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Somatic Healing, Brain Retraining & Nervous System Regulation for Trauma Release with Jennifer Mann & Karden Rabin

Jennifer Mann, a mind-body practitioner and expert in the field of treating psychophysiological disorders is the co-founder of Somia and the Heal Program. At the pinnacle of her career in holistic health and wellness, without warning, she became bedridden overnight and was diagnosed with multiple chronic illnesses, severe anxiety, chronic pain, and a myriad of “unexplained” symptoms. Despite her clinical training in neurorehabilitation and physiotherapy, and studies in biomedical sciences, she was at a loss for understanding and conventional medicine offered no explanation. Told that life as she knew it was over, Jen not only refused to let that be her prognosis, she became mission-driven to finding answers and reinventing her clinical practice.

With over a decade of dedication to studying the mind and body, Jen has emerged as a renowned clinician and an authority in integrating neurophysiology within holistic mind and body practices. Her work has been instrumental in helping thousands recover from stress, trauma and multiple chronic illnesses rooted in nervous system dysregulation.

Her personal recovery has profoundly informed her work, making her methods not only innovative, but practical, relatable, and empathetically grounded. As a thought leader and guide to a worldwide online community, she brings her teaching, inspiration and empowerment to millions. She lives in Bali with her husband Yiannis and their precious son Leo.

Karden Rabin is the co-founder of Somia, co-author of The Secret Language of the Body and a Somatic Experiencing practitioner who specializes in treating nervous system related illnesses. As an expert in the field of stress, trauma and psychophysiology, his work is dedicated to helping people heal the root causes of their symptoms so they can live productive and fully expressed lives.

Struggling with debilitating back pain for over a decade, Karden eliminated it by studying the psycho-emotional and neurological underpinning of chronic pain and stress-based disorders after traditional approaches didn’t didn’t help. Driven by his own personal healing experience, he has helped thousands of clients all over the world end their suffering through his self healing platform HEAL, combining the principles of bodywork, brain retraining and somatic trauma therapies.

Over the past decade, Karden has developed and led programming for The Wounded Warrior Project; Starbucks; Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health; and is a regular contributor to Bessel Van Der Kolk’s Trauma Research Foundation. Karden lives in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, with his lovely wife, Gillian, and their little women, Leia and Zelda.


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Can many of the chronic issues people struggle with today be addressed by learning to understand the secret language of the body?

Stress management is key to maintaining your overall body and brain health. But there’s a huge difference between managing your stress and actually retraining your nervous system. By learning how to tune into your emotions on a deeper level, you can work towards resolving some of the systemic patterns that create physical symptoms.

Our guests today are mind-body experts who teach from their lived experiences. Jennifer Mann and Karden Rabin are the co-founders of Somia, a whole-body program designed to heal your nervous system. They’re also the authors of the brand-new book, The Secret Language of the Body: Regulate Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, Free Your Mind.

You can change the state of your physiology and your nervous system is the key. Through practical somatic techniques, you can learn how to speak and listen to your body. Listen in as Jennifer and Karden explain how you can move your body out of a dysfunctional state so you can heal from chronic conditions.

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"Stress isn’t bad. Even too much stress can be okay. The important thing is the way you deal with that stress."

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**This week’s show notes are taken from the video — enjoy!**

  • You may have heard the term somatic healing. This is what that means. [3:16]
  • This how somatic healing might be able to help you. [5:35]
  • When you’re stressed out, you go into survival mode and it inhibits this. [7:12]
  • Jennifer and Karden mentioned brain retraining. But what is it? [8:50]
  • Jennifer doesn’t just talk about this process from theory. This the incredible transformation she went through. [11:24]
  • To show how quickly the body can respond to these practices, Jennifer and Kardan are going to take you through an exercise. [15:47]
  • This was Jim’s experience of the exercise. [18:51]
  • The next step in the exercise is important so that you can release any residual stress or discomfort in the body. [21:05]
  • You can activate the vagal nerve in this exercise and can use this throughout the day to alleviate stress. [23:38]
  • Take a screenshot, tag us (@jimkwik & @somiainternational), and share your biggest takeaway from this episode.
  • To learn more about Jennifer and Karden, and the work they do, visit their website, here.
  • Don’t forget to grab a copy of their book, The Secret Language of the Body: Regulate Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, Free Your Mind, here.

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