When Trauma Lives in the Body
I read a post recently about the SARA blend and why Gary Young created it, and it deeply resonated with me. He called it SARA because sorrow is often what becomes embedded within us after abuse… whether physical, emotional, mental, spoken, unspoken, or simply years of surviving things we were never meant to carry. That hit home for me.
After walking through a season of intense trauma with my girls, I learned firsthand that trauma affects far more than emotions. It impacts the nervous system, sleep, trust, confidence, reactions, and even the way we speak to ourselves internally. There were years I operated almost entirely in survival mode while trying to hold everything together for my children.
One thing I’ve learned through studying wellness, emotions, and my own healing journey is this: the body remembers. Emotions we suppress do not simply disappear because we ignore them. They often settle deeper while we keep functioning and pretending we’re okay.
That’s one reason this blend became so meaningful to our family.
You may think it sounds strange, but I truly believe intention matters. Not magic. Not pretending oils fix everything. But intentionally slowing down long enough to acknowledge emotions, breathe deeply, pray, process, and support the body and mind differently.
Back in 2010, SARA became part of our emotional support routines. I often used Valor first because it helped create a sense of grounding and emotional safety, followed by Release or Surrender before SARA. Sometimes healing looked like simply sitting quietly, breathing deeply, and allowing emotions to surface instead of burying them deeper.
Healing is rarely linear. Some days feel strong and hopeful while others reopen emotions you thought were long gone. But I’ve learned there is real power in intentionally pursuing peace, balance, safety, and healing instead of constantly living in fight-or-flight mode.
If you’ve walked through trauma, grief, heartbreak, betrayal, abuse, burnout, or years of carrying everyone else while neglecting yourself… I see you.
And if you’re looking for practical ways to support emotional wellness naturally, I created an “Essential Oils & Emotional Wellness Guide” workbook.
It includes:
• emotional support blends
• grounding routines
• diffuser ideas
• journaling prompts
• emotional wellness exercises
• practical ways to use oils intentionally during stressful seasons
• emotional support blends
• grounding routines
• diffuser ideas
• journaling prompts
• emotional wellness exercises
• practical ways to use oils intentionally during stressful seasons
If you’d like a copy of the PDF workbook, send me a message or reply back and I’ll get it to you.
Available for a limited time.
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