@Victor Jackson Hey Victor. Thank you. GOOOD QUESTION! :) Somatic awareness is noticing what's happening in your body before you make a story about it: not "I'm angry at him," but "my chest is hot and my jaw is tight." Most of us live from the neck up, so we go from fine, fine, fine, to exploded, missing every signal along the way. It matters because reactivity starts in the body, not the mind, and by the time you can think about staying calm, you've already snapped. But if you can feel it, you can name it; and once you name it, a small gap opens where you get to choose what happens next. That's why we start here: it's not the deepest work, it's the doorway, and nothing else opens without it.