{"id":397186,"date":"2026-03-21T21:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/397186\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:19:08","slug":"somatic-therapy-is-a-wild-wacky-way-to-beat-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/397186\/","title":{"rendered":"Somatic therapy is a wild, wacky way to beat stress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forget the therapist\u2019s couch \u2014 and shake your booty instead.<\/p>\n

A body-based therapy called \u201cSomatic Shaking\u201d can help relieve emotional trauma and physical tension that\u2019s been stored in the nervous system for years. All it takes is a few minutes a day \u2014 and the willingness to look like you have zero shame.<\/p>\n

The jiggly practice has become all the rage on TikTok \u2014 and those who do the unorthodox workout say it may look and feel weird, but it really works.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re seeing this video, consider it a sign you should do this,\u201d said TikToker tony.nagy while demonstrating the workout. \u201cI promise something profound will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ATikTok influencer tony.nagy demonstrates somatic shaking \u2014 and how easy it is to rid yourself of unwanted memories and painful trauma, which clears your body and mind for more healthy living. toni.nagy\/tiktok<\/p>\n

The brief bursts of chaotic movement <\/a>helps with PTSD, trauma, grief, depression, anxiety disorder and low self esteem, according to experts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHumans can shake off stress like animals do,\u201d explained Dr. Peter Levine,<\/a> who pioneered the practice in the 1970s. \u201cIt\u2019s an innate response. When animals have been pursued or threatened, their bodies shake and tremble with energy used to escape. And then they instinctually get rid of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

But that energy accumulates in humans, he added.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo humans can get rid of the energy stored from 20, 30, 40, and even 50 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s only takes a few minutes of wildly uncoordinated jumping, arm flapping and foot stomping. Anyone can do it with music or without \u2014 and it doesn\u2019t require any special equipment.<\/p>\n

Your physical health will get a boost, too, of course.<\/p>\n

Chronic stress and trauma are linked to an array of negative effects on the\u00a0body\u00a0and mind<\/a>. Studies by the American Heart Association say <\/a>such conditions can lead to weight gain, headaches, sleep issues, memory and concentration problems, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.<\/p>\n

Healthy stress management also can lead to a reduction in depression and anxiety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forget the therapist\u2019s couch \u2014 and shake your booty instead. A body-based therapy called \u201cSomatic Shaking\u201d can help…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[276],"tags":[7726,18,525,135,19,17,167,502,4226,163814,173,92,4222],"class_list":{"0":"post-397186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-body","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-fitness","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-mental-health","15":"tag-mentalhealth","16":"tag-psychology","17":"tag-shake","18":"tag-stress","19":"tag-therapy","20":"tag-us-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116269256759484401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}