Somatic Focusing
Somatic focusing allows us to reconnect with our essential nature and to transform the stressors and challenges of life into opportunities for authentic growth. This process uses a very subtle form of bodily felt awareness to trigger beneficial neurological, biochemical, and energetic changes. These changes are evidence, supported by a growing body of scientific research and clinical experience, that the body possesses a tremendous capacity for self-healing and repair. This process activates the innate self-regulating capacities of the body, mind and soul.
One of the key aspects of this process is awareness of the heart and heartfelt qualities when combined with a gentle, patient, and non-judgmental awareness of bodily sensation. Some of the measured effects of this process include positive brainwave changes, increased cortical activity and hemispheric integration, the inhibition of the stress response, and a normalizing influence on adrenal gland activity. Subjectively, patients routinely report more emotional resilience, mental clarity, physical energy, and inner peace. The heart, in addition to its more familiar role as a pump, actually consists of over 60% neurological tissue and appears to function like a second brain. The heart brain is the key to perceiving life directly, without the judgmental and prejudicial filters of past programmed experience. The heart is also intimately tied to right brain activity and intuitive processing.
Another benefit of consistent somatic focusing practice is an increased awareness of one’s unique gifts and how to best use them in one’s life. Finding one’s true calling and direction in life is likely the most efficient healing balm available to any of us. Flower essences are a perfect natural support for enlivening qualities that support us on a soul and emotional level that serve as an excellent complement to the practice of somatic focusing. More information on flower essences can be found in the sections on homeopathy.
