S.O.M.A Patterns
The S.O.M.A Tree is a metaphor representing the three branches of the nervous system and the body as an adaptive, sensing, interacting organism.
Your nervous systems emotional roots are always communicating with and shaping personality.
Nervous System Patterns
Grey: Collapse.
Red: Control
Green: Connect
Fearful childhood dynamics and overwhelming life experiences biologically imprint in neural and nervous system pathways invoking protective personality patterns.
And yet, we are neurologically highly capable of shifting our nervous system into regulated states, pruning old patterned networks and growing new ones. Trauma is less about what happened to us and more about what has been patterned within us.
The S.O.M.A Method supports transformation of the adaptive self by experientially enlisting the bodies instinct to move toward regulation, allowing parts and patterns to unwind and reorganize.
