06/02/2025
When Anita first came to me, she was exhausted—not just from her chronic pain, but from trying to figure out what was wrong all the time. She had done PT, imaging, rest, injections... and still, her body felt like a battlefield.
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One day during a session, instead of asking her to push through, I asked her to listen in.
We paused. We breathed.
I guided her through somatic tracking—inviting her to notice the pain in her back without judgment or fear. We stayed curious. We tracked the sensations: Was it sharp? Was it moving? Did it change when she exhaled?
And something powerful happened:
She started realizing the pain wasn’t always the same.
Sometimes it softened.
Sometimes it moved.
Sometimes it pulsed with emotion.
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That was the beginning of her nervous system healing—not because we fixed her pain right away, but because she finally stopped fighting her body and started partnering with it.
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Somatic tracking isn’t a magic fix. But for people like Anita, it’s the first time in a long time they feel in control again.
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✨ Your body is not broken. It’s trying to protect you. Learning to listen might be the first step toward real freedom.