Short reflections on how somatic work can help you navigate stress and overwhelm, find freedom from stuck patterns, and build capacity and resilience.

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When overwhelmed by memories and emotions related to painful experiences, the healing vortex can offer inner resources to support healing.

Escaping the Trauma Vortex

Aug 23, 2026

Wooden fence along the edge of a corn field. Nature is a useful way to move out of the trauma vortex.

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I’m a trauma-trained somatic practitioner, yoga teacher, and writer, with over 15 years of experience. Originally from New Hampshire—where I spent much of my childhood and adolescence wandering in the mountains—I now call Canada my home.

My somatic journey has taken me from guiding outdoor yoga classes on the top of a hill in Portland, Oregon, to leading yoga sessions and mindfulness hikes in rural southwestern Ontario, Canada, to using somatic work to help people live more fully, whatever that means for them. This is the same type of somatic work that enabled me to heal from decades of anxiety and depression, and later, panic attacks. 

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Somatic work helps you develop greater capacity for self-regulation, find inner stillness, and feel more alive. No pushing through overwhelm or chasing cathartic releases.

Just gentle tools to help you tune into your body’s wisdom.

Build greater resilience,
one moment at a time.

Based in Ontario, Canada

SOMATIC practitioner - YOGA teacher - writer
Shawn Radcliffe
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