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#3: S is for Sensation

9/12/2013

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I'm currently reading Peter Levine's "Healing Trauma" and feeling SO GRATEFUL that he's written out a handy list of words to describe bodily sensations. When I work with clients, I often ask them to describe thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations of any given experience - and a lot of folks struggle with this! Most of us live in our heads and have a difficult time finding words for these other, equally important, parts of ourselves. So the next time your therapist asks how you are, instead of "okay" or "not so good", try asking yourself what sensation in your body tells you you're feeling that way.
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Now here's that handy list of words I promised! Thanks Peter Levine!

Dense
Thick
Flowing
Breathless
Fluttery
Nervous
Queasy
Expanded
Floating
Heavy
Tingly
Electric
Fluid
Numb
Congested
Spacey
Trembly
Twitchy
Tight
Hot
Bubbly
Achy
Wobbly
Calm
Suffocating
Buzzy
Energized
Tremulous
Knotted
Icy
Light
Blocked
Hollow
Cold
Disconnected
Sweaty
Streaming
Wooden
Dizzy
Full
Constricted
Warm
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