The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk explores how trauma is stored in the body and brain, influencing emotional and physical health.

It highlights therapeutic approaches like EMDR, yoga, and neurofeedback to help release trauma and restore balance. This book is essential for understanding the mind-body connection and provides actionable tools for healing unresolved childhood trauma and emotional wounds.

For those with unresolved childhood trauma, understanding the mind-body connection is key. This book provides insights into why trauma manifests physically—through conditions like chronic pain, anxiety, addiction, and more—and gives tools for healing that engage both the body and the mind.

The book's emphasis on body awareness and holistic healing makes it an essential resource for anyone struggling with physical symptoms of trauma, as well as those with emotional blocks that prevent healing.

This quote perfectly encapsulates the heart of trauma recovery: it's not the event itself that causes long-term harm, but how the trauma is stored within us. By understanding this, we can begin the work of releasing it and restoring balance to our bodies and minds.

Rosa M. Gomez