Day 4 - The Sacred Art of Deep Emotional Release

When we make space for the body to speak,
the soul begins to heal.

Emotions have a powerful effect on our physical bodies, especially our spine. When emotions are unprocessed or repressed, they don’t simply disappear. They lodge themselves into the tissues, the fascia, and the energy system, particularly in the spine’s thoracic region. This is what we call the Centre Gateway in the Spinal Flow Technique. It becomes a reservoir of unresolved emotional energy.

The Passion Gateway, located at the cervical spine, also stores deep emotion. These two gateways are often where the body holds onto pain it couldn’t fully process at the time, as a protective mechanism. When someone experiences overwhelming emotional stress, the body does what it must to keep them safe, and often, that means tucking those feelings away, storing them deep within these gateways.

The Spine as an Emotional Archive.

As Spinal Flow practitioners, we learn to find the areas where hardening or dense sensation appears, gently guiding the client’s awareness to these stored blocks. When we do this with intention, the client's brain can finally connect with the suppressed emotions, and the body begins the process of releasing, clearing, and mending.

That’s why it's so important to create a safe space, Emotionally, Physically, and Energetically, when facilitating this kind of release. Every person’s healing process will look different. The intensity, the duration, and the emotional texture of the experience will vary. But when done in the right environment, with patience and presence, it can be truly life-changing.

Going Deep & What Makes This Session Different.

On this day, our training focused on providing deep emotional release, intentionally guiding the body to access and process those heavier, long-held emotional blocks. As practitioners, this is not something we do in a casual session. It requires time, intention, and a safe container. That’s why deep-release-focused sessions are typically only held during longer retreats, where clients have the space to process and integrate what may emerge. This practice isn't about pushing someone into release, it’s about creating the right conditions for the body to find what’s ready to come to the surface and trust that it’s finally safe to let go.

Of course, deep emotional release can absolutely happen spontaneously in regular Spinal Flow session, the body always knows what it needs. But as practitioners, we do not intentionally go digging for this type of release unless the client is ready, and the space is right.

And that’s the piece I want to highlight most, Readiness.

Creating Space for Healing to Continue.

This kind of work should not be done “on a whim” in the middle of a lunch break between errands. Deep trauma may rise to the surface, and if you don’t give your emotional body space to process afterward, there’s a risk it will shut down again, reinforcing the very patterns we’re trying to release.

Clients must understand that emotional healing is not a quick fix, it’s a sacred process that requires both space and support. Integration and having support resources is just as important as the session itself.

Why I’m Drawn to This Work.

I know I have mentioned this before, but for me personally, this kind of work, deep emotional release, heart-opening sessions, and trauma-informed healing, is exactly where my passion lies. I want to help create safe, resourced spaces where people can go deep, even if they’re not on a week-long retreat. After a few weeks of regular sessions, once the body feels ready, there are ways to facilitate this depth safely and responsibly.

What I Witnessed, And What I Felt.

By this point in the immersion, I had already experienced intense waves of emotional release, layer after layer of stored trauma rising with each new access point. And at the day end I could feel how the energetic blocks from the previous day had shifted and moved.

As a practitioner, holding space for someone in this process felt sacred. I was once again reminded of the incredible intelligence and power of the human body to heal, given the right environment.

But curiously, as the client I don’t remember much from my own session this day, which, in itself, speaks to how deep this type of work can go. Some releases bypass the mind entirely, moving through the body in ways that aren’t meant to be narrated, only felt.

And as an observer, I was deeply moved by what I witnessed in the room.

The Ripple Effect of Healing.

Each person experienced their session in a way that was unique to them. Some moved quietly, breath by breath. Others let the tears fall gently. Some broke open in laughter, and others, with courage and vulnerability, opened their lungs and released years of pain in howls that echoed through the space.

I stood silently, bearing witness to this collective unfolding. As an empath, it was impossible not to feel it all, the sorrow, the relief, the love. My eyes misted with tears, not from sadness, but from reverence.

This space… it was sacred. We had created a container of transformation. And I couldn’t help but feel the ripple effects, imagining how this group of 100 or so people, all opening their hearts to healing, all raising their vibration, must be shifting the collective field around us.

Healing doesn’t just happen in isolation. It radiates.
It transforms everything it touches.