How to Heal (for Real) with the NeuroSomatic Method
By Rachel Fleischman, LCSW, MA
Let me say this right up front:
Healing doesn’t always look like sitting still.
Or journaling until your wrist hurts.
Or thinking really hard about your childhood.
Sometimes healing looks like dancing barefoot in your kitchen.
Or crying in the bath while your body exhales something ancient.
Or pausing in the middle of the day just to put a hand on your chest and whisper, “Sweetheart, I’m here.”
This is the heart of my work—what I call the NeuroSomatic Method.
It’s not a trademarked technique. It’s a collection of invitations.
To listen.
To move.
To let your body help you feel again.
Because healing isn’t just something we do with our heads. It’s a whole-body remembering.
Why the Body Matters
When we’re anxious, numb, exhausted, or stuck—it’s usually not because we don’t know what’s wrong.
It’s because our nervous system is overloaded.
We’re trying to live from the neck up.
The body has its own language—sensation, movement, breath, rhythm, impulse.
And when we listen to it, when we let it lead, something shifts.
The system resets.
We come back online.
We feel more like ourselves.
A Few Ways to Practice
You don’t need a retreat. You don’t need a perfect playlist. You don’t need a diagnosis.
You just need a little time, a little space, and a lot of permission.
Here are a few simple NeuroSomatic practices you can try today:
1. Body Whisper
Sit down.
Hand on heart. Hand on belly.
Ask your body gently: “What do you need from me right now?”
Don’t force an answer. Just wait.
The body doesn’t shout. It whispers.
2. Move Like a Poem
Turn on music—any music.
Let your body move however it wants.
No mirrors. No choreography. No “fitness.”
Just curiosity.
Just presence.
Even five minutes of this can reconnect you to breath, sensation, and a deeper sense of self.
3. Emotional Hygiene
You brush your teeth every morning—what about your emotional system?
Try one of these daily nervous system rinses:
Shake your limbs like a wild animal just woke up
Hum or sigh out loud
Sway side to side slowly, like tall grass in the wind
You’ll feel the shift. Trust it.
4. Trace Your Joy
Close your eyes.
Remember the last time you felt truly alive. Lit up. At ease.
Now trace the feeling in your body: Where do you feel warmth? Expansion? A sense of YES?
That’s your internal compass. That’s your body pointing you toward what’s real.
Final Thoughts
Healing doesn’t have to be a grind.
It doesn’t have to be tidy or intellectual.
It can be messy. Strange. Sacred.
What if your body wasn’t a problem to fix—but a wise, wild partner you could trust again?
What if movement was medicine?
What if your sighs were sacred?
What if joy was the doorway?
Try one of these practices today. Let your body show you what it knows.
You don’t have to think your way home.
You can feel your way there.
