Stored Trauma In Your Body Might Be Causing Weight Gain Or Your Inability To Lose It

Have you ever wondered that why won't your weight budge, despite your consistent efforts at the gym and a clean healthy diet? Well, according to Liz Tenuto, popularly known as 'The Workout Witch' on Instagram and YouTube, the key might lie in addressing the stored trauma in your body. Liz has gained quite a following on social media by advocating for a more compassionate approach to fitness.

Her method involves incorporating somatic exercises and stress relief techniques into your routine. In her videos, Liz encourages viewers to connect with the "natural wisdom of your body," aiming to address the stress and trauma that could be hindering weight loss. In one of her posts, she points out that even with regular exercise and proper nutrition, the inability to shed weight might be rooted in deeper issues related to stress and unhealed trauma.

Liz in one of her posts on Instagram explains that trauma can trigger the body's stress response and survival mode, leading to a hormonal imbalance, particularly elevated cortisol levels. This hormonal imbalance not only slows down metabolism but also obstructs weight loss. Additionally, trauma can result in inflammation, contributing to weight gain and a sense of being stuck or bloated. Intense workouts following trauma can exacerbate the problem by sending threat signals to the brain, leading to more inflammation, increased cortisol, and heightened tension.

The solution, according to Liz, involves breaking free from the habitual stress response. She advocates for releasing stored trauma in the body in order to lose weight. Her focus is on gentle somatic hip exercises, which she believes can help remove stored trauma from the body. Liz emphasises that trauma and stress are not confined to the mind alone; they manifest physically, and gentle somatic movements offer a way to address this.

So what is a somatic movement? Somatic Movement Center defines somatic movement as a conscious practice that emphasises the internal experience of movement rather than its external appearance or end result.

Most of the hip opening exercises that Liz shows can be just done by lying on the bed and they involve gentle movements. These exercises according to her fixes hormonal imbalance as well.