Somatics Books

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.36 — 266,668 ratings — published 2014
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Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,008 ratings — published 1997
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Somatics: Reawakening The Mind's Control Of Movement, Flexibility, And Health Somatics: Reawakening The Mind's Control Of Movement, Flexibility, And Health (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.17 — 591 ratings — published 1988
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The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.24 — 473 ratings — published 2019
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.39 — 11,436 ratings — published 2017
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In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.34 — 3,254 ratings — published 2010
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Bodyfulness: Somatic Practices for Presence, Empowerment, and Waking Up in This Life Bodyfulness: Somatic Practices for Presence, Empowerment, and Waking Up in This Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as somatics)
avg rating 3.99 — 180 ratings — published
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Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method : The Integrated Use of Mindfulness, Nonviolence and the Body Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method : The Integrated Use of Mindfulness, Nonviolence and the Body (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.27 — 155 ratings — published 1990
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Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by (shelved 9 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.40 — 600 ratings — published 2006
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The Art of Somatic Coaching: Embodying Skillful Action, Wisdom, and Compassion The Art of Somatic Coaching: Embodying Skillful Action, Wisdom, and Compassion (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.11 — 235 ratings — published 2012
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Sensing, Feeling, and Action: The Experiential Anatomy of Body-Mind Centering Sensing, Feeling, and Action: The Experiential Anatomy of Body-Mind Centering (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.52 — 61 ratings — published 1993
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Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.22 — 201 ratings — published
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The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.32 — 4,413 ratings — published 2021
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The Wakeful Body: Somatic Mindfulness as a Path to Freedom The Wakeful Body: Somatic Mindfulness as a Path to Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.13 — 366 ratings — published
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Move Without Pain Move Without Pain (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.29 — 119 ratings — published 2012
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The Intuitive Body: Aikido as a Clairsentient Practice The Intuitive Body: Aikido as a Clairsentient Practice (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.21 — 147 ratings — published 1994
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Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as somatics)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,802 ratings — published
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Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.29 — 594 ratings — published 2020
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When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.19 — 33,151 ratings — published 2003
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Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.40 — 78 ratings — published 2015
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Emotional Anatomy: The Structure of Experience Emotional Anatomy: The Structure of Experience (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as somatics)
avg rating 3.96 — 123 ratings — published 1985
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The Body of Life: Creating New Pathways for Sensory Awareness and Fluid Movement The Body of Life: Creating New Pathways for Sensory Awareness and Fluid Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.48 — 46 ratings — published 1980
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.31 — 33,605 ratings — published 2022
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Focusing Focusing (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as somatics)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,579 ratings — published 1978
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The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,049 ratings — published 1999
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The Awakening Body: Somatic Meditation for Discovering Our Deepest Life The Awakening Body: Somatic Meditation for Discovering Our Deepest Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.23 — 149 ratings — published
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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.17 — 16,873 ratings — published 1993
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Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology Book 0) Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology Book 0)
by (shelved 4 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.47 — 278 ratings — published 2015
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Diverse Bodies, Diverse Practices: Toward an Inclusive Somatics Diverse Bodies, Diverse Practices: Toward an Inclusive Somatics (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.50 — 24 ratings — published
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Getting Our Bodies Back: Recovery, Healing, and Transformation through Body-Centered Psychotherapy Getting Our Bodies Back: Recovery, Healing, and Transformation through Body-Centered Psychotherapy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.31 — 140 ratings — published 1996
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The Body in Recovery: Somatic Psychotherapy and the Self The Body in Recovery: Somatic Psychotherapy and the Self (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.20 — 25 ratings — published 1994
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Freedom from Pain: Discover Your Body's Power to Overcome Physical Pain Freedom from Pain: Discover Your Body's Power to Overcome Physical Pain (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as somatics)
avg rating 3.98 — 257 ratings — published 2011
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Bone, Breath, and Gesture: Practices of Embodiment, Volume 1 Bone, Breath, and Gesture: Practices of Embodiment, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.40 — 47 ratings — published 1995
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How Do You Feel?: An Interoceptive Moment with Your Neurobiological Self How Do You Feel?: An Interoceptive Moment with Your Neurobiological Self (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.40 — 30 ratings — published 2014
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Leadership Embodiment: How the Way We Sit and Stand Can Change the Way We Think and Speak Leadership Embodiment: How the Way We Sit and Stand Can Change the Way We Think and Speak (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.27 — 90 ratings — published 2013
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Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body Touching Enlightenment: Finding Realization in the Body (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.34 — 268 ratings — published 2007
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Focusing in Clinical Practice: The Essence of Change Focusing in Clinical Practice: The Essence of Change (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as somatics)
avg rating 4.43 — 88 ratings — published 2013
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Cheryl Pallant
“Somatic awakening opens us to feeling, sensing, and taking action. It allows us to abandon old ways of behaving that may be outdated or no longer in our best interest and to adopt new ways more aligned with personal values and well-being. A body in touch with its own being is alive to the moment and open to shedding old skin for new, aware, too, that such shedding, a dynamic process of our aliveness, is taking place subcutaneously regardless of our approval.”
Cheryl Pallant, Writing and the Body in Motion: Awakening Voice through Somatic Practice

“Remember it all passes, it all moves and shifts – yes, the entire world – but what remains is the beautiful truth: you are a microscopic aperture through which you, conscious awareness, observe & dance with all that is. Things are falling, yes, but other things are rising. And you, my love, you are all of it. What you experience is yours to feel. Feel it to completeness.”
Tejal Prettyman, How to Feel: Reprogramming the Body After Trauma

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