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Invitation

A guided somatic session for releasing suppressed emotions

Created by Myrthe Glasbergen, MSc. — psychologist and founder of Beyond Psychology
(1 customer review)

Your body knows what it is holding. It has always known. The tension in your throat, the weight in your chest, the places that feel stuck or numb or too tight to breathe through fully. What lives there is not random. It is emotion that never had a safe place to move, compressed into the body until it found a way to stay.

This 40-minute guided somatic session for releasing suppressed emotions invites what has been held to finally come forward. Not forced, not analyzed, simply asked. The same work I do in sessions, available whenever you need it.

Releasing Suppressed Emotions: Guided Somatic Exercise (sample)

by Myrthe Glasbergen, MSc. | Psychologist & Founder Beyond Psychology

 47,00

Format Audio
Length 40 minutes
Language English
Access Immediate

Suppressed emotions do not disappear.

They stay in the body, in the tension, the numbness, the unexplained heaviness that shows up as stress or overwhelm or the inability to feel much at all. They have a message. They have been waiting for someone to ask.

This session is that asking. You scan your body for where tension lives, you identify what emotion is held there, and you invite it to come forward: to be heard, to be felt, to finally move through you instead of staying compressed inside. What often happens then is not what you expected. The emotion that felt enormous and frightening, once invited, has something to say. And when it is finally heard, it moves. 

What this session does

This is a full somatic session, body-based and trauma-informed, following the same arc I use with clients in my practice as a psychologist. In 40 minutes, you move through a step-by-step process of scanning your body, identifying stored emotions through sensation, and gently inviting them to express themselves in a safe and contained way. You are never asked to force or relive anything. You are only asked to listen and allow. As the suppressed emotion is felt and expressed, the physical and emotional tension that held it in place can begin to release, creating space for relief, presence, and balance.

Every time you need it. 

Why somatic work matters here

Suppressed emotions do not respond to being reasoned with. They formed in the body and they live in the body, in sensation and tension rather than in thought. What moves them is direct, physical experience: the actual feeling of being with the emotion, of giving it space to express itself, of letting it complete what it never had the chance to complete. Understanding alone leaves the tension in place. The invitation changes it.

That is what this session makes possible.  

A note before you begin

You do not need to know what you are holding before you begin. You only need to be willing to ask. The body knows what is there. You only need to create enough safety for it to answer.

That is what Invitation is for.

GOOD TO KNOW

A guided audio session, available the moment you purchase. You can stream or download it, and return to it as many times as you like.

Find a quiet place where you won't be disturbed. Sit or lie down, press play, and follow the audio. Headphones aren't required, but they help you stay with it.

No. You don't need the right words, or a clear memory, or a story ready to tell. This works directly with the body, not with what you can already explain.

Yes. Most people return to it more than once, especially when the pattern it works with gets activated again. It's yours to keep.

No. It's a practical tool drawn from the same somatic approach used in clinical work, meant to use on your own or alongside therapy, not instead of it when ongoing support is needed.

Ready to begin?

One session. Repeatable. Available the moment you need it — which is often not when you planned it.

1 review for Invitation - A Guided Somatic Session for Releasing Suppressed Emotions

  1. Meander

    I did the emotion invitation exercise today. It was really really special to me. There was a big kind of giant that was inside of me and that was holding me. With his huge hands he held my throat, my back and my womb for years and squeezed it. Then I asked it to come out. And he started to cry. Me too, I felt a lot of tears. We hugged for a long time. Then my body started to swirl. It was like a big vortex, going all different sides. All the places that were stuck before were soft and warm now. Sinds then I feel really relieved and have a big smile on my face. Thank you!

    • Myrthe Glasbergen

      Myrthe Glasbergen

      Thank you dear Meander! I really appreciate your honest review and am happy to see the exercise did what it had to do: helping you let go of deeply suppressed emotions, that would otherwise subconsciously take the lead.

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About The Creator: Myrthe Glasbergen, MSc.

About The Creator: Myrthe Glasbergen, MSc.

Psychologist & Founder Beyond Psychology

Myrthe Glasbergen, Msc. is a psychologist, writer, and founder of Beyond Psychology. With a deep understanding of trauma, emotion, and societal conditioning, she guides people to unshame themselves, reclaim authenticity, and break free from patterns that no longer serve. Her work is rooted in radical honesty, emotional depth, and a fierce belief in our capacity to heal and transform.