🎙️ The Alysphere Podcast — Season 2 - Episode 18
Title: Healing Through the Body: An Introduction to Somatic Experiencing with Carmen Casado
Guest: Carmen Casado
Air Date: 08/06/2025
✨ Episode Summary
In this conversation, Aly and Carmen Casado delve into the transformative world of Somatic Experiencing (SE), exploring its principles, applications, and the profound impact it can have on trauma healing. Carmen shares her personal journey from a high-stress legal career to becoming an integrative somatic therapist, emphasizing the importance of body awareness and nervous system regulation in the healing process.
They discuss the limitations of traditional talk therapy, the significance of recognizing and addressing trauma stored in the body, and the participatory nature of SE sessions. Carmen provides insights into how SE can help individuals expand their capacity to handle stress and trauma, ultimately leading to a more regulated and resilient nervous system.
What is Somatic Experiencing (SE)?
Somatic Experiencing focuses on the body's story rather than cognitive narratives. Trauma can be understood as a fixation or something that is stuck in the body. Recognizing signs of stuckness in the body is crucial for healing. Dissociation is a common response to trauma and can manifest in various ways. Nervous system regulation is about moving in and out of survival states as needed. Somatic Experiencing sessions are interactive and participatory, not passive. Creating new neural pathways is essential for healing trauma. Curiosity is a key component in the process of Somatic Experiencing. The body holds memories of trauma, even if the conscious mind does not. Healing is about teaching the body that it is safe now.
Did you get any new insights or takeaways from this episode? Have you tried SE? If so, I'd love to hear! If not, are you interested now?
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👤 About Our Guest: Carmen Casado
Carmen Casado, an Integrative Somatic Therapist who works at the intersection of trauma healing, body awareness, and nervous system regulation. Carmen supports people navigating toxic stress, trauma, and life transitions using Somatic Experiencing®, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, yoga therapy, and parts work, all grounded in the body’s innate wisdom to heal.Her approach is both gentle and deeply informed—rooted in decades of mindfulness, movement, and personal experience. Before becoming a therapist, Carmen practiced law for more than 16 years and brings that lived experience of navigating high-stress environments into her work. She’s also been a yoga teacher for many years and served on the Board of Somatic Experiencing International, helping steward the broader mission of trauma healing.
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