Humans are often taught to see themselves as solid, physical beings – but at our core, we are made of energy. Every cell in our body carries an electrical charge. Our hearts generate an electromagnetic field. Our brains communicate through electrical impulses. This isn’t just spiritual language – it’s biology and physics.
Now, where this becomes especially important is in our nervous system.
Our nervous system is like our body’s electrical wiring. It doesn’t just respond to the world – it constantly reads the environment for safety or threat. That’s energy – it’s vibration, its sensation, its the subtle shifts we can’t always name, but we can definitely feel.
Have you ever walked into a room and sensed the something was off, even though no one said a word?
That’s your nervous system picking up on the energy – on tone, posture, expression, tension. We feel each other energetically before anything logical happens.
This isn’t just a feeling – it’s Neuroception.
Neuroception is the nervous systems way of scanning for cues of safety or danger, without us even realising it. It’s how we “just know” when something feels off. Its how children sense tension in a room before anyone speaks. It’s why someone’s words can say “I’m fine” but their energy says otherwise – and we feel the truth, not the script. You may have heard me say many times before – when we are connected, we Feel the truth viscerally. – that’s Neuroception.
This is why healing after trauma can’t happen through words alone. The nervous system doesn’t speak in language – it speaks in energy, tone, expression and felt safety.
To truly reconnect and regulate, we have to work with our energy system – by becoming more aware of our won nervous system state – the work our attendees have been doing in our reconnect and regulate sessions – getting into the daily habit of measuring SUD levels, recognising when we’re in survival modem and by gently returning to a sense of safety.
Because real connection doesn’t come from what we say, it comes from the energy we hold.