I provide Somatic Experiencing (SE) sessions from a bodywork perspective. I work with imagery, sensation, and movement to help our bodies move through activation and restore ease of flow through our experience of life.
That sounds pretty cool, right? And yet this is a process that is counter to what our every day life and learning has taught us.
Follow the brain’s lead
We learn to be in our minds thinking this and that…forwards and backwards in time. We are hardly ever thinking at the pace of the body.
As a practice, this moment, what if you looked around the place where you are right now and said to yourself, “Here I am right now, in this.”
Can you feel the tires squealing on the pavement as your mind slows down to take in the images that are with you right now?
Maybe this happened for you. Maybe not.
What do you notice about the colors, textures, details of the room you’re in? Is your awareness of your body different in any way?
One of the primary goals of Somatic Experiencing is to bring awareness to the sensations of our bodies or what is around us right now.
Not what we think about the past.
Not the story of what happened.
Not our interpretations of events or intentions.
Listening at the speed of the body
And one of the things that confounds my clients so often is that I ask them to stop thinking and pay attention to their feet.
The fast, incredible, beautiful brain of ours protests this every time. Until we discover the deep benefits of that slowing down. Then it usually gets easier. 
The following linked video has examples of how Somatic Experiencing works in practice:
Somatic Experiencing Tools for Hurricane Resilience
The provider and the client in this video are both trained in SE, so the client has some facility with the work that takes time.
It is a skill that you, too, can learn.
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