Somatic Healing: Grow and Recover Through Somatic Experiencing
- Grounded Visions Wellness
- Aug 12
- 4 min read
Feeling stuck in emotional pain or trauma? It’s an exhausting weight to carry. Trauma doesn’t just live in your mind—it often stays in your body. Somatic healing offers a way to release that stored pain, reconnect with yourself, and begin moving forward.
At Grounded Visions Wellness in Delray Beach, Florida, I offer a holistic, body-focused approach that works with your entire mind-body system. Through somatic therapy techniques, we create space for healing by bringing your mind and body back into balance. This work can help you feel calmer, more connected, and more empowered—without forcing you to “push past” your emotions.
This isn’t just about feeling better in the moment. It’s about building tools and resilience that last a lifetime, helping you reclaim your sense of safety, connection, and possibility.
What Is Somatic Healing?
Somatic healing is a therapeutic approach that focuses on the connection between mind and body. It works by tuning into physical sensations and nervous system responses to process trauma safely. Unlike traditional talk therapy, somatic work addresses the way trauma manifests in your body—tension, pain, tightness, or that “always on edge” feeling—helping you find release at a deeper level.
Developed from the foundations of Somatic Experiencing, created by Peter Levine in the 1970s, this method focuses on trauma trapped in the body’s freeze response. By addressing these stored patterns, you can reconnect with your body, release tension, and experience relief.
At Grounded Visions Wellness, I use a variety of experiential practices to support somatic healing, including:
These techniques are designed to work with your mind-body system as a whole, empowering you to move from a place of disconnection or overwhelm into an empowered, present state.
How Trauma Lives in the Body
Trauma impacts us at a cellular level, often creating tension, chronic pain, headaches, and other physical symptoms. This happens because the nervous system stores the memory of stress—even long after the event has passed.
Somatic practices help by:
Tracking physical sensations
Moving gently between tension and calm (pendulation)
Releasing stored trauma through breath, movement, and awareness
Integrating subconscious techniques like IEMT to update how your mind stores the experience
When you shift from living in your head to fully inhabiting your body, healing becomes possible—not just emotionally, but physically and spiritually.
Key Components of Somatic Healing
1. Body Awareness & Sensation Tracking
Body awareness starts by noticing where tension lives in your body—without judgment. Maybe it’s in your shoulders, your jaw, or your stomach. These sensations often hold emotional roots.
Sensation tracking takes it further by observing these feelings with curiosity, learning to regulate emotions, and developing a deeper connection between your mind and body. Techniques like Mindscaping can help you visualize and shift these internal “maps” for long-term change.
“The body keeps the score. To heal, we must listen to what it’s telling us.” – Bessel van der Kolk
2. Pendulation & Systematic Desensitization
Pendulation is the gentle shifting between states of safety and states of discomfort, allowing the nervous system to reset. Systematic desensitization works by revisiting challenging memories in small, manageable steps—always with grounding tools in place.
In my own life and with clients, I combine movement, breath, visualization, and sound to help integrate these shifts. The result? Less overwhelm, more presence, and a stronger sense of safety in your own body.
3. Releasing Trauma Stored in the Body
Somatic healing gives your body permission to complete the stress cycle it never finished. This might mean releasing muscle tension, reducing headaches, or simply feeling “lighter.”
I often integrate IEMT eye movement techniques to help reprocess the experience, creating a new sense of identity and freedom from the old emotional charge. It’s not about forgetting—it’s about transforming your relationship with the memory so it no longer controls you.
When you shift from living in your head to fully inhabiting your body, healing becomes possible—not just emotionally, but physically and spiritually.
Benefits of Somatic Healing
Emotional Regulation
Learn to respond rather than react
Build resilience in stressful situations
Calm the nervous system naturally
Relief from Physical Symptoms
Ease chronic tension, headaches, and muscle pain
Reduce the body’s fight/flight/freeze patterns
Support long-term physical wellness
Enhanced Mind-Body Connection
Deepen self-awareness
Integrate mental, physical, and spiritual healing
Strengthen your relationship with your body as an ally
Incorporating Somatic Practices into Daily Life
You don’t have to overhaul your entire routine—small, consistent practices can create real change:
Joy-Spotting (1–5 min): Notice small moments of joy and how they feel in your body.
Grounding Exercises (3–5 min): Stand barefoot on the ground or feel your feet press into the floor.
Breath Awareness (5 min): Focus on the rise and fall of your breath.
Gentle Movement (10–15 min): Yoga, stretching, or swaying.
Mindful Walking (10–15 min): Tune into the sensation of each step.
Why Work with a Professional
While you can integrate somatic techniques into your daily life, working with a trained practitioner ensures a safe and personalized experience. At Grounded Visions Wellness, I tailor each session to your needs—whether that’s emotional healing, spiritual growth, or deep nervous system regulation.
This isn’t just about feeling better in the moment. It’s about building tools and resilience that last a lifetime, helping you reclaim your sense of safety, connection, and possibility.
Somatic healing isn’t about “fixing” you—because you’re not broken. It’s about giving your body and mind the space to heal, grow, and move forward.
📍 Grounded Visions Wellness – Delray Beach, FL
✨ Helping you heal from the inside out through somatic, holistic, and experiential practices.
At Grounded Visions Wellness in Delray Beach, FL, I help clients reconnect with themselves, shift patterns that no longer serve them, and create lasting transformation. My work blends subconscious healing, somatic techniques, and spiritual alignment to support deep personal growth. The experience I offer is one of deep presence - holding space for you to safely explore your inner landscape, release any limitations, and step back into your highest potential. Together, we’ll unlock the clarity, peace, and purpose that already exist within you, so you can move through life with greater ease, freedom, and alignment. You are not alone; I stand beside you to support you on the path to achieving all that you dream of and more.