Theme of the Month: Wounding, Healing and Integration
This Week: A short personal story on pain, presence, and how color opened the door for me.
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Tracing the Wound
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Dear Reader
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There’s been a persistent tension in my lower back for two years now.
Not loud. Not disabling. Just… always there.
I’ve tried acupuncture, bodywork, movement, breath. They all helped — but nothing really touched the center of it.
Yess, my regular practice of Qi Gong supports me a lot to find balance in strength, flexibility and keep the fluids running...
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And,
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two weeks ago, I joined a workshop in Berlin. The title: Tracing the Wound.
We worked with color — not art, just perception. We were asked to feel into color. Not with our minds — with our hands.
There were no cards. Just paint.
We stood in pairs, each of us listening, sensing, and intuitively painting directly onto each other’s bodies.
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I focused on my lower back, as an experiment from a place of curiosity. The first color that came was black. Then red. Then blue — a deep, dark, almost oceanic blue.
When I landed there, when the color touched that exact spot… something shifted.
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It wasn’t pain in the usual sense.
It was like a door opened — and something underneath started moving.
A slow surge of emotion.
A raw, energetic wave pushing from the inside.
And then, nausea.
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Not the kind that feels "I’m sick".
The kind that says you’re finally feeling something real.
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I stood there, breathing. Not analyzing.
There was no story, no memory attached. Just the overwhelming sense that something long-held was being touched — seen — for the first time.
Not pushed. Not released. Just… contacted.
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The colors were clearly triggering something underneath my skin.
And even I guide Humans every week
through patterns of pain, resistance and blocked emotions
it felt so real to witness my own pain pattern shifting into something
else just by a deep blue color on my skin.
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That’s the thing about somatic therapy. Sometimes the body doesn’t cry. It churns.
It trembles.
It gets hot.
Or still.
Or nauseous.
Not because something’s wrong — but because something old is surfacing.
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I’ve had moments of emotional release before, and this felt different.
It didn’t come from emotion first. It came from energy.
And that energy had a shape. A color. A place.
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That spot — dark blue, deep, and quiet — is what I now call my wound center.
Not because it hurts.
Because it holds something essential.
And every time I touch it now, even lightly, I feel more of me.
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And again, I remembered:
Everything is energy.
Chronic pain, stored emotions, even the nervous system itself — it all speaks in sensation.
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That’s why I now integrate color and intuitive sensing into my 1:1 sessions.
Clients often find access to old memories, tension, or emotional layers just by choosing a color and placing it on the body. No words needed. The body knows.
It’s one of the gentlest forms of somatic therapy I’ve seen — with the intention to trace and not to fix the wound.
So don’t be surprised if, during your next session, you find a few colors waiting beside the mattress — Curious which color your body will choose to trace its wound?
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Do you want. to explore that deeper? Read my full article "Tracing the Wound: How Somatic Healing Begins Where Words End" ​
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​"Soft Touch" De-Armouring, routed the Gaia Method all help the body unwind and show us the deeper layer beneath the discomfort.
It’s not about fixing. It’s about meeting what’s already there.
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If you’re navigating your own physical tension or emotional stuckness — especially in areas like the lower back, shoulders, chest, or hips — and you’re curious how somatic techniques like this might support your journey…
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You’re invited.
I’m opening a few new spots this month for 1:1 sessions and keen to explore the colorful theme Tracing the Wound.
Soft touch, Energy Work, and intuitive sensing — no pressure, no fixing.
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​Request your intro call here - We will explore how this work can support you.
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Sometimes the body just needs a witness.
Someone to feel it with.
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Till next week
- Johannes
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Next Sunday at 10:00 - Meeting the Protector
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