In this grounded and deeply informed conversation, Will traces the history of the somatic field — from Thomas Hanna’s coining of the term through the human potential movement at Esalen to Peter Levine’s groundbreaking work in stress physiology — and makes a compelling case for why the body is not a machine to be programmed, but a living process to be inhabited. We explore why catharsis without capacity is dangerous, why the coaching industry is operating with an incomplete map, and why the fawn response makes “only go as far as your body says” almost useless in group settings. Will also shares his own journey — from surviving group home trauma as a teenager to declaring a mission to end trauma at a species level. If you’ve ever sensed that the healing world is missing something fundamental, this conversation will show you what it is.

Will Rezin is a Somatic Experiencing practitioner and the founder of Trauma and Somatics, a global training organization that has trained over 500 practitioners across 28 countries in the art and science of trauma recovery.

Time Stamps

(00:00) Plant Medicine Reality Check

(00:44) DNA Surprise

(03:14) Meet Will Rezin

(09:06) Will’s Origin Story

(11:53) Trauma and Mythic Meaning

(25:04) What Somatics Really Means

(34:42) We Are Bodied

(41:21) The Great Paradox

(50:46) Psycho Cybernetics and Belief

(59:51) Somatic Rigidity and Aging

(01:02:50) Stress Capacity and Vitality

Ep 289 - Will Rezin | Somatics, Trauma & the Body as Living Process