Bodywork, like massage, craniosacral therapy or holistic pelvic care, can be a powerful companion to traditional therapy because it helps us connect with the wisdom our bodies hold—wisdom that often gets overlooked or suppressed. In therapy, we’re diving into our thoughts, emotions, and stories, which is vital, but the body carries its own language. It remembers things we might not consciously recall, stores tension from past traumas, or simply holds the imprint of our day-to-day experiences.
When we receive bodywork, whether it’s the deep release of a massage or the gentle, restorative touch of craniosacral therapy, we create space for that stored energy and emotion to move. It’s like giving permission to the body to speak and to let go. Often, it’s through this deeper physical release that we can access a kind of healing that words alone can’t.
Therapy works with the mind, body-centered therapy works on the mind-body, but bodywork alone (where we can rest in wordless space) speaks directly to the nervous system, to the places where tension and unresolved emotion may still be locked away. The two practices, together, create a more holistic approach to healing—allowing us to process on multiple levels at once. There’s a quiet, grounding magic in the way the body and mind begin to align. When we do both, we’re not just moving through our emotions or shifting our thinking patterns; we’re letting our bodies fully integrate the healing, so that we’re not just surviving, but truly thriving.
I realize it's a privilege to be able to afford either talk therapy or bodywork, but I do it even if I don't have an overflow of money for it because I see it that these practices help me to stay healthy in mind and body by helping me to release tension as I go, which will hopefully support me to work into the later years of my life.
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