10/01/2026
Movement is medicine! And best of all itโs FREE!!
There are endless benefits for your mental and physical health.
Here are some examples ๐๐ผ
๐โโ๏ธ Walking and running provide bilateral stimulation, a rhythmic, alternating left-right body movement that engages both brain hemispheres, helping to calm the nervous system, process emotions, reduce stress, and improve cognitive function, often intuitively used for anxiety relief or to break rumination cycles.
๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ Pilates and yoga significantly boosts the mind-body connection through mindful movement, focusing on breath and precision, leading to reduced stress, improved mood, better focus, enhanced body awareness (proprioception), and stronger core/posture. By syncing mental focus with controlled physical action, Pilates and yoga calm the nervous system, builds neuromuscular pathways for efficiency, and fosters overall mental and physical well-being, making it a form of moving meditation that improves quality of life.
๐ Somatic movement helps trauma survivors by reconnecting mind and body, releasing stored physical tension, and regulating the nervous system, leading to less anxiety, improved emotional regulation, reduced PTSD symptoms, greater resilience, and a renewed sense of safety and presence, often through gentle awareness of internal sensations and gradual processing of trauma without re-traumatisation.
๐ฉโ๐ I am soon to be qualified in somatic trauma therapy and I canโt wait to work with new people. If you would like to know more how I can help you overcome your trauma or how somatics can help you release stress and tension from your body drop me a DM โฅ๏ธ.