Treating Trauma with Somatic Healing | Dr. Peter A. Levine | Ep. 39

(00:00:00) Intro and welcome

(00:00:57) What somatic experiencing is and how Peter developed it

(00:02:08) How trauma gets stuck in the body

(00:07:40) Shock trauma, complex trauma, and what didn’t happen

(00:12:34) Starting with numbness, pain, and alexithymia

(00:15:16) Tim asks Peter to guide Andy through a somatic exercise

(00:18:16) The “voo” exercise, grounding, and orienting

(00:22:27) Taking in the environment and noticing body sensations

(00:29:05) Deserving, relaxation, and the inner judge

(00:32:19) Family shame, collapse, and anger in the body

(00:40:52) Grounding through the feet and finding solidity

(00:42:36) Swaying, movement, and returning to flow