Somatic Practices 

 

Somatic practices such as Somatic Experiencing, somatic tracking, and other body-oriented trauma approaches, are body-oriented, psychophysiological approaches that support trauma integration and relational healing through direct attention to sensation, posture, breath, and embodied awareness. Rather than working only through cognition, these methods engage bottom-up processes that influence how experience is held and metabolized in the body. Over time, somatic work strengthens capacity for regulation, connection, and resilience and helps down-regulate an over-active nervous system. 

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This somatic approach reflects an integrative mental health approach that works with both mind and nervous system rather than techniques alone.

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Somatic Practices are one of several body-based practices explored in our Mind–Body & Somatic Therapies pillar, which focuses on supporting nervous system regulation through gentle, embodied tools.

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Somatic Practices strive to build the skills of introception and proprioception...body-based awareness.