Every dysfunctional pattern we’ve developed once served a purpose. At some point, it was a strategy that helped us navigate life, survive, or feel safe.
But very often those strategies become familiar grooves — ways our system repeats what once worked, even when it no longer serves us.
Trauma is often not the event itself, but what remains in the body afterwards — the holding, the bracing, the habits, the preferences. It’s the protective layer we’ve placed over a wound to avoid feeling it again or to prevent it from happening once more. Over time, that very protection can start to limit and harm us.
In my work, I don’t focus on the story of the trauma itself. Instead, we explore what your system did with it — how it adapted, contracted, or tried to protect you.
For example, we might notice your tight shoulders — an unconscious way your body has tried to shield you from pain. By bringing awareness to these patterns and gently exploring them, we create space for change, for release, and for new possibilities of movement and being.
Where do you get stuck in your groove — and what would it be like to find a new one?
