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Somatic Skills with Emily
United States
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Exercises, skills, and training in Somatic Experiencing (SE) and yoga. Stress reduction, trauma healing, nervous system tips and tricks, emotional regulation, inner peace, and embodiment. Led by Emily Winter, MPH, SEP, E-RYT. Contact me via my website for a consultation or Somatic Experiencing session!
How To Not EXPLODE: Somatic Exercise for Anger, Anxiety and Dissociation
00:00 Introduction to the Containment Exercise
00:14 When to use this exercise
1:50 How can this exercise help?
2:31 Begin somatic exercise: Containment
In this video I offer a somatic exercise that may have the following affects: 1) Help you manage or contain your anger, rage, or anxiety, and/or 2) Help you come "back into your body" if you are dissociating from your body.
This skill is known as a containment or consolidation exercise in Somatic Experiencing. When we have a lot of angry or anxious energy in the body, we may feel like we might explode. On the other hand, when we are dissociating, we may feel fragmented and "not here or whole." This exercise can help with either of these physiological states.
By pressing your hands and thighs together with equal and opposite force and feeling the effects, you are:
1. Organizing/consolidating the energy in your body, giving it a purpose, intention and direction
2. Containing some of the energy internally, becoming aware of your body's edges/boundaries
3. Discharging some of the energy through muscular action to lower the sympathetic activation/charge in the body
4. Becoming aware and curious about the effects of this exercise on your body
00:14 When to use this exercise
1:50 How can this exercise help?
2:31 Begin somatic exercise: Containment
In this video I offer a somatic exercise that may have the following affects: 1) Help you manage or contain your anger, rage, or anxiety, and/or 2) Help you come "back into your body" if you are dissociating from your body.
This skill is known as a containment or consolidation exercise in Somatic Experiencing. When we have a lot of angry or anxious energy in the body, we may feel like we might explode. On the other hand, when we are dissociating, we may feel fragmented and "not here or whole." This exercise can help with either of these physiological states.
By pressing your hands and thighs together with equal and opposite force and feeling the effects, you are:
1. Organizing/consolidating the energy in your body, giving it a purpose, intention and direction
2. Containing some of the energy internally, becoming aware of your body's edges/boundaries
3. Discharging some of the energy through muscular action to lower the sympathetic activation/charge in the body
4. Becoming aware and curious about the effects of this exercise on your body
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The Science of Breathing for Relaxation
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15 Minute Chair Yoga for Back, Spine and Shoulders
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VAGUS NERVE MASSAGE: The Best Way to Start Your Day
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Somatic Skills to Build CONFIDENCE
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More Somatic Exercises for PAIN: Pendulation
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Somatic Exercise for PAIN: Titration
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More Self-Holding Exercises for Trauma
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Trauma can often leave us feeling fragmented, in fear, immobilized, hyper-vigilant, and filled with internal chaos. In this video I introduce two self-holding/self-soothing exercises that can offer relief, containment and settling of the nervous system. We explore holding and sensing into our brainstem area and then our kidneys/adrenal glands.
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Somatic Meditation for Embodiment
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Quieting the Inner Critic: Softening Shame
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You have no idea how much your videos have helped me admist a bad breakdown or outburst, thank you!!!❤
When I do this message the face the numbness eventually left (but came back when I stopped doing it every day and the drolling came back) totally amazing tht it takes away face numbness and drolling . Thank you so very much for posting this .
Thankyou thankyou thankyou 💚🙏🫂💜
Thankyou thankyou thankyou I really appreciate your videos. Sending you love and light 💚🙏🫂
Hey I cried! how come?what was this? thank you!!!
I found you today and did your guided exercise. Thank you! It felt great, relieved tension and sinus pressure too. You are lovely and sweet. Have a wondrous day!
You are awesome. Please do more videos
Please make more videos. You are very helpful
I keep having ads pop up for somatic workouts. It costs money. Of course. I finally decided to research on CZcams somatic workouts. I mean, obviously somatic workouts are on my ad algorithm for a reason lol This is the first video I decided to commit 13 minutes to. I was skeptical watching this video at first. I felt weird. I felt especially weird when I was rubbing my arms on my bare legs (I'm wearing shorts, not pants lol) But then I started to relax and let it be. I felt a weird sensation in my left armpit while rubbing my legs. The friction while rubbing my legs was also bizarre. I didn't like rubbing my bare hands on my bare legs. But I kept doing it. And it brought relief to my back. The craziest part of all was what you suggested next. To put my right hand under my left armpit. WTF were the chances of that? My damn left armpit was feeling all weird (and still is) while rubbing my legs and then you instruct me to essentially soothe it? Girl, I was skeptical but now I'm ready to watch some more. You got me crying, experiencing weird sensations, and then having me soothe the exact spot that was uncomfortable. I am a skeptic no more. Thank you for providing this resource. That shit hit deep and to think that it's free. Okay, Ima go ahead and hit next now. I'm ready to watch (or listen, rather) to some more. 13:05 minutes of my life well spent. No pun intended.
That is really awesome! Thanks so much for sharing. I also find somatic exercises to be really profound even though they are seemingly simple. I’m glad to hear you’re buying into somatics! 😁
Thank you😊
Thank Voooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo for this exercise!
I miss your videos please make more 😀
Promise I will. Probably in the fall :)
Thank you, this is really helpful ❤!
Thank you so much!
Just found you. Did the exercise twice. haha. yeah. I feel so good right now. thank you! Also, I really felt your relaxed, healing, real vibe.
This is great exercise for releasing tension inside hands and jaw and also pelvic floor!! I have two books about bioenergetics and I dont know why they dont have these exercises!! Also boxing and the exercise from the book are good. i think its also important to validate your emotions
Thanks so much fir this wonderful video. When I do t do this video I notice the face numbness and drilling starts to return.. thanks for sharing and Making a big difference in my life.
Love this practice. Also... you look like you could be Gwyneth Paltrow's sister!
Haha, that’s a first for me!
This was absolutely wonderful!! Went in with an open mind and came out convinced!! You are AMAZING!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you. I’m so glad to hear you felt better.
Just some information: Botox is not good for the vagus nerve.
There is no mention of Botox in this video, but thanks for this tip!
This was so good to wake myself up. I feel alert in a new way.
Thank you so much for these exercises! I found myself yawning a lot after the hand squeeze, and my body was gently rocking side to side on its own volition as I was doing the hug at the end... Are these signs of release too?
Yes, rocking and yawning are attempts to downregulate the system and discharge energy.
I am feeling so emotional it so hard to put into words my whole life have had this feeling like I have a brick on each of my shoulders 60 years old had no idea I was carrying trauma after trauma and abuse on my neck and shoulders for the first time I feel awesome feel so much lighter God bless you
Doing the first 2 exercises made me feel muuuch more confident.
❤❤❤❤, thank you
Felt just like you stated …. Thank you, I wish to clear out as much as I can
I cry a lot, but I’ve had so much chronic stress, I feel really numb but scared and angry. Sometimes crying can stimulate my nervous system but I want to cry but cant. Is this weird. Thank you for these videos ❤
Thanks for sharing. That’s not weird at all. Sometimes our body just feels the impulse to cry without the release of tears. This may be because your body needs more safety or softening before the emotion gets expressed outwardly.
Wow! Did this for the first time and after a few minutes of practicing I started crying. I really needed this! Thank you!
How do I do these exercises when I’m in extreme pain. Do I force it. My whole body hurts. It brings on anxiety and fear
Do not force it when your body is telling you a strong “no.” Distraction or simple self soothing might be better when you’re in too much pain.
this felt good. Thank you!
Hi, can you do a soothing/releasing sadness video? Thanks
Thank you! ❤
Thank you. 🙏❤ First excercise so soothing. Second one felt good too, but quite painful when I got to jaw line.
Hello! Are these poses/exercises neutral spine? I need a neutral spine due to a bad lower back. Thank you!
No, there is bending and twisting in this video.
Will this relieve neck pains?
I really hope so, but you won’t know until you try it out. It may not work for everyone to resolve tension and there may be longer or deeper tension patterns that need something else to release.
Your place is so beautiful and serene ❤️
First wring and started crying. What the whet!?! 😮
That’s a release of emotional energy! Great.
The birds chirping in her bkgd were soothing. Perhaps I should try this nice somatic work outside, as she did. :)
Highly recommend combining nature and embodiment!
Danke❤
the anger feels so intense but then the relief after is all soft and squishy, it's great
Try breathing exercise
I am new to this technique and I have tried it and it is effective. I have a question. I am listening to therapeutic frequencies, but I have not benefited from them. Which one is best?
I think whatever tool works best for your nervous system is the best option for you!
Lol. So two weeks ago I lost it. I threw a bowl against the wall. I thought it felt so good I picked up a plate and flung it through the window. The need to destroy stood out for me. Because that's why I am angry. Because I feel like my life has been destroyed. (No one was harmed) Widowed.
These impulses are so natural. We just have bad examples of how to express it without harming others. These are great examples. Love to you.
This was wonderful, thank you
Thank you so much!! ❤
love how detailed you explained it
This facial massage was really amazing and I felt such relief in my whole body and my face felt so relaxed! It felt much easier to smile, I appreciate this share so much! 🙏❤️
Thank you Emily for your time and energy and making this extremely informative and helpful video ❤️ abundant love and laughter to you
love your videos thank you <3
I keep getting a burn from the friction of the towel
You might try pushing your hands together instead, as another way to use your muscular action, and don’t use the towel.
I can not explain how these videos help me.. I hope you can share some more too..Mant thanks Emiliy. From Turkey with love
Thank you so much. 💛