"The Body Keeps The Score" Framework With Somatic Coach Brooke Powers

About this episode

Brooke Powers discusses somatic coaching and the impact of trauma on the body, introducing her four-part framework for nervous system regulation.

"I help people find freedom in their system by getting out of freeze." Brooke Powers joins Finding New Waters to discuss somatic coaching and nervous system regulation. In this episode, we explore how your body stores trauma and why "our state of our nervous system tells our story." Brooke explains her four part framework: Acclimate, Incorporate, Rediscover, and Embody to help clients shift into a connected, regulated state. TIMESTAMPS [01:00:09] Introduction to Brooke Powers and Wellness Assist [01:00:47] What is a somatic coach? [01:01:41] The four part somatic framework [01:02:00] Understanding the "freeze" state: activation and shutdown [01:03:34] How to do the "Huberman breath" for regulation [01:05:22] Why we pick up our caregiver's nervous system state [01:06:46] Scanning the world for danger: hypervigilance [01:07:27] Finding moments of safety as anchors [01:08:46] Post traumatic growth and health scares [01:09:54] Explaining the Ventral Ladder and Polyvagal Theory [01:11:38] Dissociation: being a "fly on the corner" of your life [01:13:14] Ice baths: getting back into your body [01:15:19] Using infrared saunas and…

People in this episode

Host: Finding New Waters

Guest: Brooke Powers

Topics covered

• somatic coaching
• nervous system regulation
• trauma
• mental health
• wellness

Keywords

• somatic coaching
• nervous system
• trauma
• freeze state
• polyvagal theory
• post traumatic growth
• regulation techniques

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Body Keeps The Score

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