Something I often struggle with is finding emotions in my body, I guess I usually imagine them being in my head. However with my chronic pain, that is clearly something felt in my body, even though the origin is sort of within my nervous system/emotions. A lot of the work I've been doing that has helped reduce my pain has been some hard-core self care, which included quitting my job. Love the videos Tanner, they are such an incredible free resource for us, I am very grateful for them.

Thank you so much for these videos. It really makes sense, although so strange as the symptoms can feel so real and scary when you're going through them you think "there has to to be something wrong with me", but then doctors can't find find anything and you are left in this terrible state of, "ok so now what do I do?" How can I go on with my life in any normal way when my body is being so reactive and is so afraid of getting the symptoms that I'm afraid to leave the house b/c I may get dizzy or can't lay down or take a bath if the sensations come on. So to find videos like yours are very helpful. I think the mind-body connection is a lot stronger than many doctors realize, and how the nervous system can change based on outside stimulus and illnesses, and there should be much more training on this stuff in medical school. How to rewire your nervous system into regulation and harmony again, and how to keep it there.

Your videos are really great, Tanner. It’s very kind of you to make this available for free. One thing which still has me in knots though is the polyvagal ladder concept. The ladder states that we have to move through sympathetic energy BEFORE we get to ventral safety at the top. So if someone is in freeze, they need to process the shutdown and the fight flight in order to climb the ladder. But the idea of the window of tolerance seems to suggest that we need to get to ventral FIRST, in order to process the things keeping us stuck. I still can’t help seeing this as a complete paradox, and paradoxes are just about the worst thing for a stressed mind. Is the polyvagal ladder theory complete bunk? If it’s a predictable sequence then according to the theory we won’t be to access safety until we’ve processed our stored stress/trauma (fight flight), and moved on up the ladder.

Thank you so much for this! I learned the hard way that I need to release the anger in a healthy expression as I got so angry at the neuropathy in my feet and I stomped so hard I ended up on crutches for 6 weeks, so appreciate any advice on releasing anger in a healthy way!

This is the piece I've been missing in my work of healing. Thank you soooo much ❤

Thank you, good things

😊 thank you it's so true what you're saying I had a hard time expressing myself for such the longest time and then I learned how to express myself through dance Zumba ballet and I would have a sense of peace and release but since I have herniations in my back and I've been experiencing a lot of tightness and burning for like 6 to 9 months I haven't really moved as much as I want to I'm starting to move a little bit more even through the discomfort and burning and tightness so movement is such a big part of my healing Journey so I pray I can go back to dance

This was soooooo well done! I recognize that sometimes I do this work intuitively (like a run to release emotions) but the curiosity and naming emotions vs just holding all that energy in. I’m in a very stressful situation right now and you have unpacked tools to help me navigate and stay in that healing window.

this video and so many others are like gold tanner. love you man. though i wish you would smile more in your videos!!!

Great video Tanner ty so much, may I ask is there a resource available to offers different types of exercises or practices for expressing different emotions? I would love to see something that explains this a little deeper.

Thank you tanner keep uploading your a life saver 🙏🏿

This sounds like a truly valuable practice for managing emotions!

Another amazing video. Thankyou🙏 My friends(also in recovery) and I are always sharing your channel👌

How much is your course Tanner? I listened to your story recently, and i identified with your story. I have issues with substances and with pain and its good to see someone who is recovering from both and doing well. 🙏

This is so incredibly useful thank you again Tanner 😊

So good Tanner ❤ i’ve always been a “big feeler“ and have done many years of therapy including bioenergetic therapy, which is a body centered psychotherapy. But I find myself getting to a layer of rage that has taken me by surprise, and by storm! This is a very valuable video, and I really thank you for taking the time to make it. I look forward to your course. (Peggy)

Thank you Tanner. This is really really helpful. One of the things I struggle with is feeling and expressing emotions around other people. I can do journalling etc but myself without too much issue. But around people I still get very self conscious and anxious about feeling any sort of emotion and then it gets suppressed and somatisized. How do I go about resolving this? Thanks!

Thank you so much!

Such a powerful video!!!!cant wait for thr course. What if our conditioned response to the emotion is to brace , contract and suppress? My body has gone into full body contractions to avoid all emotions. I am dealing with complex trauma and fibromyalgia due to the constant suppression of painful scary emotions. I definitely dont struggle to connect with the emotions, but find my window to tolerate them is so small and I panic and struggle to create the shift.

When will u be adding the group coaching? Will you please let me know when the course will be available? Thanks!

I too am interested in the upcomimg course.❤

Thank You.

❤ fantastic info! Thank you 🙏💛

Tanner just love these calming hax. ❤🎉

Hi, I understood feelings are sensations in the body, and emotions are the mental frame. When your using the word 'emotions' are you referring to the mental or the feelings (physical sensations)?

Can I get a link to your online course? Is there any live group coaching with the program?

When is your course coming out? Online , zoom interactive ?

You and Anne are awesome. 🤩

By going outside safe zone cause flair ups or new pain patterns? I have been doing shadow work and freaking my self out. I need to learn this new process,because I know I have a lot of built up anger and shame.

How do I sign up for your corse this June

The other thing I wanted to say was “stay in the healing window” was crucial for me to hear. I think I held everything inside because I was too afraid of the strong emotions …. What would happen if I really let myself feel it?

Hi and thank you for this video 🙏 I have a question please. If we have alot of trauma can we think of a event that happened in the past to evoke feeling and then use this method to feel and release it or is this method just what we are feeling in the moment and more recent events?

Is releasing emotion done as effectively in somatic presence with the feeling?