SomatoEmotional Release

Have you  ever had an  injury that seemed to plague you long after the injury had healed? That’s not as unusual as you might think. Even when various bodywork releases restrictions in body tissues,  sometimes a release of emotion is necessary to fully discharge a trauma.

SomatoEmotional release is a therapeutic process to help rid the  body and mind of the residual effects of trauma, enabling the body to release suppressed emotions that may be inhibiting complete structural releases.

Research conducted in the late ’70′s by Dr. John Upledger and  biophysicist Zvi Karni led to the discovery that the body often retains the emotional imprint of physical forces from accidents, injuries and emotional shock. These imprints, especially of intense feelings that may have occurred at the time of injury – e.g., shock, anger, fear, resentment- leaves residues in the body in areas called “energy cysts”. Healthy bodies can adapt to energy cysts. However, over time, the body can become fatigued as it approaches the end of its ability to adapt. That’s when symptoms, pain, and dysfunctions become difficult to suppress or ignore.

 

How is SomatoEmotional Release Performed?

With  skilled  palpation energy cysts are manually located and freed  from the body. Sometimes an emotion that may have occurred at the time of injury, such as anger, fear, resentment, is also resolved. You do not need to analyse the problem to release it.