Get out of your brain and into your body with this beginner's guide to somatic exercises for improved mental health and overall well-being.
Building on the ideas popularized by the bestseller The Body Keeps the Score, this beginner's guide offers soothing practices and illustrated physical exercises to help readers support their mental health and overall well-being.
With expert advice from credentialed author Toni Teixiera, LCSW, including clear explanations of the concepts behind somatic theory, readers can trust this tool to not only help them move, but also to understand why movement works.
This book features 33 exercises with step-by-step illustrations and 27 simple exercises, offering an alternative therapeutic modality growing in popularity: Addressing mental health where it's felt, in the body, rather than trying to tend to difficult thoughts.