Helena Zebian

Perimenopause doesn’t always create trauma symptoms, but it can make stored stress, old survival patterns, anxiety, sleep issues, rage, shutdown and emotional triggers feel much much louder.

Comment CHECKIN and I’ll send you my free Nervous System Check In so you can see what your body might be holding onto when it comes to those perimenopause symptoms.

Link to the Study:

Michopoulos et al. (2023) “Association Between Perimenopausal Age and Greater PTSD and Depression Symptoms in Trauma-Exposed Women” Published in Menopause (journal of The Menopause Society) 🔗 PMC Full Text: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10527101/ DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002235

You might relate to this 🙏😘

Hyperarousal = too much up
* Anxiety
* Exhaustion
* Can’t rest
* Always busy
* Irritated fast
* Tired of everyone
* Overwhelmed
* Taking on way too much

Hypoarousal = too much down
* Flat
* Numb
* Checked out
* Going through the motions
* Can’t seem to get ahead
* Feeling like you’re going round in circles

And this is where so many women live going back and forth like a never ending ping pong game 😭

Holding everything together… but quietly wondering why they feel so disconnected from themselves.

Your nervous system wasn’t always like this.

Something or someone taught you along the way that it wasn’t safe… to rest.
To feel or say.
To stop.

And it’s been protecting you ever since.

But the good news?
It can be re-patterned.

That’s exactly what I support in my sessions.

Helena xo

Imagine walking out of a massage and actually FEELING different.

Like something that’s been gripping you for years… quietly let go.

That’s the difference between a regular massage and a somatic one.

And it comes down to one thing.

A regular massage works from the outside in.
The muscles and sometimes there’s a need for just that.

But your nervous system sometimes needs more.

Because it doesn’t respond to work like that. It responds to safety.

Somatic massage works from the inside out.

The touch is different. More intentional. It’s not about working out a knot… it’s about asking the body why the knot is there in the first place.

And here’s what most people don’t know 👇

Your body stores unprocessed stress, emotion, survival responses in the fascia. In the jaw. The hips. The face.

A regular massage can’t touch that.

Somatic massage goes into the layer underneath that.

When that layer finally feels safe enough to release? That’s why many women cry. Because the safety was created for them to finally let go.

That’s the difference.

Drop HEAL below if you want to know more about the work I do with my clients.

Helena xo

Can we stop saying emotions don’t get stuck in the body 🙄

The heartbreak you FELT.
Anxiety you still feel in your stomach.

In this PLOS ONE study it found emotions DO show up in real body areas.

So if you wake up with a tight jaw or shoulders/neck, it might not be “just stress.”

It could be emotion your body never felt safe to release.

That’s why somatic work matters so much.

Comment SOMATIC if this hits home for you ❤️

THE STUDY:
Davey, S., Halberstadt, J., & Bell, E. (2021). Where is emotional feeling felt in the body? An integrative review. PLOS ONE, 16(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261685

It works because…👇

Cold sends a fast signal to your nervous system to interrupt the stress spiral and bring your nervous system back to the present moment.

Save this for next time you feel yourself about to have a meltdown 😘

This is the Somatic Facial + Massage Ritual.

Part facial.
Part massage.
Part nervous system reset.

Partially covered by massage benefits.

Comment SOMATIC below or DM me and I’ll personally send you more details.

**Currently booking into July + August**

Sorry not sorry…. carry on 😊