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Jul 2024
37m 54s

Somatic Memory

Jennifer Wallace & Elisabeth Kristof
About this episode

As humans we rely on visual memory the most, but what if we told you that memories, especially memories that were formed before we had language, live primarily in our bodies. It’s safe to say, the body keeps score, more than we know. 

It can be extremely dis-regulating to try to retrieve memories that live in the body without proper training because the visual aspect of the memory may not correlate to the sensations that show up in the body. This is why having awareness and training is so crucial to the healing process, which is what we will be discussing in today’s episode.

In this episode, our hosts Elisabeth and Jennifer sit down to discuss how somatic memories are stored in the body and the science behind the whole process. Our hormones, cells, and epigenetics play a crucial role, and understanding how they store and express trauma through our thoughts, behaviors, and decisions, we can start to really heal on a deep level. Possibly even heal parts of ourselves we didn’t know needed healing.

Just as our brain and body can be wired, they can also be rewired. Through our awareness and understanding, and by learning effective tools to dig deep and re-pattern those hidden parts of ourselves. 

Tune in to hear this and more! Topics discussed in this episode:

 

  • How we trust visual memory over somatic memory
  • The science behind preverbal memory
  • The role hormones play in somatic memory
  • Freedom in repatterning the nervous system
  • Cellular health and cellular memory
  • Memories are stored in our cells
  • How water holds memories
  • Generational trauma and our collective memory

 

 

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