Body, Heart and Mind

Our experiences, memories, and patterns of behaviour are held not only in the mind, but also in the body. They may show up as tension or pain, digestive issues, sleep difficulties, addictive behaviours, or challenges in our relationships with ourselves, others, and the world.

 Our ‘thinking’ mind often has a fixed narrative about who we are and how we do things - and it can be quite stubborn to change. The healthy self that we were born with learns from early on to listen to the thoughts, opinions and expectations of others and society so that by the time we reach adulthood we don’t often know any more what we really believe, value and want to protect. Or maybe we do, but the world we live in makes it hard for us to stay true to our values and what keeps us in our ‘well’ self.

So while talking is an important part of therapy, it doesn’t always reach the roots of these patterns. A holistic, embodied approach allows us to work more deeply. We attend to the sensations of the body, the thoughts that arise in the mind and the emotions felt in the heart, using breath, gesture, and movement to bring awareness and change.

The heart often acts as a mediator between the body’s lived experience and the meanings the mind has made of it. When we listen to the heart, we can begin to reconnect with who we truly are. Therapy then becomes a process of supporting this inner wisdom and allowing it to come alive.