Living a Life in Balance
Recover from PTSD & TRAUMA: Finding Safety Through Rolfing, Somatic Work, and Body Awareness
With Petró Kohut
Abdullah Boulad reflects on his conversation with Petró Kohut about recover from ptsd & trauma: finding safety through rolfing, somatic work, and body awaren…
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Recover from PTSD & TRAUMA: Finding Safety Through Rolfing, Somatic Work, and Body Awareness
Petró Kohut
Inside this conversation
Petro’s Journey in Bodywork
Understanding the Body-Mind Connection
Building Real Awareness in the Body
More themes
- Intellectual Responses vs. Emotional Presence
- What Causes Disconnection? Trauma, Pressure, and Upbringing
- Emotional Impact of Boarding Schools and Lack of Safety
- Personal Growth Through Trauma and Reconnection
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The guest
Petró Kohut
About Petro: Petró Kohut has spent over two decades in the helping field, offering a deep and evolving blend of manual therapy, bodywork, Rolfing®, and trauma healing. His work focuses on addressing the root causes of tension and pain—posture, movement patterns, and unresolved trauma—through hands-on techniques that engage the body’s myo-fascial system. With a strong foundation in Remedial and Sports Massage, he has expanded his practice to include Structural Integration and is currently training in Somatic Experiencing. Passionate about men’s work and human potential, Petró creates sessions that are not only physically transformative but often emotionally profound.
From the host
Reflections on the conversation
What stayed with me from this conversation
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Speaking with Petró Kohut, I was struck by the way this conversation connected the relationship between physical experience, emotional regulation and a felt sense of safety. These subjects are often discussed separately, although in a person’s life they can influence one another continuously.
I was struck by how often people learn to explain their experience intellectually while remaining disconnected from physical signals. Body-based awareness can add an important dimension, provided that it is paced carefully and integrated with appropriate psychological and medical assessment.
The central lesson for me is not that the body replaces the mind. It is that human experience is interconnected. Movement, breath, touch, sleep and sensation may matter alongside language, reflection and relationships, with every intervention selected for the individual.
My broader reflection is that balance is not a fixed destination. It is the capacity to notice what is happening, understand what may be driving it and respond with greater awareness. Professional support can help create that capacity, but it must remain grounded in the person’s circumstances, choices and safety.
Episode summary
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Watch now for a conversation that will shift how you think about the body’s role in emotional and mental well-being.
Throughout the discussion, we return to the importance of looking beneath visible symptoms or behaviours. The aim is not to force one explanation onto every experience, but to understand the combination of history, relationships, body, environment and meaning that may be relevant for this individual.
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