Healing begins in the body and radiates out to change the world. This book presents a rigorous, real-world praxis for somatic intervention. Developed and field-tested over ten years in Ukraine alongside local psychologists, this work demonstrates that bodily awareness, sensation, and movement are vital, hands-on tools for individual and community resilience and healing. Essential reading for scholars, mental health professionals, and policymakers, this book functions both as a field guide and a new framework for global crisis response, showing how recovery is deeply intertwined with social conditions. More than a manual, the book proposes a paradigm shift: healing is not just personal—it is political, cultural, and collective.

Katja Kolcio has worked with integrative, body-based somatic practices for 25 years. Since 2015, she has used a somatic approach to research social transformation and psycho-social resilience in Ukraine.

Marta Pyvovarenko is a Ukrainian trauma scientist, psychologist, and recipient of the 2026 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Underrepresented Scholars Award. Specializing in PTSD recovery and evidence-based interventions, she leads international research collaborations and trains mental health professionals with the UNDP and The War Psychology, Support and Rehabilitation Institute in Ukraine (WISPR).

Jennifer Rose has over 30 years of experience applying traditional and novel quantitative methods to the behavioral sciences. She specializes in designing and analyzing complex intervention studies ranging from randomized controlled trials to community programs.