I attended the somatic healing session with Luciana and honestly it was so informative and interesting. It was the first time for me to attend such a calm meeting talking about our bodies and how we can deal with them whether under pressure or in our safe zone. Actually, this point where she said that our minds only experience the extremes, safe or unsafe, was a new piece of information that I never heard of before. What I loved about this meeting that we didn’t just listen but she also participated us in different ones and taught us when to use them and how.

She began the session with an exercise where we closed our eyes and kept on breathing until we felt weightless and putting our bodies into uncomfortable postures and asking how we felt then putting them back and asking the same question. I have never felt this before and what was even more interesting is that the things she said we would feel were exactly what I felt. She also did with us this exercise that she advised to use in a test or a meeting which was the breathing in and out and holding each for a specific kind of seconds really felt relaxing and cant wait to try in one of these scenarios. Some of the informative things I learnt was the orienting exercise, which is more efficient in severe anxiety and panics attacks, where you do the 54321 method in colours or shapes therefore shifting your attention to something else. Thanks God i am not a person who experience this much but i definitely know some people who i would let them try it out.

She also mentioned two types of methods you can use in a situation of shutdown or hyperarousal. Firstly, the hot cold water method where you put your hand under the sink and get the water cold then hot many times or the cat method that help regulate your nervous system. Secondly, self contact, which also caught my attention, and the tapping method which was so different and i have never heard of before honestly. She also talked about co-regulation where you go and sit next someone, that doesn’t create to neither of you any pressure, because all you need in that moment is acceptance due to the feeling that you don’t know what you feel or want to do except that feeling of acceptance only.

Lastly, I wanted to comment on Luciana as a person as she is so sweet and calming in so many ways and honestly this session was much needed as it increased me in both matters personally and informatively.