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When mindfulness increases awareness of trauma stored in the body

I experienced sexual abuse as a child and mindfulness makes me more aware of my body which sometimes feels unbearable.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Body-based practices require trauma-informed guidance when they activate unprocessed survival responses.

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