your Posture Instantly

By bringing awareness to how you hold your body, somatic exercises can dramatically improve your posture. Even small adjustments to alignment can reduce tension, pain, and discomfort while enhancing your overall sense of body awareness.

6. Somatic Practices Can Ease Chronic Pain

Whether it’s neck, back, or joint pain, somatics can help by identifying and releasing habitual movement patterns that contribute to discomfort. As your body learns new, more efficient ways to move, chronic pain often decreases or disappears.

7. Your Body Has Its Own Language

The body communicates in a language of sensations—tightness, tingling, warmth, or discomfort—that can give us clues about our emotional and physical state. Somatics teaches you to listen to this "body language," leading to deeper self-awareness and insight.

8. Somatics Can Boost Your Immune System

Research suggests that by reducing chronic stress and promoting relaxation, somatic practices can enhance your immune system. Less stress means more energy available for healing and protecting your body from illness.

9. Somatics Can Help Release Repressed Emotions

As you move through somatic practices, emotions that have been suppressed or stored in the body can surface. This process can be deeply cathartic, allowing you to process and release old emotional wounds that were trapped in your physical being.

10. Somatic Movement Strengthens Your Connection to Your Body

Over time, somatic practices create a profound bond between the mind and body. You become more in tune with how your body feels during everyday activities, allowing for more grounded, confident, and mindful movement throughout life.

These 10 facts show just how powerful somatic movement can be in promoting mental, emotional, and physical healing. Through body awareness, gentle movement, and mindfulness, somatics can unlock a whole new level of well-being!

Take The Altar class or join a monthly Rewilding Workshop to experience emotional liberation through somatic movement.