24/09/2025
Below is an excerpt from the book “In an unspoken voice” by Peter A. Levine and Gabor Mate. I’ve been excitedly incorporating techniques from this book in sessions and am loving the results we’re seeing!
Our modern world isn’t designed to let us freely express ourselves, leaving the experience stuck in our body. The beautiful news is that there’s a way through 🧡 If you’re feeling called to reset your nervous system, Ebb and Flow’s got you!
“For example, when our boss passes over us and promotes a less experienced rival, we, perceiving an actual threat, momentarily explode. Then stuff our murderous rage back into our bodies from whence it came, almost before we can feel it.
The cumulative consequences of suppressing such powerful impulses however, takes its tolls in the form of back pain, headaches, high blood pressure, heart disease and gastrointestinal disorders, just to mention a few.
Modern life rarely provides the opportunity for that kind of raw and powerful expression, and when we are called to action, being swept away with a fight or flight response is rarely appropriate for the social context in which we find ourselves. As such, we are damned if we do, and damned if we don’t.”
