This is why the NARM approach has added somatic mindfulness to the practice of traditional mindfulness. The purpose of somatic mindfulness is to progressively support nervous system re-regulation by adapting techniques from Somatic Experiencing® such as grounding, orienting, titration, pendulation, and discharge that are designed to address the high arousal, collapse, and shock states that traumatized individuals experience. In NARM the practice of somatic mindfulness integrates the established ancient understanding of mindfulness with twenty-first-century knowledge of nervous system
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