A common thread in many spiritual traditions is the importance of cultivating our will. Our will gives us the ability to choose freely rather than react out of impulse. Trauma responses keep us locked into old automatic patterns instead of acting from our true choice. By using Somatics and Parts work to release these imprints, we can free ourselves from living on autopilot. In this way, this work helps us align more deeply with our divine will, giving us the freedom to respond to life with greater awareness, purpose, and pure inspiration instead of fear. This is what allows us to move from fate to destiny, or in other words — No more being an NPC!

In Somatic work, we focus on the sensations in the body rather than just talking. For example, if someone feels a tightness in their chest when thinking about a current life situation, we might connect with this sensation and discover an imprint from a past event. Rather than talking about the story, we can learn to witness the sensation and build new pathways to decharging repressed emotions and moving the energy. This repatterns our nervous system’s responses and helps us become more resilient in the face of everyday challenges. 

“Parts work” is a potent way of working with our subconscious that is based upon the frame that our minds are made up of various parts and personalities. There are many forms of parts work that can be found in traditions from Tibetan Buddhism, Shamanism, to Western therapeutic models like IFS. By tapping into the subconscious and contacting parts, (such as an inner child) we can begin to understand the hidden beliefs and defenses that run our unhelpful patterns. This method helps us become the mindful observers of our reactions rather than at the whim of them. Working with the subconscious mind, body, and spirit creates deeper, lasting change that simple mindset work often can’t achieve.