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What to know about somatic shaking and its use in therapy
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Somatic therapy, which has many different techniques, adds movements that help to reveal "unexpressed" feelings.
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NEW YORK – In a YouTube video posted in January, Ms Bianca Stephenson grins as she raises her arms in the air, jiggling her wrists and swinging her hips.
“It looks really, really silly,” says the 34-year-old, who lives in London and co-owns a coffee shop. “But it works.”


