We’re speaking with Allison Post, Integrative Medicine Health Coach and Somatic Educator. Her latest book, co-authored with her husband, is The Gut Wellness Guide: The Power of Breath, Touch, and Awareness to Reduce Stress, Aid Digestion, and Reclaim Whole-Body Health.
In this conversation, Allison shares some of the challenging traumas and health crises that led her to a healing path, the world of holistic healing, breathwork, somatic touch and the gut. Allison talks about her concept of “unwinding” and why she believes that going straight into those harder deeper gut therapies right away can actually be ineffective and even detrimental.
Allison explains why it's critical that we meet our healing from a different paradigm and way of being that invites slow and gentle, she walks us through this first steps of the “unwinding” process that anyone with gut issues can take, including wonderful prompts to cultivate awareness of our gut and body to unveil root issues and interconnections within the dis-ease.
We touch on the significance of belly breathing, the navel as an artifact and bridge, and the gentle visceral technique Allison utilizes in her work with delicate touch vs deeper heavier manipulation.
I love how Allison invites us into important reframes around healing, techniques and modalities - this conversation is not just good for those having issues with their gut, but also anybody who is on a journey of healing.
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Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
Why Allison believes her expertise is to love and hold love in the environment because love is really what heals
How there’s a deficiency of love in our healthcare system that contributes to disease
How Allison’s challenging childhood, brain trauma, and severe health crisis as a teenager led her to a healing path
How Allison sees herself as a healing artist and how she began focusing on touch
How the breath is an expression of who you are in every moment
Allison’s concept of “unwinding” and why Allison believes that going straight to harder gut therapies can be ineffective, and even detrimental, without first (or concurrently) clearing and bringing tonicity to the center with inner awareness and touch.
Why it’s critical that we meet our healing from a different paradigm and way of being that invites slowness
First steps of “Unwinding” that folks with gut issues can take (hint: it starts with slowing down)
Allison shares wonderful prompts to cultivate awareness of our gut and body to unveil root issues and interconnections within the dis-ease
How we are healing all the time through body regeneration, and way we can receive the healing deeper into our heart, mind, soul, and spirit
How Allison brings her teachings and practices into her personal life and areas of relationship, work, and more
Why it’s critical to cultivate the space and environment for healing and connecting to the messages of your body
How her book The Gut Wellness Guide is about how to tap the power of your intuition by nurturing the vitality of the physical belly, to use your guts in positive ways for health and happiness.
Significance of belly breathing, the navel as an artifact and bridge, and the gentle visceral technique Allison utilizes in her work with delicate touch vs deeper heavier manipulation
How we’re meant to self-regulate, but how co-regulation thru our navel influences our nervous system and the health of our gut
Why gentle and slow are two of Allison’s favorite words when it comes to healing work
The importance of slowing the breath and “feeling into the field” when starting touch work and therapy
Allison’s reframe of “deep” - Why deep is more about engaging in relationship and Being with presence and love versus going deep and hard with modalities
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QUOTES
“You start where you are and your breath is where you are.” ~ Allison Post
“The way to heal is to rest, digest, and repair. And repairing is not working hard. Repairing is slowing down and becoming quiet because it’s that part of the system.” ~ Allison Post
“Healing isn’t fixing. Healing is a process and it’s happening every moment. So how do we really come into the moment, and be with what’s there and get to know and invite what’s there? Because it’s being held there to communicate with you.” ~ Allison Post
“Unwinding is allowing what might have happened and frozen in time in a tissue or organ or in a way you work with your brain-body... it’s a way to slow it down so you can unravel, so that it can change.” ~ Allison Post
Connect With Allison Post
Website | Facebook | Instagram
Allison’s book: The Gut Wellness Guide: The Power of Breath, Touch, and Awareness to Reduce Stress, Aid Digestion, and Reclaim Whole-Body Health
Allison’s program: The Gut Wellness Course with Allison Post
Resources
15-Minute Matrix Podcast #114: Mapping Touch with Allison Post
15-Minute Matrix Podcast #132: Mapping Self-Support with Allison Post (COVID-19 Special Edition)
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