Embodied Self Awakening: Somatic Practices for Trauma Healing and Spiritual Evolution

by Nityda Gessel

An offering to be with, and to turn toward, the feelings from which we instinctively recoil.


We have learned how to suppress our pain and deny its presence, but when we fight against our internal turmoil, glimmers of peace are short-lived. Rejecting our suffering is not a sustainable solution because trauma is held in the body. In this book, Nityda Gessel invites readers on a journey toward lasting freedom, with insights and experiential practices that marry the wisdom of Buddhist psychology, yogic teachings, and Indigenous understanding with somatic psychotherapy and neuroscience.


When we heal, our actions and attitudes are not hijacked by our nervous systems as easily. We begin to feel more comfortable in our bodies; more at peace, awake, and free. With Gessel’s invitation, readers will learn to look out into the world, and see more than their own trauma reflected back.

Genres: Spirituality, Self Help, Nonfiction, Mental Health

234 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 12, 2023

Reviews

[Rita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this. Read this through a particularly challenging time in life. It helped me hold space for my own healing.

[Katie young · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was written so well. It weaved somatic practices with Buddhism, mindfulness and IFS. It gave many practices that were super helpful to integrate the content. It is great for anyone that wants to start working with embodiment - and Buddhism a greater connection to themselves in an trauma informed space and/or great for somatic healers, therapist, yoga instructors, breathwork facilitators or anyone in the . Great read!!! Can’t recommend it enough.

[Jessica Brazeal Slaven · Rating 4 out of 5]

We read this as a team at @thehavenwellnesscenter and it was a great synthesis of trauma-informed care, Buddhist roots to our understanding of trauma, and the incorporation of Polyvagal Theory.