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How to heal from historical trauma lodged in the body

I feel like I am carrying the trauma of colonization in my body and no amount of individual therapy seems to touch this bone-deep rage

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Collective historical wounds embed themselves somatically, requiring approaches that address systemic rather than personal injury

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