🌿 How Trauma Lives in the Body — and How to Begin Releasing It
🌿 How Trauma Lives in the Body — and How to Begin Releasing It
What Does It Mean When Trauma “Lives in the Body”?
Challenges are part of the human experience. Whether it's a break down of our parents' relationship when we're younger, financial worries of grief of a loved one... They make us who we are.
Any time something overwhelming or unsafe happens, no matter how long ago, your body’s nervous system steps in to protect you.
It activates survival responses like:
Fight — tension, anger, urgency
Flight — anxiety, restlessness, overworking
Freeze — numbness, disconnection, shutdown
Fawn — people-pleasing, over-accommodating others
If your body never received the signal that the danger had passed, those protective patterns can stay “stuck” in your nervous system.
Over time, this can look like:
Chronic fatigue or pain
Digestive issues
Feeling easily triggered or on edge
Difficulty relaxing or sleeping
Emotional numbness or disconnection from your body
You’re not broken — your body simply learned how to survive.
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Even when your mind says, “It’s over,” your body might still be holding the memory.
That lump in your throat when you want to speak but can’t?
That tightness in your belly when you feel anxious?
Those aren’t random — they’re messages.
Your body speaks in sensations, not words. When you learn to listen, you begin to understand what’s ready to be healed.
🌿 How Healing Really Begins
Healing isn’t about reliving your trauma.
It’s about helping your body feel safe in the present moment — perhaps for the first time in a long time.
Here are a few gentle ways to begin:
Notice without judgment
When tension, heaviness, or emotion arises, try saying: “I notice this sensation.” That awareness alone can begin to loosen the grip.Breathwork
Long, slow exhalations tell your nervous system, “I’m safe now.” Try breathing in for 4, out for 6.Ground yourself through your senses.
Feel your feet on the floor. Notice the sounds around you. Breathe into any tension you might be feeling, and allow to release. These small acts anchor you in the safety of the present.Seek safe connection.
Healing doesn’t happen in isolation. Gentle support from trauma-informed guidance can help your body re-learn what safety feels like.
🌸 Your Body Is Not the Enemy — It’s the Messenger
Your body isn’t trying to sabotage you.
She’s trying to protect you.
She’s been holding everything you weren’t ready or able to process — until now.
When you allow yourself to be held with compassion instead of criticism, and meet these parts of you with softness, you reclaim your femininity and wholeness
🌹 A Gentle Invitation
If this resonates with you, know that you don’t have to walk this journey alone.
In my trauma-informed coaching and holistic healing programs, I help women reconnect to their bodies, regulate their nervous systems, and gently release what’s been held for too long — so they can step into the fullness of who they truly are.
Because healing isn’t about becoming someone new.
It’s about remembering who you’ve always been. 🌿
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