Mindfulness and Somatic techniques can be important components of an integrative mental health care approach. At Innate Wisdom Psychiatry & Wellness, we combine mindfulness and somatic techniques with medications, supportive therapy, supplementation, and lifestyle changes.

Mindfulness Practices

Mindfulness practices such as breathing techniques, meditation, and body scan can profoundly help reduce anxiety, depression, stress, increase insight, self understanding, and flexibility. Through cultivating awareness of the present moment, we can learn how to process thoughts, emotions, and sensations as arise, rather than being controlled by conditioned automatic responses, such as quickly reacting or worrying about the future.

Somatic Techniques

Somatic techniques fall under the category of body-mind therapies. They can help us understand and listen to the voice of the body. Traumatic events can have both immediate and chronic effects on our psychological and physical state. This can negatively impact how we experience ourselves and the environment, which can cause the nervous system to get stuck in a chronic stress response.

At Innate Wisdom Psychiatry & Wellness, we will create a safe space to explore and cultivate awareness of the internal, spatial, and movement based states of the body using mindfulness and somatic techniques. In this way, we will attune to the bodies inner wisdom, gradually and gently learning to heal from traumatic experience.

Please reach out to Innate Wisdom Psychiatry & Wellness today or make an appointment to learn about personalized treatment options.