by Steve Haines | May 12, 2022 | Trauma
When trying to recover from overwhelming experiences it can be helpful to understand how memory works, particularly how memories are related to feelings in the body. Memory is a complex perception. In this blog I’ll explore how memory works and why it can get confused... 
by Steve Haines | Apr 6, 2022 | Anxiety
Anxiety is most commonly framed as a psychological problem, and helping people with anxiety has traditionally been seen as the territory of mental health professionals. However, through over 20 years of clinical experience as a bodyworker I’ve discovered how safely... 
by Steve Haines | Mar 24, 2022 | Pain
Pain is strange in that it is non-linear and quickly becomes amplified over and above what is happening in the tissues. A leading definition emerging from the latest research is that pain emerges when your brain decides something is unsafe. At the core of the... 
by Steve Haines | Feb 24, 2022 | TRE
When it comes to healing trauma, psychology isn’t unimportant, however, when we work with a body-up approach, we can reset the overactive triggers in our threat detection systems. When the body is calm and we’ve quieted its protective reflexes, we can make more space... 
by Steve Haines | Nov 12, 2021 | Trauma
When I started to learn about trauma and I realised that the most important decision a human being is making is “am I safe?”, it became a key focus of my work. Especially when I discovered that all pain, anxiety and depression is rooted in feelings of not being safe....
