138. The Body Holds the Key: How to Unlock Stuck Emotions with Karden Rabin

Themes: Nervous System Regulation, Trauma, Mind-body Connection, Somatics

Episode:

Why is it important to consider the nervous system when we are trying to heal our physical bodies? Why does dysregulation present itself in the form of physical symptoms, and how can we address this? Lindsay is joined by Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Karden Rubin, an expert on nervous system related illnesses and psychophysiology. Hear how Kardin helps his clients heal physically by addressing the needs of their nervous systems, how we hold childhood trauma in our bodies, the importance of somatic experiencing, and more.

Karden Rabin is the co-founder of Somia, co-creator of the Heal Program, co-author of the upcoming book The Secret Language of the Body and a Somatic Experiencing practitioner who specializes in treating nervous system related illnesses. As an expert in the field of stress, trauma and psychophysiology, his work is dedicated to helping people recover from nervous system related illnesses so they can live productive and fully expressed lives. Over the past decade, Karden has developed and led programming for The Wounded Warrior Project;  Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health; and is a regular contributor to Bessel Van Der Kolk’s Trauma Research Foundation.

Show Notes:

-Karden shares how he got into somatic experiencing, including his own struggles with physical pain

-The importance of finding the root emotional causes behind physical pain; looking beyond the superficial

-Addressing the mind-body connection and the body’s physiological response to stressors; what is being communicated to your body through your stress responses?

-Repressed pain/emotion and your body’s felt experience; how Karden discovered somatic experiencing

-How to go down the “path to feeling”; learning to experience your repressed emotions; Karden leads listeners through a somatic exercise

-The importance of rest 

Resources:

-Click here to find Somia’s website and follow Somia on Instagram here

-Follow Karden on Instagram here

-Follow Rewire on Instagram here

-Lindsay’s Instagram: @myvitalside

-Visit Lindsay’s Website 

-Cait’s Instagram: @caitmurphy.co 

-Click here for Cait’s FREE Masterclass

*ALL the content talked about in these episodes should not be used as medical advice. These episodes are to be used for informational purposes only.