How the Body Can Help Heal the Mind
Research shows that the body stores memories of trauma. In this episode of Woman Worriers, host Elizabeth Cush and her guest Lynn Fraser, author of Friends With Your Mind, talk about safely accessing those memories on the journey to recovery.
“We need to find ways to feel safe and, when we do, then we can heal.”
Show Notes:
When we experience trauma, the memories reside in the body, and when those memories are triggered, they surface as sensations. How we react to those feelings plays a role in our recovery. In this episode of the Woman Worriers podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., talks with Lynn Fraser, a Nova Scotia-based yoga and meditation teacher and author of Friends With Your Mind, about how trauma can disrupt your connection with your physical self, how you can restore that connection and further tune in to the wisdom of your body.
Listen and learn:
How we often misinterpret intense feelings
Why trauma needs to be healed through the body
What guided mindfulness inquiry is and how it can be helpful
Why connections with ourselves and others are important in healing trauma
Why we don’t always recognize that we have experienced trauma
Why children are so susceptible to trauma
How our flight/fight/freeze response colors how we react to trauma in the long term
Why we are often afraid to listen to our bodies
Simple techniques to help make traumatic memories more manageable
How tapping your forehead can help ground you in the moment
Why suppressing traumatic memories leads to exhaustion
The key question to ask yourself when you’re having an uncomfortable feeling
What “box breathing” is and how to use it
How “framing” images in your mind’s eye can decrease the intensity of a traumatic memory
How we can re-parent ourselves to get the emotional support we need
Learn More
> Lynn Fraser’s Stillpoint website
> Lynn Fraser Stillpoint online learning
> The Unfindable Inquiry: One Simple Tool to Overcome Feelings of Unworthiness and Find Inner Peace by Scott Kiloby
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