When the war in my country started a week ago, something very old woke up inside my body. I am originally from Iran. I am also a child of war. When I was born, bombs were already falling on my country. So when war begins again, the body remembers. The nervous system does not debate politics. It reacts. And my body reacted. Fear . Tightness. Unease. As a somatic coach, this is the moment when the real practice begins. This is the time to walk the talk. When Trauma Lives in the Body I have...

When the Body Remembers War In the last few days, after hearing the news about the war in Iran, my body has been shaking. We have been crying. We have been dancing. My body literally aches knowing that bombs are falling on my country. I am worried about my land. My brother. My cousins. My grandmother. My family, back home. The gardens in my hometown of Shiraz, Iran. The children. I am a child of war. The day I was born, my country was bombed. So when this happens again, my body remembers....

Some days we wake up and, without any apparent reason, everything feels heavy. It could be a restless night’s sleep. It could be the pull...