I have a regular yoga practice that helps me a lot. It helps me get grounded and feel back in my body. Finding a teacher that I felt comfortable with was important, some say things that are a little too "out there" - but I find it very helpful. i would recommend trying to find a teacher to walk you through the poses - its easy to get injured if the alignment is a bit off. a lot of books start off a bit further along than the average beginner (who isn't young, fit, and limber) would benefit from. I am doing a yoga teacher training right now I love it so much! So, its not for everyone, but a teacher who can watch your alignment and talk you through the poses can help. Also, sometimes the best poses are ones where you just relax, rather than try to stretch. You might google "restorative yoga" or PM me if you want some more resources.

Yoga actually helped me feel more comfortable with my body, enough to try a massage. I was very scared to get massage...but I found someone with very good ratings and came highly recommended and I felt very good about it once I relaxed. Some massage therapists understand trauma, if that's an issue for you. And i think many are familiar with anxiety/depression.

FWIW, most eastern medicine doesn't separate the mind from the body in the way western medicine does, so treatment for your brain/mind/spirit wouldn't necessarily need to be targeted in your mind (just talking)...so, massage is pretty intense (don't think I could do it more than every other week - if I could afford that, which I can't!) but it can help with tension/relaxation.

i have also tried reiki. the good thing about reiki is that you don't even need to be touched or remove any clothes, so if that sounds stressful reiki might be a good option. reiki activates a universal life force/healing energy which the universe has opened up to all of us. in an intentional way, a reiki practitioner helps your own healing energy to wake up and 'flow' to where you need it. honestly, i scoffed at first because it sounds like a scam - but if you can open up to your own subjective experience during the session - many people report relaxation. some reiki practitioners use light touch.

(personally, i think it has something to do with it being two people trying to help the one person through body/attunement. if the reiki practitioner stays calm, the receiver can attune to his/her nervous system and receive a relaxation response. that's my own personal theory.)

i am interested in somatic experiencing, so would be curious if anyone who has tried that could post.

I have never tried acupuncture - can't stand the idea of needles.

My T didn't recommend these, but I knew I was very afraid of my own body and very spaced out/tense and I have a tendency toward internalizing emotions as illnesses/pain. I also feel my emotions "physically" and don't have words for them. Tightness in chest, throat, gut issues, pain... So, I kind of set out on the journey on my own. I've met a lot of people who are trying to heal from stress or disease or emotional exhaustion along the way - and its been good for me. What I take from my experiences is that my life experience and my mind aren't 'separate' from my body. We receive information from our senses. Our "emotions" are activated via neurotransmitters and hormones that are governed by our endocrine and nervous systems. Our brain and nervous system are our body - and we experience this in our consciousness/mind - but it's really not two separate things.

So, for me, its about being aware of my body - putting it under a little stress or just noticing it - and learning how to calm down during it, experience what it has to tell me, and kind of work through it. ...Not easy...but I've been able to do this easier by approaching it at physical level than a mental level. Then, I take that physical experience and put it into words - and sometimes in doing that i reach new levels of awareness...and can help to verbalize rather than somatize...if that makes any sense...again, just my experience.

I wish you the best and hope, if you go down this path, you find modalities that suit you. Again, feel free to PM me if you'd like some links or book recommendations.