#39 - Is Trauma Really "Stored" in the Body?

Being Different Together · Sep 17, 2026 · 41m · transcript

The armor is on, but the battle's long over.

That old line is the heart of this conversation about body armor — Alexander Lowen's Bioenergetics, Wilhelm Reich's lineage, and how the tightening we learned in infancy quietly shapes the way we move, breathe, and meet the world decades later. Nyssa explains how she encountered this work through Structural Energetic Therapy and Emotional Release Breathwork, why muscles are "the most loyal Labrador," and what's really happening when a bodyworker finds a so-called knot.

Kelly brings 30 years of clinical practice and a healthy skepticism toward the…