A child learns from her caregivers whether her feelings are safe to show, and that lesson stays in the nervous system long after childhood ends. Here is what inner child work actually is, why insight alone rarely changes a bodily reaction, and why we begin every session with somatic breathwork.

Alt text

Mother and young daughter lying upside down on a couch, laughing and looking at each other, illustrating playfulness and inner child connection in a blog post from Healing Arts Center in Virginia Beach