Awakening the Beast. How the Body Heals Trauma

Women around the world are experiencing record levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and autoimmune diseases. The reason is that many women are stuck in unresolved traumatic cycles and do not know how to escape them. Most resources on healing trauma are written from a male perspective, making them ineffective for women because they heal differently. This book is the answer. Based on Kimberly Ann Johnson's many years of experience as a somatic therapist and women's health specialist, this book provides essential information that we should have learned in high school: how the body and nervous system work. You will learn: • why women get stuck in the trauma cycle and why most resources are not designed for women's healing; • practical exercises available to understand the messages your body is sending you and how to respond appropriately; • keys to achieving a sense of safety, regardless of the external circumstances you face; • how to activate a healthy fight response, which is key to healing; • what the relationship is between trauma and your body, and how you can transform the effects of trauma into strength; • what is really needed to create the relationships and sex life you dream of. Each of us is naturally endowed with a powerful organic intelligence designed for us to live in harmony with external and internal cycles. To learn to listen to the wisdom of the body and follow its cues, it is helpful to explore in detail how our nervous system works. Knowing how your nervous system is structured and what it is predisposed to means changing the game. When you understand what reactions are inherent in you by nature, you can act accordingly and build a life that suits your unique body. Kimberly Ann Johnson Kimberly Ann Johnson is a somatic therapist, a student of Peter A. Levine, a doula. Author of the guide to the first months of motherhood T