01/14/2026
Implicit memories are the silent recordings of our past — the experiences, traumas, and sensations stored in our body without conscious thought. Unlike empirical knowledge, which is learned, measured, and tested, implicit memory lives in the soma — our living body, our fascia, our nervous system. As Bessel van der Kolk writes in The Body Keeps the Score, the body keeps a perfect ledger of everything we’ve lived, holding innate wisdom that knows what the mind may forget. Trust your body, it remembers what your mind cannot.
This is why daily practices like stretching, dancing, exercise, meditation, and belly breathing are so powerful. They help you tune into the innate wisdom stored in your body — your fascia, nervous system, and implicit memories. Keeping this line of communication open strengthens interoception, your awareness of internal bodily sensations, and proprioception, your sense of body position and movement in space. Regular bodywork — whether weekly, biweekly, or monthly — supports this process, helping to bridge the mind-body connection.
