Somatic Exercises to Relieve Shoulder Tension

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  • Join me for four simple Somatic Experiencing exercises to relieve tension in the shoulders, neck and upper back.
    It is common for people to carry tension in their shoulders and neck. Tension builds in these places due to chronic and often subtle bracing in the upper body. In this video, you will learn how to release the impulse to brace in your upper body and relax your bodily tension.
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  • @denisereyes7019
    @denisereyes7019 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I am feeling so emotional it so hard to put into words my whole life have had this feeling like I have a brick on each of my shoulders 60 years old had no idea I was carrying trauma after trauma and abuse on my neck and shoulders for the first time I feel awesome feel so much lighter God bless you

  • @EmmelyWauters
    @EmmelyWauters 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Wow! Did this for the first time and after a few minutes of practicing I started crying. I really needed this! Thank you!

  • @karupt422
    @karupt422 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Doing the first 2 exercises made me feel muuuch more confident.

  • @michellheim2176
    @michellheim2176 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I've been trying this for a few days with little effect. Today, it brought out some painful emotions that I've been experiencing. Thank you for the help with learning a tool to manage and experience it in a controlled way ❤

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks so much for sharing your experience 💞

  • @caryntan514
    @caryntan514 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just tried this for the first time and i can't believe that my neck & shoulders feels lighter!! Wow!! Thank you 😊

  • @geraldinemacdermott9738
    @geraldinemacdermott9738 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you. My first time trying this. Even after six years I still feel trapped emotionally and would love to let it all go now.

  • @EmilyWinterSE
    @EmilyWinterSE  ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Timestamps:
    00:00 - Introduction
    00:39 - Settling in
    1:16 - First exercise: Brace and Release
    3:06 - Second exercise: Open and Close
    5:54 - Third exercise: "HAAA"
    7:41 - Fourth exercise: Somatic touch

  • @mercyshanthi9555
    @mercyshanthi9555 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Your place is so beautiful and serene ❤️

  • @pleasurepowered
    @pleasurepowered 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    thank you for these tips

  • @muge_erkann
    @muge_erkann 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    your face, voice and your videos are one of my precious sources for these days. thank you very much for sharing,

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for your kindness 💖

  • @abdalrahmanmahmoud9209
    @abdalrahmanmahmoud9209 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you!

  • @KATIEKATEish
    @KATIEKATEish 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great tips thanks

  • @charlottewrightcoaching
    @charlottewrightcoaching หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is so great, thank you

  • @llukelcs
    @llukelcs 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Emily, you're an angel. Thank you!

  • @Queencat396
    @Queencat396 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thabks Emily you rock!!!

  • @Ezzyyie
    @Ezzyyie 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This dent me into tears! I feel great!

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Love to hear it :)

  • @YourDreamLifeIsWaiting
    @YourDreamLifeIsWaiting 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I have used a lot of modalities for trauma release. Just found Somatic exercises. I store most of the unprocessed emotion in my neck and shoulders but did hip and body then ended up here as my last one for today. I have definitely released some stuck emotion and this last technique brought out some deep resentment coupled with sadness and a tinge of anger. TY

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks so much for sharing and watching 🥰

    • @BBQ-yz9em
      @BBQ-yz9em หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey Do you have more recommondations? i am desperate for help.

  • @lyllero1428
    @lyllero1428 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you so much ❤

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're so very welcome 😊

  • @cynthiacarr2093
    @cynthiacarr2093 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tyfs! 1st time! Feeling better will continue to check out your channel Be Blessed!

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome! Thank you!

  • @amymil11
    @amymil11 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks!

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow, thank you so much too 🥰

  • @jny7133
    @jny7133 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    wow, I was skeptical a bit but on my first go I immediately felt a difference. thank you for this!

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm glad to hear it made a difference for you.

  • @susanleigh9281
    @susanleigh9281 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thanks for these videos, Emily. I have watched several of your videos this evening, and my body is finally relaxing after being in a state of tension for most of the day.

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wonderful! I’m so glad to hear the videos and tools helped.

  • @pacificbee
    @pacificbee 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was so good! I always hold so much tension on my shoulders. IThank you.

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m so glad you found some relief with this video. Thank you so much for watching. 💖

  • @babygonda1226
    @babygonda1226 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Blessed are those who have the money to pay🙏

  • @hopemilton5035
    @hopemilton5035 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would love to try more somatic exercises for anxiety ❤

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for your comment! I have a few videos with exercises for anxiety. Feel free to search on my channel for them.

  • @lucyrhann
    @lucyrhann 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I felt a release of emotion doing these exercises, but wasnt able to completely 'let go'. I really like your calm approach and will be doing more. Thank you so much for sharing ❤

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for sharing and watching.

  • @ritanunez4349
    @ritanunez4349 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    🥀 Hi Emily!! I'm enjoying this! I've been curious about what can help me on a daily basis... I've realized for a while that focusing on breathing is not my path to calm., not at all... On the contrary, small movements seem useful to me... ( When I get a yawn in response... what a wonderful thing !! )
    🙄Some suggestion similar to the one to alleviate the anger you have been offering, but aimed at releasing anxiety, would be part of my kit !! Thanks!! 🌹🌱

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi Rita. Thanks for your comment, and glad to hear you are enjoying. That's a great point you make - breathing is not always the best way to calm down. Sometimes we have to burn off (discharge) our fight/flight energy first, usually by using movement. I'd love to create a video on easing anxiety, but in the meantime, you may enjoy my video "Somatic Grounding Exercise" th-cam.com/video/5TBoR847clE/w-d-xo.html

  • @arti315
    @arti315 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you Emily ❤ this exercise was useful in reducing the tension in my shoulders🙏🏽🌈☀️

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wonderful! Thank you for watching and commenting 😊🩵

  • @amycollins2922
    @amycollins2922 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for sharing

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for watching!

  • @captaink3858
    @captaink3858 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely video❤ shoulders felt sm looser after thank you so much for sharing 🥰

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm glad to hear it! Thanks for commenting.

  • @heidiwolf1793
    @heidiwolf1793 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🙏

  • @GodHelpMe369
    @GodHelpMe369 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    here's what I'm working on...
    I'm desperately struggling...
    I need prayers. I need guidance.
    I need help. I need a miracle.
    MY VOICE HAS BEEN SILENCED MY WHOLE DAMN LIFE.
    MY BEAUTIFUL SACRED MIRACULOUS VOICE.
    MY VOICE IS MY MAGICAL GIFT OF TRANSMUTATION!
    that being said,
    all my life...
    I have given people access to me
    in ways that I should not have granted them access
    now,
    I want to scream
    at the top of my lungs:
    FUCK OFF!!
    YOU DO NOT GET TO HAVE ACCESS TO ME IN THAT WAY!!
    THE DOOR IS NOT OPEN!!
    YOU MAY NOT COME IN!!
    ACCESS DENIED!!
    but fuck,
    so much easier said than done.
    I've been programmed my whole life to be silent,
    conditioned to have no boundaries...
    so how, now, at 44 years old, do I change this all around?
    (may those whom I loathe
    suffer for all eternity
    for what they've done to me!
    TRULY.)

  • @mercyshanthi9555
    @mercyshanthi9555 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Will this relieve neck pains?

  • @kseniakt88
    @kseniakt88 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Are there any somatic exercises for heavy legs or aches and pains in the legs?

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is a great suggestion for a future video. In the meantime, you might find some relief from my videos on working with pain. Here is the first of two: th-cam.com/video/Y6yDHdInJBc/w-d-xo.html

  • @cinmac3
    @cinmac3 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i was getting looser and lighter in my upper shoulders , but, my anxiety feelings of a tightness my tight chest under arm feels stuck, thanks for what i got, chest under arm in the back of shoulders are still tense?

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi there! I'm glad you found some relief from this video, but I hear you that there is still some tension. This video is quite brief, and if you have long-term patterns of chronic tension it will likely take more than a few minutes to resolve this. Might I recommend some gentle yoga that can help open up the musculature.

    • @cinmac3
      @cinmac3 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Somatics helps ,but,my issues make them come back quick many times.

  • @BBQ-yz9em
    @BBQ-yz9em หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey, why do i get muscle spasm or wanna scream when my muscles relax? How do i get rid of that?

    • @anitagoshchin9525
      @anitagoshchin9525 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Hey! I am NOT a specialist, but I've been doing somatic exercises for the trauma release for quite some time, and I can share my experience. Spasms are most probably are the muscles 'shaking off' the tension they have been carrying for a while. The need to scream - same, but for emotions. I've had spasms myself (not often, but I did). As far as screaming, I didn't have that exact reaction, but I for sure wanted to punch the sh*t out of anything. I did follow the need (obviously, I didn't harm any of the living being, and used my pillow for beating up), and I also wrote down all the thoughts that were surfacing at those moments. 'I feel really angry with.....' and something something. Usually those were memories of events that happened in the past. As you keep doing the exercises, the symptoms will ease out.
      Again, that was my personal experience and I am not claiming that this is how it works 100% for everyone.
      But maybe you'll find this helpful.

    • @BBQ-yz9em
      @BBQ-yz9em 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@anitagoshchin9525 ah thank you so much makes me feel less alone. Thank you for responding i will try it out !!

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Hello there! Sometimes when we relax, we find there is a whole other layer of tension, impulses, or emotion to feel, underneath the initial constriction. You might get curious about what shows up for you when you relax, and see if you can allow yourself to express some of that through gentle movement or sound.

    • @BBQ-yz9em
      @BBQ-yz9em 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@EmilyWinterSE thanks for your respond

  • @babygonda1226
    @babygonda1226 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cant do it on my own

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Would you mind sharing a bit more? I’m not sure I understand what you mean.

  • @fredamariebrown4727
    @fredamariebrown4727 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lots of yawning for me. I must've been holding onto a lot of stored energy, huh?

  • @jake407
    @jake407 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is this a yoga video? 😂 Are you kidding me? Is this like screaming in a subway tunnel to relive stress! Haaaaaah.

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This is not a yoga video - this is a video with body-based tools to relieve tension.

  • @susanverity815
    @susanverity815 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks!

    • @EmilyWinterSE
      @EmilyWinterSE  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank YOU so much for your support 🩵