The Wellness Mama Podcast
The Wellness Mama Podcast
Katie Wells
Somatic and Autonomic Nervous System Healing with Veronica Rottman
36 minutes Posted Apr 17, 2024 at 2:00 am.
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Episode Highlights With Veronica

  • What somatic healing is
  • The way this ties into nervous system healing
  • Somatics is a broad term that includes all things that mean healing through the body
  • Modalities that are included in somatic healing 
  • What somatic experiencing is
  • How we can use the body to help resolve trauma and promote mental wellness
  • What polyvagal theory is and why it is important 
  • 80% of thoughts, emotions, and experiences are moving from the body up
  • Why nervous system healing isn’t just deciding not to be stressed… we have to show our bodies that we are safe
  • What the “four Fs” are and why they matter: Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn 
  • A ventral vagal state is a state of safety
  • How to build capacity for safety in the nervous system

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