Poor sleep, tension
Lying awake with a body that stays braced through the night.
You're tired enough to sleep, but your body won't let go. The jaw stays tight, the mind won't quiet, and you wake unrefreshed. Poor sleep is often the most visible sign of a system that can't downshift — and that's something we can work with directly.
What's actually happening
Sleep needs a body that feels safe to switch off.
Falling and staying asleep depends on the nervous system shifting into a parasympathetic, rest-and-repair state. When you’re stuck in low-grade alert — held tension, shallow breathing, a clenched jaw — the body reads that as a reason to stay vigilant, and sleep stays light and broken.
Physical tension and poor sleep feed each other: a braced body sleeps badly, and a poorly-slept body braces more. We work to release the holding patterns and settle the nervous system, so the body has permission to rest.
“I’d forgotten what a full night felt like. Within a few weeks I was sleeping through — and waking up like myself.”