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How to Release Stress From Your Body: 5 Somatic Practices That Help
Your body can stay on high alert long after a stressful day ends. Victoria Duarte shares how somatic work helped her finally let go, plus five simple practices to help your nervous system return to rest.
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How to Be With Your Body: A Six-Step Somatic Practice
Victoria Duarte shares a six-step somatic practice that begins with safety and moves in small doses, for anyone learning to be with a feeling in the body.
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Energy Body Breathwork and Somatic Release in Virginia Beach
Victoria Duarte explains what the energy body, breathwork, and somatic release mean, and shares one short practice to try before her October 28 class in Virginia Beach.
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Why Grief Shows Up in Your Body
Grief does not always look like sadness. Sometimes it settles as irritation, numbness, or a fatigue that sleep does not touch.
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What Helps When You Are the One Hurting
I keep a journal and rarely reread it. I found this from 2022, and what struck me was how far the exhaustion in it is from where I am now.
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Blooming at Your Own Pace: A Note on Self-Kindness This Season
Spring often brings a pressure to move faster, but real growth cannot be forced. Whether you are navigating anxiety, chronic pain, insomnia, or the weight of grief, healing begins by creating the right internal conditions. Explore how shifting your inner dialogue and honoring your nervous system can help you bloom at your own pace.
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Supporting Your Well-being: Managing Anxiety as a Military Spouse
The "quiet heavy" weight of military life is real, but you don't have to carry it alone. Discover three simple somatic tools to help you re-anchor your nervous system and learn how the Healing Arts Center is bridging the gap in military wellness.
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A serene, black and white image of a single tree emerging from a sea of fog in the Virginia Beach foothills. The sun is a bright, clear starburst, emerging from behind the tree’s crown. This image illustrates the focus, stillness, and hope provided by somatic grounding techniques for military spouse anxiety in Hampton Roads.
10 Things to Know About Working With Us
Discover a different approach to wellness at the Healing Arts Center in Virginia Beach. With 15+ years of somatic expertise and 25 years of Navy SEAL leadership, we provide specialized, trauma-informed care for SOF, military families, and high-stress professionals. Learn about our no-tip policy, sliding scale rates, and our vetted network of providers.
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