Somatic Coaching is one of the alternate healing therapies which is gaining currency. Somatic infers the whole or undivided body in the Greek language. It refers to the awareness of being which includes the body, mind, soul, and emotions. Every cell of our body possesses immense memory, it is preprogrammed with such intelligence which is deemed necessary for survival. A newborn without any training knows how to suck on their mother’s breast to feed themselves, they are well aware of the temperature and audiovisual stimuli through the sense receptors such as eyes, ears, skin receptors, and sense of smell. The body, mind, and soul work in tandem when a human life starts. There is oneness within the body as a being, however as a child grows up, they spontaneously pick up habits, behaviors, attitudes, emotions through social interactions and life situations. The body and mind start accumulating experiences and categorizes them as pleasant, indifferent, risky, or painful. Accordingly, they form habits and patterns about how to feel and respond to such situations unconsciously. These learning patterns though forms a protective shield against possibly adverse situations but since they are unconscious behaviors, they cause the body to go numb demonstrating specific behaviors thereby limiting individuals to live a healthy and joyful life. Somatic therapy tends to re-orient the body-mind-emotions-spirit connections through physiotherapy, meditation, mindfulness, and a few other routines. Such therapy is administered through the Somatic Coaches who are trained in assessing participant’s mental, physical, and physiological states to arrive at an individualistic regime. Somatic Coaching is beneficial for individuals who demonstrate some typical symptoms or behaviors in response to specific situations that may be considered unhealthy, socially strange, or unacceptable and have the potential to hurt themselves or near ones. Some of such symptoms include:
Long Term Abuse and Trauma
There are situations in which an individual may recover from an injury medically but may still feel pain, stiffness resulting in deficient use of specific body parts, deformity, or poor gait. For example, a back injury suffered by one may make them develop a habit to avoid putting a strain on their backbone and counter it through excessive use of shoulders to balance the body weight, thereby resulting in the slouching of the shoulders and unnatural gait. Also, if there is pain involved in such scenarios wherein the traditional remedies have failed to provide relief, one needs to consider availing the services of a Somatic Coach.
Sexual Disfunction
The Somatic Coaching could assist the individuals suffering from sexual dysfunction. Sexual satisfaction is one of the cornerstones of a great relationship however any unfulfilled aspirations in this compartment can negatively impact the lives of the people involved. Physically they may be fully-abled, but their performance may be lacking on the bed. They may enact the same behaviors repeatedly leaving both themselves and their partners dissatisfied. There may be some older sexual or sex-related abusive experience that may have left long-lasting imprint and aversion towards this natural act. Our mind is the biggest sexual organ, there may be some phantoms residing in one’s mind hindering their performance such as some complex for their partner, negative self-image, trust issues in the relationship, or weird fantasies. A Somatic Coach, through various therapies, can help a couple to be aware of the cause of the problem and induce them to inhibit course corrections through suggested practices.
Stress, Anxiety, and Depression
The human body is equipped to sense danger and trigger various protective responses such as bodily changes viz. increase of the blood pressure, higher breathing rate, increased heartbeat, higher adrenaline secretions, stiff shoulders, and tight stomach helping it to generate a burst of energy to shoot and scoot. During the last few hundred centuries, the lifestyles have changed so as ever clear and present danger such as an attack by wild animals or rain. These threats have been replaced by modern ones such as economic losses, social orchestration, and relationship breakups however the intrinsic human responses to the dangers have remained the same. Some of us have equipped ourselves with the coping mechanisms but there are a few others who perceive a host of life situations as threats and as a resultant generates stress too frequently resulting in sufferings from anxiety, depression, and other lifestyle-related diseases. A Somatic Coach can help enable the impacted individuals to be more self-aware about the triggers of the stress and train them to manage the responses effectively without getting overwhelmed.
Relationship Issues
Every long-term close relationship must go through its trials and tribulations. Any deficient, passive, or aggressive assertions in a relationship can cause it to fester with discontent, unhappiness, and a challenge for leading a happy life. One may feel stifled in the relationship while being unable to let go and having to put up with all the discontent. Such a situation can beat the life out of the individuals. A Somatic Coach can help both individually and collectively to teach pupils about connecting to their core and habituate them to overcome misnomers, prejudices, and concentrate on the positive aspects of the relationship.
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