Identity Reconstruction & Somatic Empowerment
Clients with addiction often feel disconnected from their own bodies and agency [16,18].
Sauna + cold exposure provides immediate somatic experiences of:
• Doing something difficult
• Surviving stress
• Regulating breath under pressure
• Feeling change in real time
This supports an emergent self-narrative central to recovery
[16] Porges, S. W. (2011). The Polyvagal Theory.
[17] Levine, P. A. (1997). Waking the Tiger.
[18] Ogden, P., & Fisher, J. (2015). Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.