The Body Holds The Story: How Somatic Therapy and Intuition Create Deep Transformation
- Lesley Turner
- Mar 21
- 2 min read

Our bodies are more than just vessels carrying us through life. They are archives, holding onto every story, wound, and moment of joy we've ever experienced. Every heartbreak, every unshed tear, every swallowed emotion - it's all there, woven into the tissues, stored in the nervous system, waiting.
But waiting for what?
For safety. For permission. For space to finally be seen.
The Body Remembers
Traditional talk therapy can be powerful, but it often stays in the realm of the mind - analyzing, understanding, and reframing. but what happens when you know something logically, yet still feel stuck? When you've done all the mindset work but your body still tenses at certain memories, or your breath catches when you speak certain truths?
That's where somatic therapy comes in.
Somatic therapy recognizes that healing doesn't just happen in the mind. It happens in the body. Because trauma, stress, and emotional wounds don't just disappear when we "move on." They live in the muscles, the fascia, the nervous system. That tension in your shoulders?
The gut clench when you hear bad news? The exhaustion that sleep never seems to fix? It's all communication from a body that has been holding onto more than it was ever meant to carry.
What Somatic Therapy Does
Somatic therapy helps release stored experiences through the body itself. By working with movement, breath, sensation, and awareness, it helps the body process what words alone cannot. It says to the nervous system: You are safe now. You don't have to carry this alone anymore.
Some of the ways somatic therapy can help:
Releasing stored trauma without having to relive the event
Calming the nervous system to reduce anxiety and overwhelm
Breaking unconscious patterns that keep you stuck in cycles of stress.
Restoring connection to your body's wisdom and intuition
But what happens when we add something even deeper?
The Power of Intuition in Healing
Somatic therapy is a powerful tool on its own. But when combined with intuition it becomes something greater.
Your body doesn't just hold onto pain, it also holds the wisdom to heal. Intuition is the language of that wisdom. When we listen deeply, beyond logic, beyond what we think we should feel, we can heal what the body is trying to tell us.
That's where true transformation happens.
In my work, I combine somatic therapy with intuitive guidance. This means not only helping you release what's ready to be seen, but also helping you hear what the body is asking for. It means learning to trust yourself again. To recognize when something isn't yours to carry. To step into a new way of being, one where you body feels like home, not a battlefield.
Are you Ready to Listen?
If you've felt stuck in old patterns, if you've done "all the work" and still feel like something is missing, this might be the piece you've been searching for.
Your body has a story to tell. A wound to transmute. A truth to claim.
Are you ready to hear it?
If this speaks to you, explore my 1:1 SEER Method sessions or the 11:11 club where we blend somatic therapy with intuitive wisdom and help you move through what no longer serves you.
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