HEALINGTRAUMA
By Drew Hume
WITH
TOUCH
Our
physiology
reflects
our
become crystalline deposits within
psychology.
This means that
our body. This historical practice
our bodily tissues hold and store
also tells us that our efforts to heal
emotions and experiences, when
illness and avoid future illness
they are not “dealt with”. This can
largely revolve around the idea of
easily be seen in circumstances
removing these crystalline deposits
such as chronic depression –
from our tissues. This is because
where we not only turn inwards
resolving our physical issues, leads
emotionally,
we
to resolution of related
also physically fold
psychological events.
“It’s
important
to
in on ourselves, with
And
psychology
recognize
our
own
shoulders hunched
is profound in the
forward,
head traumas as they arise. development of ill or
dipped and thoracic
positive health.
In order to really
spine
rounded
move through them
as a result of an
Unfortunately
there
it’s
a
really
valuable
overly
extended
is a lot of uncertainty
protection response. tool to have a space about the use of
touch to help heal
where you feel at
This philosophy has ease to truly surrender trauma, and as a
been
recognized
result it is sometimes
to
the
sensations.”
through the ages,
discouraged! I believe
with many different
this stems partly from
lineages of medical
our overall reluctance
practice. Ayurveda in particular
to touch, as well as our poorly
states that unresolved emotions
developed touch-language (as a
culture).