# Shoulder Release [[On Tools, Skills, and Practices...]] Type: [[⭐️ Body]] Use: A [[💡 Somatic Experiencing]] exercise to release [[🛡️ Emotional Armoring]] in our shoulders. This can be done with other parts of the [[⭐️ Body]], shoulders are just usually the most accessible. 1. *Very slowly* raise the shoulders a tiny bit, hold for a few seconds, then slowly release. 2. Do this again, but raise the shoulders slightly higher, hold a few seconds, and release. 3. Pause. Notice sensations, feeling, emotions, images, etc. This can be combined with the [[💨 Voo Breath]] [^1]: