When you’ve been holding it all in — emotions, stress, or tension — your body eventually starts to carry the weight for you. This guided somatic practice helps you release suppressed emotion safely and gently.
Through breath, touch, and mindful awareness, you’ll begin to reconnect with the sensations beneath the surface. There’s no need to force anything. The focus is on creating enough safety for your body to soften, so emotion can move naturally.
You don’t need to fix yourself. You just need to feel safe enough to fully feel again.
Why This Practice Helps
• Emotions that stay unexpressed can create tension in the body and mind.
• Somatic release uses breath, presence, and gentle movement to restore balance.
• When the nervous system feels safe, emotions can move and integrate without overwhelm.
• This practice builds the capacity to stay connected through intensity, instead of shutting down.
Emotional release is less about control and more about allowing the body to guide the healing.
Follow the somatic emotional release practice:
After your practice:
Notice what shifted. Maybe your breath feels deeper, your chest or throat softer, or your energy quieter. These are signs your body is beginning to trust release again.
Keep your environment calm afterward: soft music, journaling, or a walk outside can help your system integrate the change.
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