Explore the transformative effects of Somato Emotional Release Therapy in New York City. This therapeutic process focuses on healing from emotional and physical traumas, promoting a deeper connection between your mind and body. By releasing those emotional burdens trapped in your tissues, you embark on a profound journey towards healing, enhanced well-being, and a joyful life.
Somato Emotional Release and Craniosacral Therapy NYC
Somato Emotional release (SER) means, a letting go, releasing, getting over, unwinding and neutralizing negative experiences of your particular life, both emotional and physical. Experiences that are stuck in your body’s tissues (soma). Negative, emotionally unpleasant experiences and traumas become stuck energetically in the body’s own tissues, disturbing the mind-body connection and creating physical pain patterns and physiological common symptoms. Often unrealized emotion you have felt from unpleasant life experiences literally become trapped in the body. These unresolved, unprocessed emotions, some of which you may have forgotten about, are compromising, disrupting your body’s ability to function at optimal homeostasis. Your ability, unbeknownst and subconscious to you, are not allowing your physiology to function at 100%.
The mind-body’s inability of letting go, processing fully of unpleasant emotions, bad experiences, events, or physical injuries, often become stuck in the body as a negative charge. This can cause you to have unproductive, unhealthy thoughts, body aches, anxiety, mood swings, uneasy physical or emotional feeling of imbalance and ill-health. Including recurring pain, muscle spasm, unexplained stress, depression, and many other unpleasant, debilitating ailments. All of which impact your daily physical and mental health and your ability to have productive, enjoyable days. A somatic healing session can help you resolve all of this and help you get your joyful life back.
Somato Emotional Release (SER) refers to the process of letting go and neutralizing negative experiences—both emotional and physical—that are stored in the body’s tissues. These emotionally charged traumas can disrupt the mind-body connection and lead to persistent physical pain and various physiological symptoms. Often, unresolved emotions from past experiences can hinder your body from functioning at its best. This hidden baggage interferes with your overall health, potentially leading to unhealthy thoughts, anxiety, body aches, and emotional imbalances. Engaging in Somatic healing can pave the way for reclaiming your joy and well-being.
Somato Emotional Release (SER) involves letting go and neutralizing negative emotional experiences held in your body’s tissues. Such traumas can disrupt the mind-body connection, leading to physical pain and a variety of symptoms. Often, unresolved emotions become trapped in the body, preventing it from functioning at its optimal state. This inability to process negative emotions can lead to health issues, including anxiety, mood swings, and chronic pain. A somatic healing session can facilitate the release of these burdens and restore your joy.
What Causes a Negative Charge in the Body?
For example, a break-up with a significant other, scary car-accident, argument with a colleague or family member, bullying and other hundreds of likely negative interactions we live through in our daily lives. These interactions create in the human body, soma, a disruption of your energy flow and healthy physiology.
How is a Somato Emotional Release Achieved?
Somato Emotional Release (SER) is the process that takes place during a Craniosacral Therapy (CST) session, whereby the hands of the practitioner are placed on specific areas of the body to facilitate the patient’s body tissues (soma) to unwind and release these negatively charged life experiences / energies. Somato Emotional Release was developed by Dr. John Upledger, developer of Craniosacral Therapy.
There are a few ways to achieve a SER of emotions from the body. Dr. Kaminsky combines the art of specific / intuitive hand placement on the patient’s body, as per CST protocols, with a diaphragmatic breathing technique right on the therapy table. Guiding the patient to actively achieve a SER via a meditative / guided session. Producing immediate results by facilitating the patient to achieve a Somato Emotional Release.
Stuck, unprocessed, unresolved traumas and experiences are released from the physical body during the session and the processing is activated. Which can last a few days after the session.
Often during the hands-on session patients feel soothing, smooth, pleasant sensations throughout the body as the releasing occurs. Less frequently there may be unpleasant temporary sensations and emotional processes such as crying, laughing, shaking, body vibration, and other processes.
Somato Emotional Release (SER) occurs during Craniosacral Therapy (CST), where the practitioner gently places their hands on key areas of your body. This approach helps the body’s tissues unwind and release negatively charged life energies. Developed by Dr. John Upledger, SER incorporates specific hand techniques and guided breathing, facilitating the release of unresolved emotions. Patients may feel a range of sensations as healing takes place, often experiencing both physical and emotional release.
In a Craniosacral Therapy (CST) session, the practitioner gently places their hands on specific areas of your body to facilitate the release of negatively charged memories. This approach combines intuitive hand placement and specific breathing techniques to guide you through a meditative experience, resulting in immediate emotional and physical relief. The process of Somato Emotional Release often involves sensations, both soothing and occasionally unsettling, as the body releases pent-up traumas.
What Happens After SER Session?
After a session, you may need one to two days for your body to fully process the releases. The central nervous system will work to correct any imbalances created by the release of emotional energies. You’ll likely notice improvements in your mental and physical well-being as your body continues to adjust.
The Mind Body Connection
The mind and body are linked. Unprocessed, unresolved experiences, negatively charged memories effect the health and relationship between the physical body, mind and spirit. One has major dependency on the state of health of the other, and vice versa. Mind and body are interdependent on each other for healthy living.
Decreased neck and back pain, improved quality of sleep, diminished levels of stress, much less anxiety, happy life, etc., are all results of the body’s SER response, processing and healing. How the body works is something very important to understand.
The mind and body form a dynamic relationship where unresolved experiences can negatively impact health. Addressing these can lead to reduced pain, improved sleep quality, lower stress levels, and enhanced overall happiness. Understanding this connection is vital for nurturing healthy living.
Your mind and body are intrinsically interconnected. Unresolved experiences can adversely affect both mental and physical health. By addressing these stored traumas, you can experience reduced pain, enhanced sleep quality, lower stress levels, and increased happiness. Understanding this dynamic relationship is crucial for fostering a healthy life.
How Many Sessions Does One Need?
That all depends on how much is stuck in the soma and what your personal goals are. It may take one session to produce the results you are looking for, and for some people it will take multiple sessions to fully achieve a satisfactory level of a noticeable physical and or emotional improvement.
SER is Scientifically Documented
Doctors Zvi Karni and John Upledger, through their joint research in the1970’s, discovered that the body does not always dissipate the negative emotional energy from emotional experiences, but rather retains the energetic charge within the tissue and muscles (soma). As the body physically adapts to this unwelcome energy, it emotionally and energetically isolates this negative energy into what the founders termed, “Energy Cysts”, essentially, pockets of unprocessed, unresolved negative energy in the body that starts to accumulate and cause muscle tightness, pain, common symptoms and many conditions we experience in our lives.
The body will begin to adapt to these energy cysts, and with this energy compromise, it will begin to have deteriorating consequences on the physical body, mental clarity and overall health.
Research by Doctors Zvi Karni and John Upledger revealed that the body can retain negative emotional energy, forming what are called ‘Energy Cysts.’ These are pockets of unresolved negative energy that lead to physical discomfort and various health issues. Understanding and addressing these cysts is vital for restoring overall well-being.
Craniosacral Therapy Facilitates the SER
During a CranioSacral Therapy session, a trained practitioner will help facilitate your body to release these trapped / stuck energies and energy cysts. A disintegration of negative energies stuck in the human body tied to a particular emotion gets released and a correlating past experience from some point in life gets processed by the Central Nervous System and mind-body. You are now freed of this negative energetic charge.
During a session the patient should expect to enter a relaxed state brought on through the hands of an experienced craniosacral therapy practitioner, a mind – body connection occurs, and the Somato Emotional Release occurs. More sessions may be necessary depending on individual needs.
During a CST session, a trained practitioner helps you release trapped energies and emotional cysts. This process allows you to connect with your body, facilitating the disintegration of negative energies associated with past experiences. As you relax under the practitioner’s care, you’ll likely experience profound emotional and physical healing, depending on your individual needs.
The Somato Emotional Release
Some patients may experience subtle sensations in their bodies on the treatment table during the session. It is natural and allows the negative energies to be released from the body, the muscular tension changes away from the stress the body was carrying, and the muscles will become soft and relaxed again. Other functions improve and dis-ease in the heart, soul, mind-body start to become minimized.
The experiences of a SER session vary greatly from one person to the next. Some people may experience spontaneous memories, certain emotions, and afterwards, possible nighttime vivid dreams, all are positive processing of the body and is the body’s way of processing what has been released. It is your body’s way of letting go, and often results in a sense of calm, muscle relaxation, relief of pain and other distinct beneficial healthy results.
Anyone suffering from chronic symptoms should consider a visit to an SER trained CranioSacral Therapy practitioner. You can find research articles here.
CranioSacral Therapy works by effecting every aspect of human nature, physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional in order to bring about healing and balance to the body.
Dr. Kaminsky is an advanced and certified practitioner of Craniosacral Therapy as well as other healing modalities.
He has helped hundreds of people achieve a SER process with Craniosacral Therapy.
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During a SER session, you may notice various sensations as your body unburdens itself. This process can manifest as muscle relaxation, emotional release, or even vivid dreams post-session. Such experiences signify the body’s natural way of healing, enhancing overall wellness and emotional balance. Anyone grappling with chronic symptoms should consider engaging with a trained SER practitioner.
Patients may experience various sensations during the SER session, often resulting in a sense of calm and muscle relaxation. Others may encounter spontaneous memories or emotions—all part of the body’s natural way of processing what has been released. This practice can lead to significant relief from chronic symptoms and improve various aspects of life.