Let the Leaves Fall: Releasing What’s Heavy
🍁 Let the Leaves Fall
As late fall settles in, nature is already showing us what release looks like. Trees aren’t failing when they shed their leaves, they’re conserving energy, making space, and responding to shorter days. In therapy, we can do the same.
Letting go doesn’t have to be dramatic. It doesn’t need a blow-up or a breakdown. It can begin with a whisper from the body: a breath, a stretch, a no.
✨ Somatic Insight: Boundaries Begin in the Body
A boundary might not start as a sentence. It may begin as:
• A tight chest in response to a request
• A sigh that keeps being stifled
• A dull ache before a visit with family
Somatic therapy helps us notice and respond to those cues so we can choose how to honour our limits, not just override them.
🧰 Somatic Practice: A Gentle Release Ritual
Choose one item: physical or emotional, that’s feeling heavy or outdated.
Sit quietly and bring it to mind.
Notice where it lives in your body.
Ask: “What would releasing this feel like in my body?”
Let that impulse move through you, a shrug, a stretch, a sound.
Thank your body for holding it and for letting it shift.
🛋️ Tend to it in Therapy
Great questions to bring into session:
• “What makes it hard to let go?”
• “Where does guilt show up in my body?”
• “How do I know when I’ve reached a limit?”
📣 Prepared for Action?
You don’t need to wait for a crisis to feel overwhelmed. If you're carrying too much, therapy can help you release what no longer serves.
