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Crying and the nervous system A young child cries and everyone quickly wants the tears to stop. Using distraction, giving him/her toys, offering food or the old-fashioned and still much used: “Stop crying”. Most adults are uncomfortable

Yara Grant 01/05/2024 Yara Grant 01/05/2024

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True trauma healing work versus dissociative spiritual practices It’s not uncommon for people with a history of trauma to end up exploring “spiritual” options to heal; including, but not limited to: meditation, breathwork, tantra, non-du

Yara Grant 30/04/2024 Yara Grant 30/04/2024

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Hardships are not necessarily traumatic. It's possible to experience many difficulties in life and not be traumatised by them. The topic of trauma has become so popular that it's starting to take over common sense. Let's normalise havin

Yara Grant 26/04/2024 Yara Grant 26/04/2024

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A nervous system that has been through long periods of chronic stress and/or trauma… … is a system that is already in a state of hyperarousal and for many, like it was my case, there is a mixture of freeze/shutdown responses as well; hen

Yara Grant 25/04/2024 Yara Grant 25/04/2024

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When your nervous system is stuck in perceiving threat and lack of safety… You will be constantly rehashing old scenarios and responding inauthentically to the present moment. Your nervous system is what gives you the ability to be pres

Yara Grant 24/04/2024 Yara Grant 24/04/2024

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What is healing? What does it look like? Your current window of tolerance: • Narrow window. • Little to no capacity to feel and discern emotions. • Physical health symptoms. • Little flexibility in the nervous system. • Struggling t

Yara Grant 23/04/2024 Yara Grant 23/04/2024

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Human connection can feel threatening to a dysregulated nervous system It’s not uncommon for people, with a history of developmental trauma, finding difficult to trust others. As a result they find ways to detach emotionally from others

Yara Grant 22/04/2024 Yara Grant 22/04/2024

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Are you keen to start Somatic Experiencing sessions? (What you need to know) Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a method developed by Dr Peter Levine. It has been used with great success for over 40 years. This was a life saver on my own hea

Yara Grant 10/04/2024 Yara Grant 10/04/2024

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A few "side effects" of being disconnected from your body: • Difficulty in separating your own emotions from the emotions of others. • Inability to set boundaries. • Struggling to take responsibility for your own emotions. • Difficult

Yara Grant 05/04/2024 Yara Grant 05/04/2024

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There are no quick fixes when it comes to true deep healing Adjusting your expectations on your healing journey can spare you a lot of frustration and disappointment. Chronic stress and trauma “program” your nervous system to be in a st

Yara Grant 03/04/2024 Yara Grant 03/04/2024

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Deep somatic healing is not about avoiding stress at all times It's not about constantly doing somatic exercises to regulate your nervous system. It's not about mechanically and mindlessly going through a list of resources. 🌿 It’s abo

Kate Alexandra Priestley 01/04/2024 Kate Alexandra Priestley 01/04/2024

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Knowing the problem is not enough to stop the problem We can understand and know all the reasons we are acting in such unproductive and harmful ways, but telling ourselves logically why we shouldn’t feel and act in such ways won’t change

Yara Grant 28/03/2024 Yara Grant 28/03/2024

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It's your physiology, not your mindset… Your symptoms, including your thoughts, reflect your physiological state. If your body is dysregulated, your cognitive function won't be fully online. Plus the type of thoughts you will be having

Yara Grant 27/03/2024 Yara Grant 27/03/2024

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Trauma healing and nervous system regulation work have become extremely popular in the last few years… But what most nervous system "gurus" fail to understand is that regulation cannot be taught. It's not about how much breathwork, soma

Yara Grant 26/03/2024 Yara Grant 26/03/2024

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During your trauma healing journey: • You may have doubts about why you even entered this journey in the first place. • At times, you may feel, that you are getting worse instead of better. • Old triggers may resurface for a while. •

Yara Grant 25/03/2024 Yara Grant 25/03/2024

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Basic principles of healthy boundaries setting • NO is a full sentence, there is no need to over explain yourself. • Observe your need to say yes to please others. • Be aware of the habit of oversharing, especially with those who are n

Yara Grant 22/03/2024 Yara Grant 22/03/2024

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There are no shortcuts for long-lasting healing… But patience is required, as your nervous system has been used to having self protective patterns for many years. Your psyche has fragmented because of extreme stress and defensive accommo

Yara Grant 20/03/2024 Yara Grant 20/03/2024

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Why choose somatic healing work? There are many reasons to give this type of work a go, especially if you haven’t had long lasting results with conventional mainstream approaches. I will share two of them here: 1) The deepest memo

Yara Grant 19/03/2024 Yara Grant 19/03/2024

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Yielding feels safer than expanding… If you have a history of developmental trauma, it's extremely important to work with the former before expanding your system. This can be one of the reasons you are not getting enough results with so

Yara Grant 17/03/2024 Yara Grant 17/03/2024

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Keep making sure that the part of you that is in charge of your healing is not the same part that "made" you sick in the first place. Many of us who are facing chronic stress and chronic health symptoms come from a past of constant survi

Yara Grant 12/03/2024 Yara Grant 12/03/2024

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