Remembering What Our Bodies Always Knew

Long before we spoke in theories or diagnoses, our ancestors listened to the language of the body. They knew that trembling was a release, that tears were medicine, that movement and breath could shift what words could not. Ceremony, song, and touch were the ways we soothed, expressed, and healed. The body was not separate from the mind or spirit—it was the meeting place of all three.

Over time, as we became more “civilised,” we learned to override instinct with reason, to value control over flow, to numb rather than feel. Industrialisation demanded efficiency. Colonialism and organised religion often distrusted the body’s wisdom. Modern life rewarded those who could push through fatigue, silence emotion, and live from the neck up. We adapted brilliantly—but at a cost.

Somatic therapy is not something new—it is a remembering. It invites us back into conversation with the sensations, impulses, and rhythms that have always guided us. By tuning into the body, we begin to reconnect with a lineage of embodied knowing that stretches back thousands of years.

In this remembering, healing becomes less about learning something new, and more about coming home to what we have always known: the body is not the problem. It is the path.