Somatic awareness — the practice of noticing sensations in your body — is the foundation of trauma-informed healing. The body stores what the mind cannot process. This guided scan helps you map where you're holding tension, emotion, or numbness right now. Take your time with each region.
Areas of high intensity are not problems to fix — they're information. Offer each area the same attention you'd give a friend who's hurting: curious, non-judgmental presence. Simply naming sensations often reduces their intensity. Repeated scans over time show your body's patterns under different conditions.