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The Gentleness of Somatic Experience

Peter Levine: Somatic experiencing is when we allow the body to do its thing. When we can be with them, that's when finally what began some at some point in the past, the self protective response came to life and didn't get a chance to complete. So there's a gentleness in somatic experiencing that eases you into those gradual expands your capacity to be with them. And until we have built up the capacity to stay present to the body sensations without getting completely overwhelmed by them, right, our level of internal activation going up,. Until we go into a freeze state.

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