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Alexandria Turnbow, LMHC | Founder of Mindful Perceptions

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You can name your triggers and understand your patterns… yet your nervous system still reacts.

Traditional talk therapy primarily works with:
✨Expressing your problems
✨Learning new ways of thinking
✨Replacing behaviors
✨Problem solving

This approach can be valuable for increasing self awareness and creating plans to change… yet here’s where it can fall short.

Our problems are not only cognitive, but physiological states of the mind and body.

When the nervous system remains deregulated, insight alone does not create safety.

Somatic therapy integrates the body into the healing process by focusing on the mind body connection.

These somatic practices create attunement in the body which allows us to notice our warning signs of dysregulation sooner (ex: heart rate, sweating, pacing, etc).

The goal is to increase the nervous system’s adaptability and trust in Self.

Integration is more powerful than insight alone.

Understanding AND embodiment = deep healing.

Drop a 💛if this resonates!

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#orlandotherapist #somatics #mentalhealthtools #healingthroughwords #mindfullifestyle by @mindful_perceptions

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Interested in starting therapy with us? Comment “𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐥” & I’ll DM you a link to sign up for a free virtual consultation today!

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#orlandotherapist #somatictherapy #mindfullifestyle #nervoussystemsupport #orlandowellness taken in Mindful Perceptions, LLC by @mindful_perceptions

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On June 12, 2015, my life was forever changed by a music festival. 💫

Zoe begged me to go with her the two years prior and I was so against it. I didn’t camp, like to get dirty, or even listen to EDM at the time. Since I was moving to Orlando in August for grad school, I finally conceded and agreed to go. 🏕️

I could not have imagined how attending Bonnaroo that summer would shape the trajectory of my life. I now specialize in psychedelic-assisted therapy and own Mindful Perceptions Counseling. Hard to imagine this expansion without the inspiration and freedom I’ve experienced in the festival scene. 🌈

We were @odesza groupies for years following and attended @okeechobeefest together twice, @electric_forest, @bonnaroo again, and EDC multiple times. It’s been 4 years since I raved with my festie bestie and I am thrilled that she is joining me for @edc_orlando this year in one short month!! @zoelle_wellness 🪼

Take this as an example that when you trust your friends and yourself, you may find yourself in experiences that can impact you in ways you didn’t know you needed! To heal you in ways you did not expect. 🦄

I’m curious, which experiences have given you a similar awakening? 🛸

#festivalfriends #ravefamily #selftrust #communityhealing healingthroughconnection by @mindful_perceptions

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Mindfulness is easy when life is calm. It’s a different thing entirely when you wake up to your pet being injured. 😿

Here’s the thing though — this is why I practice grounding on the calm days. Not because I’ll need it then, but because regulation is a skill, and skills have to be built before you need them. 👷‍♀️

The nervous system doesn’t learn to self-soothe in the middle of a crisis. It learns from repetition, on the ordinary days, so the resources are already there when things get hard. ⛑️

That practice enabled me to think clearly enough to have my friend take pictures of his eye, take a jacket to put over his carrier, pack what I actually needed — water, a snack, my coloring book — and cancel my workout class. ✅

Some may think we’re supposed to feel chaotic in the midst of a crisis yet I know myself well enough to know that what’s “normal” isn’t what helps me stay regulated and handle a stressful situation. 👏

Presence isn’t reserved for the good days. It’s built on them, so we’re prepared for the hard ones too. 😌

#nervoussystemregulation #hspcommunity #mindfulmoments #medicalanxiety #catparents taken in University Animal Hospital by @mindful_perceptions

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What if the pattern isn’t the problem — it’s a sign to look somewhere else? 🌿

This Friday, I’m leading The Synergy of Healing — a 90-minute workshop on the whole-person wellness model: how the physical, nervous system, energetic, and relational domains interact, and what becomes available to us when the usual approach isn’t moving anything ✨

This experiential workshop is for helpers, healers, and clinicians of any kind who want to care for others from steadier ground. 😌

CE is available for FL mental health providers and you’ll receive 90 day access to the recording if you can’t make it live‼️ Hosted by @expansive.education

Link to join us in bio 🔗

#SomaticTherapist #HelpingProfessionals #TraumaInformedCare #NervousSystemHealing #IntegrativeMentalHealth by @mindful_perceptions

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Mindful Monday Morning Lessons 💫
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When we notice what’s going on in our body and we use the tension as guidance, we are able to access more expansion and release than if we just pushed through the discomfort.
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This process requires a mediation between the mind and body – what we are supposed to do – what we said we would do – a delicate dance of discovering what’s in our best interest in THIS moment.
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Today, that led me to meditate and do yoga instead of waking up early to make it to my ItGrlFit lagree class. For you, it may look like making breakfast at home or not washing your hair this morning.
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Your body knows what it needs, we just have to slow down long enough to listen and understand what our next best step is.
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What do you need most today for restoration?
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#bemindfulofyourperceptions #mindfulmonday #motivationmondays #somatictherapy #morningyoga by @mindful_perceptions

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Wherever you are, near or far, take 20 seconds for yourself to pause. 😌
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An opportunity to return to your breath, return to your body, and return to this moment. 🩵

#nervoussystemregulation #hspcommunity #mindfulmoments #naturesounds #BeMindfulOfYourPerceptions taken in New Smyrna Beach, Florida by @mindful_perceptions

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Tonight I gave myself this: one page, one pen, no rush. 🎨
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There’s nothing to finish here. Nothing to get right. Just dot by dot, color by color, letting my hands slow down so my mind can follow.
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This is what presence can look like — not a grand ritual, just fifteen quiet minutes of being here, now, with yourself.
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What’s your version of this — the thing that looks simple yet brings you back to your body? Drop it below 👇
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#nervoussystemregulation #hspcommunity #mindfulmoments #innerchildwork #BeMindfulOfYourPerceptions taken in Winter Park, Florida by @mindful_perceptions

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Noticing how being “locked in” is causing more tension? While chopping vegetables I realized that when I’m super focused, I hold my breath and start to feel more tension in my head and body.
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To counter this, I pause when I notice it. I take a deeper breath. I soften my gaze and shake it out. I direct my attention to the music playing.
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What helps you to loosen your lock?
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Follow Mindful Perceptions Counseling for more insights and tips!
#somatictherapy #beherenow #lockin #softgaze #mindfulmoment taken in Orlando, Florida by @mindful_perceptions

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This Synergy of Healing is created for people who care for and offer support for others and want to broaden their scope and receive some tools to support themselves as
well.

Includes yet not limited to therapists, yoga teachers, nurses, massage therapists, doctors, energy practicioners, etc.

Most clinicians were trained in a model that treats the mind as the way in: name the distortion, build the skill, process the memory. It works — until it doesn’t, and most of us
weren’t trained on what comes next.

From the other side, medical providers and bodyworkers may sense there’s more beneath the surface, yet are only trained to treat the presenting symptoms.

A person needs mind, body, and spirit to synergize in order to thrive — treating them in isolation only tells part of the story.

Throughout the workshop, we’ll move between education, experiential practice, and discussion. What you notice about your own patterns and parts becomes an example of
what you bring back into the room with the people you support.

Even if you can’t make the live virtual event, you receive access to the recording for 90 days!

Join us on:

September 25th
12-1:30pm

Link in Bio!

#orlandowellnessevents #synergyhealingtools #wholehealingapproach #healersneedhealingtoo #orlandotherapist by @mindful_perceptions

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A person needs mind, body, and spirit to synergize in order to thrive — treating them in isolation only tells part of the story. 🧬

This workshop introduces a whole-person wellness model: physical, mental, energetic, relational, and other interconnected realms that are available to explore when the usual approach just isn’t working. Built for clinicians, healers, and helping professionals of every kind.

Join us on Friday, September 25th at 12pm EST for an interactive workshop to help you heal yourself alongside those that you serve. You will receive access to the recording for 90 days so you can sign-up even if you can’t make the live event!

No prior experience or knowledge required, simply come as you are. 🌿

Link to sign up is in our bio!

#wellnessworkshop #mentalhealthworkshop #holistichealingsystem #therapyinsights #somatics by @mindful_perceptions

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As a therapist, I use tarot and oracle cards as a mirror to deepen self-awareness and insight. This practice has been vital to my own healing and I have experienced this magic unfold with others from many different walks of life.

It’s fascinating to me how aligned some of the pulls are with what the person was just talking about or grappling with internally!!

Have you tried it? What’s your experience been like?

#therapytools #tarotinspiration #somatictherapy #orlandotherapist #mentalhealthinsights by @mindful_perceptions

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