spontaneous movement as medicine

During CranioSacral Therapy sessions it is common for clients to unconsciously sigh, intuitively take a big deep breath, suddenly have a need to swallow, or experience part of their body spontaneously twitch, pulse, tremble, move, or even shake.

This isn’t random, it’s the body’s innate intelligence. This intuitive movement is medicine, it is a sign that something deep within is remembering how to let go and how to come back into balance. Our bodies are uniquely wired to do this, to self regulate. Think about the way a dog or an animal out in the wild will shake their bodies immediately after experiencing a “fight or flight moment”, or when we sometimes twitch or jerk our bodies as we drift off to sleep. These are the ways we move energy through our bodies, and process experiences.

We are inherently wired to process and move energy to maintain balance, but sometimes, when our systems become overwhelmed, we do not have the capacity to complete the regulation cycle in the moment. In these situations, the energy and patterning associated with the challenging/overwhelming experience gets stored in our soft tissues until we are better resourced and able to process them at a future time.

Our bodies carry the cellular memory, protective patterns, and energetic imprints of our experiences; our joys and our pains alike. Our nervous systems record these experiences and create physical and energetic holding patterns in the body as a mechanism to keep us safe. But at some point, these adaptations that we once stored to keep us safe, are often no longer applicable or supportive to our current reality.

However, when the body feels safe enough, it begins to unwind. Layers of protection start to soften. Old stories can rise to the surface. Energy that’s been stuck can start to flow. This unwinding can allow access to physical, emotional, and energetic freedom that may have previously felt unattainable.

What can look like a deep breath, a twitch, or pulsing, etcetera is actually your body’s wisdom reorganizing itself, tension releasing, pathways clearing, your system finding its rhythm again.

These spontaneous shifts are your body doing exactly what it knows how to do, process, recalibrate, and integrate. These movements are not signs of losing control, they’re evidence that deeper intelligence has taken the wheel. This is the nervous system remembering trust. This is the tissues letting go of what they’ve held. This is energy, once compressed or stuck, beginning to move again.

We don’t have to force healing, we can cultivate a sacred space of safety, softness, and stillness, and allow it to naturally unfold.

This is the work we do together, listen to the body’s wisdom, honor its movements, and follow its cues toward wholeness. From a place of deep safety and profound rest, the wisdom of the body leads, and everything else follows.

This is the heart of my offerings, creating a sanctuary where your innate intelligence can guide the way home. It is an honor to witness your wisdom.

<3 Kat