Trauma Healing That Works With the Body — Not Against It
- Randi Camirand
- Jan 22
- 3 min read
Updated: Jan 24
A nervous-system-based approach to trauma healing rooted in lived practice
Why Trauma Healing Requires More Than Insight
If trauma could be healed through understanding alone, most people would already be free.
You can know what happened.
You can see the patterns.
You can even leave the relationship or the situation.
And yet, the body still reacts.
Trauma healing is about gently retraining the nervous system to recognize safety now, not then.
This is where many traditional approaches fall short—and where somatic-based trauma healing begins.
Trauma Lives in the Nervous System, Not the Story
Trauma is not the event itself.It’s what happens inside the body when the system is overwhelmed and unable to return to regulation.
That’s why trauma symptoms often show up as:
Chronic anxiety or hypervigilance
Emotional shutdown or numbness
Difficulty trusting yourself or others
A feeling of being “stuck,” even after years of therapy
Repeating relational patterns despite deep insight
True trauma healing must work with the body, not bypass it.
My Approach to Trauma Healing: Practiced, Not Just Taught
What makes my work different is simple—and profound:
I don’t just teach these practices. I live them.
My approach is rooted in my own long-term embodiment practice and professional training, including:
Trauma Repair The Realization Process (embodied nondual meditation and trauma-sensitive inquiry)
Nervous-system-informed trauma healing
Somatic awareness and relational repair
Because this work is embodied in me, I can guide others not from theory, but from lived understanding.
I know how subtle trauma responses feel in the body.I know how resistance shows up when safety feels unfamiliar.And I know—deeply—that healing doesn’t require pushing, reliving, or forcing release.
What Trauma Healing Looks Like in This Work
Trauma healing here is gentle, precise, and deeply respectful of your system.
We focus on:
Restoring a felt sense of safety in the body
Re-inhabiting areas that learned to brace, collapse, or disappear
Untangling trauma bonds stored in the nervous system
Teaching the body that this moment is different
Building self-trust through direct embodied experience
Rather than asking “What’s wrong with me?”
The work becomes:
“What did my body learn—and how can we update that learning?”
Why This Approach Creates Real, Lasting Change
Many people come to this work after trying:
Talk therapy alone
Cognitive techniques
Insight-based healing
Self-help tools that worked temporarily
What they often discover is this:
When the body feels safe, change happens naturally.
Not through effort.Not through willpower.But through regulation, presence, and reconnection.
This is trauma healing that restores wholeness—without retraumatization.
There Is So Much Hope Here
Your nervous system is not broken.Your responses make sense.And healing is not about becoming someone new—it’s about coming home to yourself.
With the right support, the body can:
Learn safety again
Release survival patterns gently
Restore trust from the inside out
Experience calm without dissociation
Feel grounded, present, and alive
Trauma healing is possible—even if you’ve been stuck for years. I truly believe no trauma is to big to heal from.
Work With Me
If you’re ready for trauma healing that honors your pace, your body, and your lived experience, I would be honored to support you.
I work with individuals at all stages of healing—from those just beginning to recognize trauma’s impact, to those ready for deep embodiment and integration.
👉 Visit randicamirand.com to learn more, explore resources, or book a session.
You don’t have to force healing. You don’t have to do it alone. Your body already knows the way—we simply listen together.
You are not alone. I am available for individual sessions, when you are ready.
In the meantime, here are some Resources For Your Healing Journey:
Read blog posts from my series When the Spell Breaks: Healing from Narcissistic Abuse. https://www.randicamirand.com/blog/categories/healing-from-narcissistic-abuse
Follow my Women’s Wintering Well Series on Instagram for almost daily self-care reminders. https://www.instagram.com/randicamirand/
10 Grounding Practices for Women
Visit my Homepage www.randicamirand.com
Learn more About Me and My Approach https://www.randicamirand.com/about
Learn about my Women’s Online Meditation Classes and email sign up to receive notifications. https://www.randicamirand.com/womens-meditation-classes
Check out The Blog for therapy insights and self-help tips.
