Soma Shift: My Journey

By Kristen

 

The Awakening

 

My journey into breathwork didn't begin in a classroom; it began in the depths of my own search for healing. I went through all kinds of trauma. From events when I was a child that I completely forgot about as an adult, to issues with my father and hitting rock bottom just over ten years ago, trying to drown my sorrows with alcohol. I checked myself into a rehabilitation centre ten years ago. Long story short, during a deep psychotherapy session, I experienced something that changed my understanding of the human body forever. As I revisited a difficult memory, emotions that had been locked away for years suddenly surged to the surface. I found myself on the floor, my legs like noodles, releasing a decade of stored grief through tears and screams. When the storm passed, a wave of absolute peace and clarity washed over me. I felt light, present, and free. That was my first lesson: the body remembers what the mind tries to forget.

 

The Physical Toll

 

Fast forward ten years, the stress started piling up again, I lost my father, step-father and friends to cancer, and life was hard. My battle became physical. I began losing muscle in my right hand, eventually facing surgery for carpal tunnel. But the surgery was only the beginning. What followed was a confusing, painful odyssey of "unexplained" symptoms: tennis elbow, shoulder impingement, and searing nerve pain that eventually radiated through my entire body. At my lowest point, I was navigating a maze of endless tests and scans. I was taking up to 13 Percocet a day to maintain the basic ability to walk and function. I felt disconnected from my own life, trapped in a cycle of pain and medication.

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​​​​​​Finding the Shift

 

The turning point came when I stopped trying to "fix" myself in isolation and began working with a multidisciplinary team at a chronic pain center. By integrating the support of pharmacists, doctors, nutritionists, and physiotherapists, I began to see the bigger picture. I realized that my nervous system was stuck in a cycle of overdrive, fight or flight, and attacking my body. I learned that healing doesn't always come from thinking our way through life—it comes from learning how to feel, how to regulate, and simply how to breathe again.

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That's when I found 9D.....what is this intense breathing that reminded me of the psychotherapy session? I have to try this. My first session I did a Journey called the Origin and it was MIND BLOWING the way it left me feeling. Now, to say my pain is starting to move and ease up a little bit every session I do. I thought I have to show others the effects of this, I have to help as many people as possible.

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If you have your own pain and past which almost all of us do....I ask you to come and breathe w me and let your breath lead you to what your natural state of being is.