Reclaim Your Body
You can't thrive while disconnected from your body. Trauma doesn't just live in your mind—it's stored in your muscles, your nervous system, and your physical responses. Reclaiming your body is the foundation of complete healing.
After abuse, many women feel like strangers in their own skin. You may have learned to ignore your body's signals, disconnect from physical sensations, or feel unsafe in your own flesh. This pillar is about coming home to yourself.
The Body Keeps the Score
Research shows that trauma is stored in the body, not just the mind. Talk therapy alone often can't reach what's held in your tissues, muscles, and nervous system.
Nervous System Dysregulation
Living in survival mode keeps your nervous system on high alert. You may experience hypervigilance, startle responses, difficulty sleeping, or feeling constantly on edge. Your body is still protecting you from a threat that's no longer present.
Stored Physical Tension
Chronic muscle tension, jaw clenching, shoulder tightness, and unexplained pain are common after trauma. Your body has been bracing for impact, and it hasn't received the signal that it's safe to relax.
Disconnection from Self
Dissociation and numbness are protective responses to overwhelming experiences. You may feel disconnected from your body, struggle to identify emotions, or have difficulty experiencing pleasure and joy.
How We Help You Reconnect
Through trauma-informed movement, somatic practices, and nervous system regulation techniques, we help you rebuild a safe, trusting relationship with your body.
Trauma-Informed Strength Training
Building physical strength builds mental strength. We use movement that empowers you, helps you feel capable, and reconnects you to your body's power—not punishment-based exercise that reinforces shame.
Nervous System Regulation
Learn practical techniques to calm your nervous system, move out of fight-flight-freeze, and create a felt sense of safety in your body. These tools become lifelong resources for managing stress and triggers.
Nourishment & Nutrition
Healing requires fuel. We address the nutrition component without diet culture—focusing on nourishing your body, stabilizing energy, and supporting brain health for emotional regulation.
Somatic Awareness Practices
Guided practices to help you safely reconnect with physical sensations, release stored tension, and develop interoception—the ability to sense and respond to your body's signals.
Thriver Outcomes
When you reclaim your body, you experience:
- Embodied confidence — feeling strong, capable, and at home in your body
- Physical vitality — energy, strength, and the ability to enjoy movement
- Nervous system regulation — the ability to calm yourself and feel safe
- Interoceptive awareness — understanding and trusting your body's signals
- Reduced physical symptoms — less tension, pain, and stress-related health issues
Why I Include Body Work
"When I left my abuser, I was completely disconnected from my body. I couldn't feel hunger, couldn't identify emotions, couldn't relax. It wasn't until I started intentional body work—movement, somatic practices, and learning to regulate my nervous system—that I finally started to feel like myself again."
This is why body work isn't optional in my programs. It's foundational. You cannot build a new life while living in a body that still feels unsafe.
— Tania Griffith
Ready to Come Home to Your Body?
Body work is integrated into all of our coaching programs. You don't need to be athletic or "in shape"—you just need to be willing to reconnect.
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