Healing Cultural Trauma around Public Memory

Sometimes the feelings are just TOO MUCH. Somatic experiencing can allow you to revisit trauma without recalling specific events and emotions. When you practice body-focused exercises, you focus on physical sensations, instead of thoughts and emotions to repair your PIES energies from trauma. To that end, we offer you the following somatic exercises that work to boost energy, calm anxiety and create an embodiment of physical comfort: 

Please note: while these are all exercises that you can do on your own, somatic experiencing is most effective when done under the guidance of a trained somatic therapist. 

Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation and a variety of other challenging symptoms.

The Jin Shin Jyutsu Finger Method is a self help practice of holding the thumbs and fingers. So simple, but surprisingly dynamic and effective. Our energy body is made up of 144,000 energy functions. They are energy pathways like rivers, connecting us from head to toe and toe to head. All those energy pathways are found in the hands. So holding a finger helps 14,400 energy functions.

The Butterfly Hug is a method of therapeutic intervention to help relax and calm a hyper-aroused self. The Butterfly Hug was developed by two practitioners, Lucina Artigas, M.A., M.T., and Ignacio Jarero, Ed.D., Ph.D., M.T. The Butterfly Hug was taught to survivors of hurricane Pauline in Mexico, in 1998 which demonstrated to be highly effective for helping those during this incredibly devastating time.