Relationship Diversity Podcast Your Body Never Lies: How Somatic Therapy Can Catapult Your Diverse Relationship Experience with Dedeker Winston and Orit Krug
Jan 4, 2024
Dedeker Winston, an educator and co-host of the Multiamory podcast, joins Orit Krug, an award-winning dance movement therapist, for an insightful discussion on somatic therapy. They explore how this body-focused approach can help release trauma and improve relationships, especially in non-monogamous dynamics. The pair highlights the role of movement in healing and emotional connection, emphasizing the importance of bodily awareness. They also share experiences from a unique retreat in Costa Rica, designed to deepen connections among participants.
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Body-Based Completion Of Survival Responses
- Somatic therapy accesses body sensations to complete survival responses like fight, flight, freeze.
- It helps the nervous system feel safety rather than relying solely on cognitive understanding.
Trauma Is Stored Nonverbally In The Body
- Trauma memories live as nonverbal fragments in the body and older brain regions like the amygdala.
- Talking alone often fails because the prefrontal cortex was offline during trauma and can't fully process those memories.
Couple Rewires Separation Through Movement
- A couple practiced separating and returning through guided movement in session.
- They learned separation felt tolerable and even playful, changing their real-life pattern quickly.
