We understand fascia, the vagus nerve, the breath, and the nervous system.
We teach others about regulation, release, and the body’s innate wisdom to heal.
And yet, there are days we can’t get out of bed.
Days where depression wraps around us like a weighted blanket, where even the thought of showing up for someone else feels impossible.
Being a bodyworker doesn’t make us immune to the very things we help others navigate.
It makes us human and deeply empathetic ones at that.
So what do we do when the healer needs healing?
When the hands that bring peace to others feel empty themselves?
Here are gentle ways to begin again:
Feel without fixing.
Let your emotions have space. You don’t need to transmute every ache into a lesson. Sometimes the bravest thing is to just feel without pressure to make it meaningful.
Breathe with your own body.
Place a hand on your heart and one on your belly. Feel your rise and fall. You teach this to others, now receive it yourself.
Reconnect through touch. Self-massage. Fascia unwinding. A slow stretch.
Touch isn’t a tool only for clients, it’s a language your nervous system still understands, even when your mind forgets.
Return to your senses.
Warm tea. Music. Sunlight. The smell of essential oils.
Anchor yourself in the present even for just thirty seconds.
Ask for what you give.
Support. Space. Time. Love.
You deserve the same compassion you pour into everyone else.
The truth is:
Being a bodyworker doesn’t mean we never break, it means we know how to return.
Not by bypassing pain, but by meeting it with the wisdom of our hands and the softness of our hearts.
You are still the healer.
Even when you’re healing yourself.
Keep breathing. Keep feeling. Keep coming home to your body.
