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Hysterical! Or, What We Get Wrong about Somatic Experiences
The term hysteria has earned a bad rap for good reasons. Originally coined as a diagnosis to refer to physical symptoms without an identifiable cause, it was soon reframed as a female malady caused by a “wandering uterus”. Although hysteria ultimately became a dismissive and misogynistic label used to pathologise women’s emotional experiences, the original diagnosis behind this popular term – now known as conversion disorder or functional neurological disorder - is far more

Lara Lehman
May 215 min read


When Your Body Becomes The Teacher
What if the path to healing didn't start in your mind, but in your body? For many people living with trauma, chronic stress, or unexplained neurological symptoms, conventional approaches haven't brought relief. Somatic yoga is opening up new possibilities—not as a replacement for medical care, but as a powerful complement of working directly with the body's own capacity for regulation and change.
I'm writing this as a somatic yoga practitioner and honorary researcher at King

Emily Kennedy-Barnes
Mar 175 min read
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