In Whom We Live: The Somatic Outworking of a Christ-Centered Life

I want to share something deeply personal and powerful for anyone walking a journey of faith and healing. This is about living from within, flowing freely, and finally feeling not just believing that He is not far away. No longer do I pray and wonder where my prayers land, or who really hears them.

I know He is here, within me, moving with me.

As Christians, we can become weary of the many customs and modalities of this world feeling confused, skeptical, or disconnected. Yet, sometimes, are we living in fear of exploring deeper origins? We live in a Western culture that often disconnects us from the truth that customs and traditions were designed to engage not just the mind or soul, but the body itself in God’s process of healing and transformation.

In Him we live and move and have our being. Acts 17:28

Let’s sit with some well-known scriptures:

“Be still and know that I am God.” Psa 46:10

“On that day you will realise that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.” John 14:20

What does it really mean to be still in a Western, busy, striving world? The Hebrew word often translated as “be still” literally means to let go, release, cease striving, relax your grip. The root raphah (ָרָפה) invites a softening of the whole body, a release of control and a return to trust. This is not a mere mental exercise; it is a full-bodied, embodied experience.

And then there’s the truth: He is in you. As Christians, we use the phrase “Christ within us” so often, yet how often do we actually seek Him there, inwardly, rather than outwardly?

How do we find Him living in our flesh, our bodies, our very selves? This is where faith becomes embodied.

Consider the word sōma the Greek word for body — which appears over 140 times in the Bible. Its meaning shifts over time:

Paul’s call in Romans 12:1 speaks of offering our bodies as a living sacrifice, not a dead one, a daily, ongoing, surrendered embodiment:

“Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God this is your true and proper worship.” Romans 12:1

This means worship is not just a moment or a ritual, but a life an embodied life, offered continually.

It’s a radical shift from religious performance to whole life participation.

And it doesn’t stop there. Scripture reminds us:

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Romans 4:23

Do you notice it isn’t our mind or eyes that need guarding, but the heart? Why?

Because our emotions, processed deeply within, shape our thoughts, beliefs, and actions.

The heart is where embodied processing lives the ability to sit, observe, inquire, allow, surrender, rather than resist or

react.

This way of embodied processing reflects Christ’s own way. He models the posture of surrender, compassion, and stillness.

While somatic work isn’t inherently Christian nor Western invention, its tools including Embodied Processing equip us as believers to;

reconnect with the body not as a mere vessel, but as a sacred creation fashioned by the Master Potter for purpose and design.

But there’s more, we need discernment.

Paul contrasts the “natural person” with the “spiritual person”:

“The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God… but the spiritual person judges all things.”

The natural person (ψυχικός ἄνθρωπος) operates from subconscious patterns, habits, biases, emotional conditioning stored deep in body and psyche, without spiritual illumination. This is like running on autopilot beneath conscious awareness.

Without the Spirit’s guidance, these patterns cause blind spots, preventing true spiritual

understanding. The spiritual person, however, is awake , Spirit-illuminated, able to receive and judge all things, guided by inner discernment.

Somatic awareness and modalities like Root Cause Therapy support this awakening by tuning us into bodily sensations , often the keys to subconscious emotional truths.

So yes we must turn inward and seek within. Somatic practices help us do this, reconnecting with the body , building capacity to be still, observe, inquire, and trust.

I am deeply thankful that God directed my path this way, to be open, to question, to discern,

and ultimately to reconnect with Him who truly resides within.

If this resonates with you,if you feel the stir to reconnect with your body, release what no longer serves, and embrace the fullness of Christ within. I invite you to journey with us.

You can begin through our “Embrace His Love” package, a beautiful pathway to healing and integration. Or, come experience restoration in community at our in-person retreat, Renew Within a space to be held, known, and renewed from the inside out.

You don’t have to walk alone. You’re invited into wholeness.