Healing From the Inside Out: The Power of Subconscious, Somatic & Energy Work.
Introduction:
You’ve done the journaling. You’ve read the books. You know what you want to believe about yourself… But somehow, the old doubts still creep in.
That confident version of you? They are still in there. Yet, something keeps pulling you back into overthinking, self-sabotage, or emotional shutdown.
It’s not because you're lazy or not trying hard enough.
It’s because healing doesn't happen through willpower alone, especially when the wounds live deeper than your conscious mind. Don’t forget your body has probably held these scars, wounds, traumas, whatever name you want to use, for years, maybe even decades. So please be kind to yourself as you work through them.
Now, let’s talk about the real root of lasting change: your subconscious mind and somatic body.
The Subconscious: Your Internal Operating System
Your subconscious is like your mind’s autopilot. Storing every belief, emotional association, and survival strategy you've picked up since birth. It runs 90–95% of your daily thoughts, behaviours, and reactions.
That means even when you consciously want something (confidence, love, ease), your subconscious patterns may be stopping you because of what is rooted in your deeper settings. Patterns or beliefs such as:
"I'm not enough."
"It’s not safe to be seen."
"I have to overgive to be loved."
"Things always go wrong eventually."
You didn’t choose these beliefs. Most of them formed in childhood or through emotionally intense moments when your brain was highly suggestible.
That’s why mindset work alone often stalls. Your subconscious doesn’t speak logic, it speaks emotion and repetition.
To create real, lasting transformation, we must work with the subconscious, not against it.
Somatic Healing: Why the Body Must Be Involved
Trauma and emotional pain don’t just live in your memory, they live in your nervous system and body tissue.
The body keeps score, and when healing happens only in the mind, the body stays stuck in old protective patterns like:
Shallow breathing
Muscle tension
Digestive issues
Freeze/fawn responses
Chronic fatigue or “busy brain”
This is why somatic (body-based) healing is essential. It gently helps the body complete responses it never got to finish, like setting a boundary, crying safely, or shaking off fear.
Only when the body feels safe can your nervous system shift from survival to self-trust.
Why Combining Subconscious + Somatic + Energy Work = Deep Healing
You don’t need to choose between “doing the inner work” and “regulating your nervous system.”
They go hand in hand.
Subconscious healing clears the why — the inner programming driving your fears, shame, or stuckness
Somatic healing works on the how — bringing the nervous system and body back into regulation, presence, and choice
Together, they allow you to release old emotional imprints, rewire limiting beliefs, and actually feel different, not just think differently.
The Science Behind the Mind-Body Connection
Modern neuroscience is finally catching up with what ancient healing systems have known for centuries: your body and mind are not separate. Every thought, emotion, and belief creates a physiological response, and every physical experience shapes how safe or unsafe your mind feels.
Here’s what’s happening beneath the surface:
Your Brain and Nervous System Are Always Communicating
Your brain and body are in constant dialogue via the autonomic nervous system, which governs survival states like fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. When you’ve experienced chronic stress, emotional neglect, or subtle trauma (even without a “big event”), your nervous system becomes wired for protection over presence.
This is why you might logically know you’re safe… but still feel anxious, flat, or on edge. Your body hasn’t caught up with the new story yet.
The Subconscious Mind Runs the Show
Research suggests that up to 95% of your thoughts and behaviours are governed by your subconscious . They are shaped by early experiences, emotional memories, and the meanings you attached to them. These patterns are efficient, but not always accurate or helpful.
For example, if you grew up learning that love equals self-sacrifice or visibility equals danger, those beliefs will quietly influence how you show up. Even if your adult self wants something different. Subconscious work helps update these inner “codes” so they reflect your current truth, not your childhood conditioning.
The Body Stores What the Mind Can’t Process
Trauma research (including the work of Bessel van der Kolk and Peter Levine) shows that unresolved emotional experiences become stored in the body... in your muscles, fascia, breath patterns, posture, and even your gut.
This is why you can feel exhausted or overwhelmed without a clear reason. It’s not all in your head, your body is carrying stories it never had the chance to fully release.
Somatic healing helps complete those unfinished stress cycles. It supports the body to feel safe again, so healing isn’t just something you think about — it’s something you embody.
And Yes — Energy Is Scientific, Too
While energy healing is often considered “woo,” it has grounding in real science. Everything, including your body, is made of vibrating energy fields. Emotions, thoughts, and stress all carry frequency. Even the heart emits an electromagnetic field measurable up to 3 metres away.
This means you’re constantly exchanging energy with your environment. When you feel drained around someone, or “off” after a difficult interaction, that’s your energy field responding.
Energy healing (like Reiki) works at this subtle level, helping clear what’s not yours, balance your system, and restore coherence across mind, body, and soul.
Tools That Work at the Root (Not Just the Surface)
In my practice, I combine subconscious reprogramming, somatic regulation, and spiritual depth to support soul-led transformation. Not just mindset tweaks! These are tools that meet you where you are and help you shift from the inside out:
1. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
This powerful modality helps identify and rewire the unconscious beliefs, identity structures, and behavioural patterns silently shaping your life. Think of it as upgrading your internal code, so it reflects your current truth, not your past wounds. It brings clarity to the question: What am I believing that’s no longer mine to carry?
2. Hypnotherapy
Using gentle, guided relaxation, hypnotherapy helps you access a theta brainwave state, the gateway to deep subconscious change. In this space, we can plant new beliefs, rewrite internal narratives, and install new, soul-aligned “rules for life” that support your healing. It’s not about control, it’s about liberation through inner access.
Learn more about hypnotherapy and how I do it.
3. Somatic Tracking & Grounding
These are simple, body-based practices like orienting, breathwork, and “felt-sense” awareness that reconnect your mind to your body, the place your wisdom has always lived. They help your nervous system learn safety in real time, not just in theory. These tools are intentionally discreet and flexible because life doesn’t always wait for the perfect moment. In fact, the spiral usually hits when you least expect it. That’s why you need support that actually works in real life.
4. Energetic Healing (e.g. Reiki)
This is where we go beyond words. Reiki and other forms of energetic support help release emotional residue and restore flow where energy has been blocked, tangled, or drained. It supports your nervous system while working in your energetic field to clear what’s not yours, rebalance what’s been overwhelmed, and bring you back to grounded presence. Because healing isn’t just mental, it’s emotional, energetic, and spiritual too.
See how I send Distant Reiki and learn more about this practice.
5. Soul-Aligned Coaching
Coaching ties it all together. We clarify what’s working, what’s not, and what your next aligned chapter looks like. It’s not about pushing or performing, it’s about getting honest with what you value, what you’re being called into, and what needs to shift to move you forward. Together, we use the tools above to create not just insight, but real transformation, from resolution to embodiment.
You Don’t Need More Information — You Need Integration
You already know so much.
But integration, the embodied experience of your healing, happens slowly, gently, and often below the surface.
This kind of healing isn’t always flashy. Sometimes it looks like:
Saying no without guilt
Feeling calm in your body for the first time in years
Catching an old thought and choosing something kinder
Finally sleeping deeply
Feeling you again
You’re not here to fix yourself. You’re here to return to your natural wholeness, by working with the parts of you that were never broken, just overwhelmed.
Ready to Go Deeper?
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I hope this exploration has inspired you on your journey towards personal growth and well-being. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic. Do you have any insights or personal experiences to share? Feel free to get in touch with your feedback or ideas for future blog posts. Your input is invaluable, and I look forward to engaging with you!
