October Newsletter: The Body Remembers: Emotions, Energy & the Healing Within
There’s a quiet intelligence in the body, one that doesn’t speak in words but in sensations, symptoms, and stillness.
Many of us have been taught to understand emotions as thoughts or moods but in truth, our emotions live deeper than that, they live in the body. We store what we don’t express. We carry what we weren’t allowed to release and over time, our bodies become archives of unspoken stories; ones we may not even realise we’re still holding.
✧ The Emotional Body: A Felt Sense of Self
The emotional body isn’t a separate part of us it’s the felt experience of being alive. It’s how we know we’re hurt before we have the words. It’s the tight chest before a panic attack, the shaky hands when we’re afraid, the heaviness in our belly when something doesn’t feel right. These aren’t random symptoms, they are messages as our bodies remember what the mind tries to forget. Deep healing begins when we learn to listen to both the mind and the body.
✧ Where Do Emotions Live?
The body often speaks in patterns. You might notice:
A lump in your throat when you want to cry or speak your truth but feel like you can’t
Tension in your shoulders from years of carrying responsibility or trying to hold it all together
Tightness in your chest when you’re anxious or heartbroken
Belly bloating or pain during periods of stress, fear, or shame
Heavy hips when grief or trauma hasn’t been processed — especially ancestral or emotional weight
These areas don’t hold emotion as punishment, they hold it as protection, doing best to keep you safe. Over time, if we hold these emotions without processing and releasing them, they become stuck. That’s where awareness, breath, movement, and rest can help restore flow.
✧ Emotions are Energy in Motion
One of the simplest truths I’ve come to trust in my own healing journey is this:
Emotions are energy and energy needs to move.
When we suppress how we feel, either because it wasn’t safe to feel, or because we didn’t have the tools the energy doesn’t disappear. It simply burrows in deeper.
But when we allow ourselves to gently feel…
To breathe into a space.
To stretch, to cry, to journal, to dance, to rest —
We’re letting that energy move again and in that movement, everything begins to soften. Suddenly the things that once felt so heavy, simply don’t over time.
You don’t have to fix everything overnight, but simply recognising that your symptoms may be your body’s way of asking for presence can be the first step to deep healing.
✧ The Nervous System and Gentle Release
In the work of therapy, feeling your emotions is one of the bravest things you can do. Giving your body the time and space especially in a world that often prioritises performance over presence is an act of quiet rebellion.
Sometimes, it’s as simple and as sacred as sitting still.
Letting your body know:
You’re allowed to feel. You’re safe now. You don’t have to hold it all.
When we create a safe space to just sit, accept, and listen, the body begins to communicate naturally. It softens. It starts to share what it’s been holding and with time, your nervous system learns that it is safe to feel and process what is naturally coming up for it.
This is why breathwork, body-based healing, and trauma-informed care matter so deeply. They don’t just support your mind. They create a bridge back to the wisdom of your body, where healing truly begins.
✧ A Loving Invitation
Just take a moment to sit in a position that feels comfortable for you.
Breathe.
And gently ask your body:
“What do you need right now?”
You don’t need to force an answer.
Just notice.
Perhaps a stretch.
A yawn.
A soft sigh.
A shift in posture.
A tear.
Or stillness.
Whatever comes let that be enough.
Your body is wise. It remembers. And when you listen, it heals.
With care
Preeti
The Healing Practice
