What is body De-Armouring?

The term ‘de-armouring’ first appeared in the 1930s coined by Wilheim Reich, he noticed that his patients built up defences or ‘armour’ due to stresses of everyday life, shock trauma and negative thought patterns. Somatically, Reich noticed there was a build up of armour in the body, made up of physical tension when emotions are repressed and not discharged. De-armouring has been practiced long before Reich coined the term, this includes Native Americans and also Maori tribes, the latter use strong, almost crushing pressure to remove blocks and tension from the body. The technique I use is a soft touch, to gently allow the body to let go of unwanted, repressed emotions.

Armour can de-sensitize and numb our capacity for a vibrant life, it can keep us stuck and not able to move forward. Of course, at one point this shielding did serve us well - think when you were a child and had any sort of adverse life experience where you found solace and protection in whatever way benefited your survival. Through a combination of trigger points, sound, breath and movement, I support the client to gently discharge this frozen energy; this releasing from the body is the ‘de-armouring’ process.

With the release of these blockages, the client has a deeper capacity to feel more presence, more connection to themselves and their own intimate pleasure with more aliveness and purpose for life. I find that the more I work with an individual the more layers we peel back to get to the source. I recommend at least 4 sessions, undertaken over a desired time-frame, usually every 2-4 weeks works well. The whole session takes up to 3 hours and I offer support to the client to meet themselves where they are without judgement.