Body work is becoming more and more recognised as a valid treatment option with studies showing we can manipulate the body to regulate the nervous system and therefore how we feel. This approach recognises that stress, trauma, and emotions are a physiological response and can become deep seated within the body, often below conscious awareness. Working with the body, we can release these patterns of tension and we can shift out of reactive states when we do not need them and fall back into calm, resilient mindsets, empowering us to experience emotional healing and self-awareness from the inside out.

In chronic stress, we are programmed to detect danger, we see, hear, feel and smell things very differently. We are not tuned into the finer details of conversation, or  of our environment. This sympathetic or "fight flight" state can be very important and necessary, when we need to focus or get something important done. Stress is helpful. However, lasting wellbeing depends on our ability to fall back into the para-sympathetic, or "rest and digest" state when necessary, where we can be soft and open to connection. Body work helps us reconnect with our own selves first, creating a foundation to rebuild meaningful relationships, environments and nurture the village mindset that has faded over years of disconnection.