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The Mind-Body Couple
8 Tips and Tricks for Somatic Tracking
Dec 14, 2023
Explore 8 tips for somatic tracking to rewire the brain and unlearn neuroplastic pain. Discuss the importance of positive affect, outcome independence, and consistency in brain retraining exercises. Learn how to approach pain mindfully, embrace sensations, and cultivate a safe relationship with your body through somatic tracking.
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- Approaching sensations with curiosity challenges pain management norms by inducing positive affect and cognitive messages of safety.
- Outcome independence in somatic tracking fosters safety signals within the body, aiding in changing the relationship with pain and symptoms.
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Understanding Somatic Tracking as Brain Retraining
Somatic tracking is a key technique in pain reprocessing therapy that focuses on brain retraining exercises to teach the brain that sensations in the body are safe. It involves mindfulness of body sensations, cognitive messages of safety to the brain, and inducing a positive affect to lighten the experience. Encouraging individuals to approach sensations instead of avoiding them challenges the norms surrounding pain management.
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