🌿 Coming Home to Yourself: How Massage and Interoception Heal the Sense of Disconnection
- Lorenzo Levati
- Oct 9
- 2 min read
Sometimes, what we call confusion, lack, or even nostalgia isn’t about missing someone or something outside of us —it’s about being disconnected from ourselves.
That deep sense of restlessness you sometimes feel, that subtle anxiety or inner emptiness... often arises when the body and mind stop communicating clearly. Modern life keeps us in our heads: constant thinking, planning, and reacting.
Meanwhile, the body — which holds the key to calm and clarity — becomes silent, tense, or numb.
From a scientific point of view, this happens when the brain’s interoceptive network (especially the insula and vagus nerve) loses sensitivity to internal signals.
We stop feeling our heartbeat, our breath, our own grounding — and that’s when the feeling of being lost appears.
Massage and interoceptive awareness can gently restore that inner connection.
When you receive a massage, your nervous system shifts from “fight or flight” into “rest and repair.”
Your breathing slows, your muscles soften, and the body becomes a place you can live in again.
It’s not about miracles or dramatic change —it’s about remembering that your body is your home. And when the body feels safe, the mind naturally finds peace.
Sometimes all it takes is one deep breath,one touch,one moment of stillness to begin coming back to yourself.
If you’d like to taste what this psychophysical work feels like, you can find me at Mané – Body Experiences, Playa Blanca, come and experience how one session can relax your body, clear your mind,and help you feel at home within yourself again.
📍 Mané – Body Experiences, Playa Blanca
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