How Can Touch Connect Us to Grief and Healing? with Sarah Seely, Founder of Thai Brooklyn

Ready to deepen your healing capacity? Sarah Seely, a somatic bodyworker, and I discuss interconnectedness, the power of touch, and the wisdom of grief. 

Sarah explains the importance of somatic work. We discuss ways to honor the interconnectedness of mind and body, including her primary offering, Thai massage. She shares her journey through trauma and realizing what she didn’t want from her work. Boundaried evaluations of purpose, such as this, tend to bring transformative results. 

Sarah describes Thai massage as a form of communication, a healing mechanism, an intimacy practice, and even a yogic guide. Bodywork has the power to support the nervous system's return to realignment and address touch-related traumas through safe touch practices.

Sarah shares what it was like to lose her fiancé. The experience illuminated what self-care practices she had and which she actually needed. Ultimately, her grief led her to reevaluate her career and focus on somatic work. We discuss how powerful healing in community can be and the many shapes it can take. She concludes by sharing her favorite, juiciest pleasure practice: mindfulness. 

Topics Covered:

• What is somatic work?
• Becoming a healer
• Flight, fight, and fawn
• The language of touch
• Massage, trauma, and safe touch
• Grief and healing in community
• Mindfulness as a pleasure practice

Resources Mentioned:

• The Heart Speaks by Mimi Guarneri
• Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hansen

Guest Info 

• Website: thaibkny.com
• Instagram: @thaibrooklyn

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• Instagram: @afinehuman 
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This podcast was produced by The Wave Podcasting