{"id":245,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-08-23T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T11:18:21","slug":"somatic-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutyou.name\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"Somatic Release Processes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Imagine a lifelong accumulation of minor and major traumas. What will that do to your more than 650 muscles and joints, and overall health? Is it any wonder why we feel seemingly incurable aches &amp; pains many days of our lives?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">There are various ways to address individual healing. Most cognitive and emotion based therapies are \u201ctop-down\u201d approaches, that focus on insight and emotions first and their somatic responses second. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Others are \u201cbottom-up\u201d approaches. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">With Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) you manipulate the body&#8217;s energy field by tapping on acupuncture points while focusing on the traumatic memory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Traumatic release can also be achieved by the use of acupuncture needles and\/or the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moxibustion\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">moxibustion<\/span><\/a>. Acupuncture helps nerve cells to release endorphins.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Somatic releasing focuses on the Reptilian brain and its survival-based functions which are not under our conscious control. Bodily sensations provide access to these instinctual action and arousal systems. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"6px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Cognitions and secondary (limbic brain based) emotions are included in this practice, but they\u00a0appear\u00a0after\u00a0the primary, (Reptilian-brain based)\u00a0physical emotions and sensations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"2px;\"><strong><a href=\"?p=220\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #ffd700;\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/trailer_camping_camper_bear_md_wht.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine a lifelong accumulation of minor and major traumas. What will that do to your more than 650 muscles and joints, and overall health? Is it any wonder why we feel seemingly incurable aches &amp; pains many days of our lives? There are various ways to address individual healing. 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