Learn how listening to your body helps release trauma and build emotional balance. Discover practical daily exercises and the role of the subconscious mind in healing.
Why Listening to Your Body Matters
Body awareness is one of the most powerful tools for healing and self-regulation. The more you connect with your inner sensations, the more control you gain over your emotions and your life.
When you learn to trust your body’s signals, you can respond more effectively to stress, trauma, and daily challenges. Without this trust, it is challenging to feel truly in control of your body, your emotions, and your inner self.
Trauma, the Body, and Emotional Healing
Our bodies often carry unprocessed trauma. For many people, paying attention to physical sensations for the first time can feel overwhelming, sometimes even triggering flashbacks. These reactions are known as somatic reenactments, where the body remembers what the mind has hidden.
As psychiatrist Elvin Semrad explained,
“Healing depends on experimental knowledge; you can be fully in charge of your life only if you can acknowledge the reality of your body in all its visceral dimensions.”
This highlights why healing must include both the mind and the body.
Healing Through Hypnosis and Body Awareness
In my therapeutic practice, I use regression hypnosis to help clients reconnect with their bodies. By finding words for the emotions expressed physically, they release inner pressure and open the door to healing.
This process also builds new emotional resources, which help transform negative experiences into positive ones. My approach is inspired by the book The Body Keeps the Score, which explores how trauma reshapes both body and mind.
Daily Exercises to Reconnect With Your Body
Healing is not limited to therapy sessions; it can be supported every day through simple practices. Here are two gentle exercises you can try at home.
1. Talking to Your Body Before Bed
Before sleep, close your eyes and place your hand on your chest or stomach. Speak kindly to your body, saying something like,
“I hear you. I am listening. Thank you for guiding me.”
Repeating this nightly sends a message of safety to your subconscious mind and creates the foundation for healing.
The subconscious mind does not distinguish between real and imagined thoughts, which means your words have the power to influence your inner state.
2. Guided Imagery Meditation
During a quiet moment, close your eyes and focus on your body. Select an area that feels tense or uncomfortable and visualise sending light, warmth, or soothing energy to that spot.
To strengthen this practice, write down or memorise a healing phrase and repeat it each night for 21 days. Repetition allows the subconscious mind to accept the message as reality, which supports lasting change.
Key Takeaway
Listening to your body is a daily practice that opens the path to emotional freedom and balance. Speaking kindly to yourself, visualising comfort, and creating consistency in your routines are simple but powerful ways to heal and grow.
Resources for Deeper Healing
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The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
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Regression hypnosis as a therapeutic tool
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Daily practices: body talk, visualisation, and 21-day affirmation repetition
Author: Estefanía Cultrera-Elfring
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