This chapter focuses on how to effectively integrate somatic interventions during the different stages of trauma treatment, such as stabilization, trauma processing, and reconnection, and how to integrate their use to maximize the effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). Ventral vagal connectedness between and within people is the name of the game to enhance association and integration. The EMDR standard protocol integrates cognitive, emotional, and sensory information. Information processing breaks down, likely due to significant peritraumatic dissociation (PD) that co occurs with the apparent hyperarousal. Social engagement reflects a ventral vagal response that results in increased self-regulation and calming, thereby decreasing the likelihood of a dorsal vagal response. To facilitate both dual focus and body mindfulness, both exteroceptive and interoceptive awareness are required. Olfactory pathways travel directly to the limbic system and amygdala, and from there olfactory information is likely conveyed to lower brain structures.