What Trauma Does to the Body (And How to Start Healing) with Nava Fuchs

What happens when fear, stress, and trauma don’t get processed—especially in a reality shaped by ongoing war?In this episode of Live the Land, host Franny Waisman shares her experience at a weeklong somatic healing retreat and sits down with Jackie “Nava” Fuchs, a yoga therapist and somatic healer based in Tekoa. Together, they explore how the body holds onto unprocessed experiences—and what it actually looks like to begin releasing them.From practical grounding tools (like breathwork, yoga nidra, and vagus nerve regulation) to deeper ideas about connection, vulnerability, and healing through the land itself, this conversation bridges somatic therapy with the lived reality of Israel today.They also connect these ideas to timeless TaNaK narratives—offering a powerful lens on disconnection, transformation, and what it means to truly return to oneself.If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or constantly “on edge,” this episode offers a grounded, honest look at what healing can look like—without bypassing the pain.Timestamps00:00 Somatic Retreat Awakening00:34 How Unprocessed Stress Lives in the Body02:21 Meet Nava Fuchs04:35 Tekoa’s Landscape & Healing Environment14:02 Meditation & Releasing Inner Constriction19:23 Three Daily Grounding Practices21:39 What Is Somatic Healing, Really?23:54 Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Resilience32:00 Why Healing Requires Connection33:26 The Human Need for Connection35:08 Understanding the Vagus Nerve35:32 5-Minute Tools to Calm the Body37:07 Healing Through Connection to the Land46:55 Healing as “Returning”48:42 The Torah of Healing: The Root of Disconnection