Energy, Emotion and Evolution

Moving Through the Layers of Trauma

Trauma is a deeply personal experience that can have a lasting impact on our lives.

It is a deeply distressing or disturbing experience that can have lasting negative effects on a person's physical and mental health. It can be caused by a wide range of events, including natural disasters, accidents, war, terrorism, physical or sexual assault, and childhood abuse or neglect. The symptoms of trauma can vary from person to person, but they often include flashbacks, nightmares, avoidance, feeling numb or detached, difficulty sleeping or concentrating, feeling angry, anxious, or depressed, and having physical symptoms such as headaches, stomach aches, or muscle tension.

Much like a tree carved into a glacier, trauma can be held frozen at a cellular level. 

When an experience is too overwhelming to process, the energy becomes "locked" in the body’s very cells. The life of the tree is still there, but it is etched into the cold, immovable weight of the ice, creating a state of internal stasis.

It can also make it difficult to trust others, to feel safe, and to live a full life. It can interfere with their ability to work, go to school, or maintain relationships. It can also lead to problems with substance abuse, self-harm, and suicide. If you have experienced trauma you may be wondering how to heal.

There are many different types of therapy that can help, and the best approach for you will depend on your individual needs.

Whilst talking therapy may work for some people, others find that their body needs a different path to heal. Not all talking therapy works for everyone, which is why a holistic perspective is offered; finding a way that works for you is important.

Energy Healing

Energy healing is a holistic approach that uses the body's energy field to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Channelling the energies of Seichem (including Reiki) along with Shamanic practices can help you to release areas where your natural flow has become stuck.

These overwhelming experiences can often leave us feeling physically and emotionally blocked. Energy work helps to clear these obstructions, allowing the body to begin its own healing process. At times, the past leaves us feeling disconnected from ourselves and our intuition; these practices help us to reconnect with our inner wisdom and guidance.

When the nervous system becomes dysregulated, it can lead to symptoms such as anxiety, panic attacks, and insomnia. Energy healing helps to calm this system and promote a sense of relaxation. It also supports the immune system, which can be weakened by long-term stress, helping to protect the body from illness.

The Body’s Rest Button

A key part of this relaxation involves the Vagus nerve. You can think of this as your body’s rest button. It is a long nerve that connects the brain to the body’s vital organs. When we are stuck in a survival response, this "button" can feel broken or unreachable. Holistic practices help to stimulate this nerve, sending a signal to the body that it is safe to come out of stasis and return to a state of balance.

Somatic Experiencing

Somatic Experiencing focuses on the body’s physical response to the past. Rather than focusing on the "story," this method works with the nervous system to "thaw" the survival energy—like fight, flight, or freeze—that didn't get to finish when the event happened. It is about teaching the body, through physical sensation, that the danger has passed.

TRE (Trauma Releasing Exercises)

TRE is a series of simple exercises that assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress and tension. By triggering a natural "shaking" mechanism within the muscles, it allows the nervous system to let go of the high-alert state, helping the body to return to a place of calm.

Sound Healing

Sound healing uses vibration and frequency to interact with the body's cells. Because trauma is essentially "frozen" or stagnant energy, the literal vibrations from instruments like gongs, singing bowls, or tuning forks can help to "shake" that energy loose. It helps to bring the body’s internal systems back into a harmonic and relaxed frequency.

Ecotherapy

Ecotherapy, or nature therapy, is based on the idea that our well-being is deeply connected to the natural world. When we are stuck in a survival state, we often feel separated from the world around us. Spending time in nature—whether through mindful walking, gardening, or simply sitting in a green space—helps to ground our energy and soothe the nervous system. Nature provides a safe, non-judgmental space where the body can begin to breathe again and remember its own natural rhythm of growth and renewal.

Emotional Dowsing Techniques

Emotional dowsing is a type of energy healing that uses a pendulum or other tool to help us to connect with our emotions and core beliefs. This can be a very effective way to identify and release the emotions and limiting beliefs that are associated with the past. This technique is vital for reaching the root cause of the distress. Emotional dowsing can help to release these stuck emotions and allow the body to heal.

Logosynthesis

Logosynthesis uses the power of words to shift the energy held in our memories and internal images. It helps to retrieve energy that has become "split" or stuck in a traumatic moment, returning it to the present so the body can let go of old patterns and resolve the stasis.

EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)

EFT uses tapping on specific acupressure points to release the emotional distress and pain often associated with these experiences. It is a practical tool that helps to clear the emotional charge from memories, allowing the body to feel more settled.

Bach Flower Essences

Bach Flower Essences are a subtle form of energy medicine that works on the emotional layer of the body. They help to shift the specific emotional states—such as shock, fear, or hopelessness—that can keep the body stuck in a specific energetic pattern. They are a gentle way to support the emotional evolution of the self.

Animal Assisted Therapy

Animals have a unique way of helping us regulate our nervous systems without the need for words. Being in the presence of an animal can help lower the "fight or flight" response and provide a sense of safety. Animals don't judge; they simply exist in the present, helping the body to feel grounded and reconnect with a sense of calm.

Shamanic Healing

Shamanic healing is an ancient approach that looks at trauma from a spiritual and energetic perspective. It works on the belief that when we experience something overwhelming, a part of our vital essence may "step away" to survive. Shamanic practices, such as soul retrieval, work to bring those fragments back, helping the person to feel more "whole" and addressing the root cause of the distress at a soul level.

Past Life Regression

Sometimes, the stasis we feel doesn't seem to belong to our current timeline. Past Life Regression explores the idea that we carry energetic imprints from other experiences into this life. By accessing these memories through a relaxed state, we can identify and clear old patterns or "frozen" energy that our bodies have been holding onto, allowing for a deeper evolution in the present.

Energy, Emotion, and Evolution

This process is about an evolution—a shift in how the body carries what has happened. By working with energy and the emotions held at a cellular level, we are helping the body to finally move on from the stasis of trauma. The tree carved into the ice represents a moment frozen in time, but through this work, we are allowing the body to find its own way forward, moving at its own pace into a state of more ease.

Even if you are not in formal therapy, there are many ways to support your own journey and gently encourage your body to move out of the "frozen" state

• Journaling to externalise internal chaos and give your emotions a place to live outside of your body.

• Breathwork to signal to the Vagus nerve—your body's rest button—that it is safe to calm the "fight or flight" response.

• Guided Imagery to rebuild a sense of internal safety and create a "mental sanctuary."

• Nature Connection to ground your energy; simply sitting with a tree or walking on the earth can help the body feel held.

• Gentle Movement such as Yin Yoga or mindful walking to help the energy in your limbs begin to flow again.

• Creative Expression through art or music to communicate what words often cannot reach.

  
  

Moving Forward

The evolution of the self is not a race, and it is not about arriving at a perfect destination. It is about the quiet, steady work of loosening the ice. By addressing the energy we carry and the emotions we have stored, we allow ourselves the grace to change. You are not defined by the moment you were frozen; you are a living, breathing being capable of a beautiful and continuous evolution.

About the Author

Jane Taylor is a Guide, Practitioner, Educator and Author dedicated to helping others navigate the complexities of the human experience. Her work is profoundly shaped by her own personal journey and her deep understanding of how the body carries history. By exploring the intersection of energy and emotion, Jane has gained a unique perspective on how to address the root causes of distress at a cellular level. Through her writing and teachings, she shares holistic wisdom to help others unblock their natural flow and embrace their own path of evolution and wholeness.