Before emotions become thoughts, stories, or behaviours, they are felt as energy in the body.
A tightening in the chest.
A heaviness in the stomach.
A wave of warmth, pressure, or expansion.
This understanding sits at the heart of why I do the work I do at Chiti Therapies.
In many environments emotional regulation is expected as a baseline. You are required to stay clear, decisive, and functional, often regardless of what is happening internally. Over time, this creates a quiet disconnection from the body’s signals.
From the outside, everything works.
From the inside, something slowly accumulates.
Emotions as energy in the body
Emotions are not just mental states. They are movements of energy responding to our environment, our relationships, and our sense of safety.
When an emotion is allowed to be felt and acknowledged, the energy completes its natural cycle and settles. When it is overridden, ignored, or suppressed, the energy does not disappear, it remains held in the body and nervous system.
Over time, this can show up as:
- chronic tension or unexplained fatigue
- difficulty relaxing, even in safe situations
- emotional numbness or sudden overwhelm
- a sense of being “stuck” without a clear reason
This is not weakness. It is adaptation.
Why emotional energy gets stored
Many of us learned early that certain emotions were inconvenient, unsafe, or unwelcome. Performance often matters more than presence.
So the body learns to hold.
Muscles tighten to maintain control.
Breathing becomes shallow.
Awareness narrows.
What begins as a temporary response becomes a long-term pattern. Our bodies continue to carry what the mind has learned to bypass.
This is one of the reasons people often tell me “I don’t know why I feel this way, nothing is wrong.”
Something isn’t wrong.
Something hasn’t been listened to yet.
The role of safety in emotional healing
Emotional energy releases only when the body feels safe enough to do so. Insight alone is rarely sufficient. Understanding an emotion does not automatically soften it.
Safety is not an idea, it is a felt state.
When safety is present:
- breathing deepens naturally
- muscles release without effort
- emotional energy begins to move again
This is why my approach is gentle. Healing does not require forcing emotions open or reliving experiences. It requires creating the conditions where the body no longer needs to hold so tightly.
Listening instead of overriding
Working with emotional energy is not about amplifying feelings or analysing them endlessly. It is about learning to listen without judgement.
Sometimes the body needs stillness rather than expression.
Sometimes grounding rather than release.
Sometimes simply permission to pause.
When emotional energy is met with curiosity and care, it reorganises itself. What once felt heavy often becomes informative, then neutral, then quiet.
Why this matters
So many people have learned to function while disconnected from themselves.
At Chiti Therapies, my intention is not to fix emotions, but to support the body in remembering how to settle, soften, and respond naturally again.
Emotions are not problems to solve.
They are signals asking for attention.
And when the body is allowed to respond in its own time, emotional energy finds its way back to flow.
A gentle invitation
If any of this resonates, you don’t need to have the words for it yet.
My work is not about analysing emotions or pushing for change. It’s about creating the conditions where the body feels safe enough to soften, settle, and respond in its own way.
At Chiti Therapies, sessions are guided by what your system needs on the day. Many people come simply because something feels held, tired, or quietly out of balance, even if they can’t explain why.
If you feel curious, or sense that your body is asking for a different kind of support, you’re very welcome to explore working together.
You can find session details and availability here: https://linktr.ee/ChitiTherapies or reach out if you’d like to ask a question first.
There is no rush.
Listening begins when you’re ready.
Chiti Therapies 
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