I've been doing somatic tracking for Fibromyalgia and CFS for several months now. I've tried several somatic tracking exercises. I just did this one for the first time and I felt a shift while focusing on the sensations/pain in my neck/upper back. I felt the shift, a releasing of the pain and had the thought "This is not pain, it's tension". My whole back and neck feel much lighter and looser. I want to say thank you for this video, I'll be using it many times I'm sure!
I'm so glad to hear! The important thing is to observe what IS rather than hold on to expectations or cloud your observation with judgement. The shift will happen on its own, it won't happen if you try to force it. Keep doing what you did, but have patience and acceptance as well.
This is a lovely somatic tracking video, though I liked the first one too. I alternate between them - and often recommend them. Though it's taking a while as I've been hypervigilant since my traumatic birth after a major car accident, I fully "trust the process" and believe this will help with fibromyalgia pain and a runner's injury that didn't fully heal. Watching pain reprocessing videos and reading Alan Gordon's The Way Out has convinced me the pain is largely neuroplastic - and that I can and will ultimately heal it. I see a huge difference in my attitude - the fears and worries are gone, and I am now watching with patience and playfulness. I've had a couple of great successes - dancing normally causes masses of pain the next day - and I've twice done some strenuous dancing with minimal or no pain the next day. I did another video that helped me visualize doing the exercise I feared successfully and that helped too. Hurrah for pain reprocessing, and thank you!
That was great thank you so much! I was looking for a guided somatic practice to do daily and this is perfect. I became quite teary in the end and realised I have a fear of feeling sadness. Allowing this feeling and sitting with it felt like a break through.
Yes. Or else if you cannot focus on a pleasant sensation, focus on detaching from the negative emotion around your unpleasant sensations (observe sensations objectively and uncouple from the fear and negative judgements).
Keep moving gently and work on releasing your resistance to it. Smile if possible and try to react with some amusement - that will send a calmer signal to your brain.
Yes definitely you can use the word 'sensation' more. I don't like to put 'pain' totally under the carpet because I don't like to risk encouraging a state whereby someone tries to ignore the symptoms, so sometimes I'd rather train myself to perceive pain more objectively.
You could take off about half of the talking here and replace it with silence. Letting people process and take at least three breaths between your talking could be way more effective.
I've been doing somatic tracking for Fibromyalgia and CFS for several months now. I've tried several somatic tracking exercises. I just did this one for the first time and I felt a shift while focusing on the sensations/pain in my neck/upper back. I felt the shift, a releasing of the pain and had the thought "This is not pain, it's tension". My whole back and neck feel much lighter and looser. I want to say thank you for this video, I'll be using it many times I'm sure!
I'm so glad to hear! The important thing is to observe what IS rather than hold on to expectations or cloud your observation with judgement. The shift will happen on its own, it won't happen if you try to force it. Keep doing what you did, but have patience and acceptance as well.
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This is a lovely somatic tracking video, though I liked the first one too. I alternate between them - and often recommend them. Though it's taking a while as I've been hypervigilant since my traumatic birth after a major car accident, I fully "trust the process" and believe this will help with fibromyalgia pain and a runner's injury that didn't fully heal. Watching pain reprocessing videos and reading Alan Gordon's The Way Out has convinced me the pain is largely neuroplastic - and that I can and will ultimately heal it. I see a huge difference in my attitude - the fears and worries are gone, and I am now watching with patience and playfulness. I've had a couple of great successes - dancing normally causes masses of pain the next day - and I've twice done some strenuous dancing with minimal or no pain the next day. I did another video that helped me visualize doing the exercise I feared successfully and that helped too. Hurrah for pain reprocessing, and thank you!
Thank you so much! This video always helps me to reduce fear and stressful focus on symptoms. It always creates an ease for me ❤
Thank you so much for making the video, it's so very calming.
Thanks so much for your feedback :-)
That was great thank you so much! I was looking for a guided somatic practice to do daily and this is perfect. I became quite teary in the end and realised I have a fear of feeling sadness. Allowing this feeling and sitting with it felt like a break through.
great video thank you
Excellent explanation of this exersice ... where attention goes ...THANKS
You're welcome, so glad it's helped you 🙂
thank you for this video and the encouragement! I just downloaded and read your free ebook, so true for me!!! thank
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This is great. Thank u
Thank u
How often should you do this?
Let’s the sensation be there and focus on a pleasant sensation works ?
Yes. Or else if you cannot focus on a pleasant sensation, focus on detaching from the negative emotion around your unpleasant sensations (observe sensations objectively and uncouple from the fear and negative judgements).
What can you do when the pain is a 9 or 10?😊
Keep moving gently and work on releasing your resistance to it. Smile if possible and try to react with some amusement - that will send a calmer signal to your brain.
Don't like the word pain, it fears the nerve system instead of calming it. Prefer sensations or something like that.
Yes definitely you can use the word 'sensation' more. I don't like to put 'pain' totally under the carpet because I don't like to risk encouraging a state whereby someone tries to ignore the symptoms, so sometimes I'd rather train myself to perceive pain more objectively.
You could take off about half of the talking here and replace it with silence. Letting people process and take at least three breaths between your talking could be way more effective.