Unwinding the Body: Hakomi and the Somatic Art of Allowing | Ep. 87

<p>Michael brings his first experience of Hakomi, a gentle, mindfulness-based somatic therapy, and the two of them unpack what actually happens when the body starts to unwind on its own. They get into following impulses instead of forcing them, why a guided container helps, the discipline of allowing rather than controlling, and how exaggerating a tension can be the thing that finally releases it. Along the way: repression and chronic pain, fascia and non-directive movement, and where Hakomi sits next to TRE.</p><p></p><p>00:00 Intro</p><p>00:45 Michael's first Hakomi session</p><p>06:45 Remote vs. in-person somatic work</p><p>09:48 The body unwinding on its own: following the impulse</p><p>12:30 Why a guided container helps</p><p>16:00 Allowing vs. controlling</p><p>19:00 Expectations, impatience, and resistance</p><p>22:15 Bringing what is below awareness back online</p><p>26:45 Exaggerating a tension to release it</p><p>30:45 Repression, chronic pain, and compartmentalization</p><p>35:15 Fascia, unwinding, and not needing to know why</p><p>40:15 Aftereffects and worse before better</p><p>42:45 When it is too much: TRE and overdoing it</p><p>46:05 Hakomi vs. TRE: a tool or a whole path</p><p>48:55 Wrap-up</p>