Healing embodied trauma & cultivating resilience with Somatic Experiencing

with Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Emma Schurink

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Navigating our past trauma experiences (and the recurrent stressors in our modern lives) can feel intimidating...

especially if we don't have tools or methods to guide us. 

Most of us didn't grow up in emotionally mature families with healthy models of what it can look like to complete waves of nervous system arousal and relaxation. 

Really, very few of us have that imprinting. 

But when we turn to nature and witness how animals experience what we could easily name as possibly "traumatic" events (eg one of the herd gets eaten or having to run for life to survive an attack), we also see the return to calm after the storm. 

According to today's guest, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Emma Schurink, most humans don't relax and release in this way after a jarring event (whether it's a conflict with a partner or recurrent abuse or just chronic stressors). 

Instead we tend to adopt less-than-healthy patterns that help us cope, yes, but don't help us feel deeply well and resilient.

Somatic Experiencing is a trauma healing modality...

based on the idea that cultivating embodied awareness and incorporating practices like titration, pendulation, orienting, sensation tracking and more can help us to be less reactive, and ultimately create healthier patterns *and* resilience in our lives.

All of our bodies, including our wombspaces, hold story.

And whether those stories are from this lifetime or even intergenerational, finding supportive modalities like S.E. to guide us through them in healthier ways can be helpful.

Listen to learn:

• what trauma is and how it's held in the body
• why traumatic events can have different effects in different people
• what Somatic Experiencing is
• the foundational pillars of Somatic Experiencing
• a little guided practice of titration, pendulation and orienting
• how all of this impacts culture / society overall (or could!)

Resources:

• Episode 163: How to find a path to power in wobbly times w Maitreya Wolf
• Join the Natural Contraception (Summer 2025) waitlist here!

Connect with Emma:

• Check out Emma's upcoming offerings: Somatic Experiencing Online Group 
  
  

• Get $15 off a single 1:1 session with Emma!
  Email her at [email protected] and mention this podcast episode! 
  
  

•  Explore her website: rhythmsofbeing.net 
  

   

• For more on Somatic Experiencing:
  - Somatic Experiencing International
  - Ergos Institute

DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I’m an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal health concerns.

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