“Feeling good is not frivolous, it is a measure of freedom. Not just the physical freedom of the body to pursue the pleasures of the flesh, but all the mental, emotional and spiritual freedom to feel content, happy and present in our brief and potent lives”
- Adrienne Marie Brown
WHAT IS SOMATIC?
Somatic comes from the Greek word ‘Soma’ which means to relate to the body as distinct from the mind. Letting go of the stories in your mind and directly connecting with your experience, noticing what arises and unfolds, moment to moment. Feeling all the aliveness and sensations. Sensitizing yourself, opening up and tuning into how you are truly feeling. In order to feel all the sensations, trust needs to be created between you and your body, so that you do not abandon it, bringing compassion and kindness to all the hidden parts. Accepting all parts of yourself is a gift as it is the gateway to healing. You do not need to fix anything or any part of yourself.
Feeling safe within the body also needs to occur. If you do not feel safe, you may not be able to open up too and feel all the sensations that have been yearning to be felt and accepted.
Other aspects that somatics brings into our lives are pleasure and taking back our sovereignty. Reconnecting to your body, doing things from an aligned ‘Fuck Yes’ attitude, only when it calls to you and you deeply want to, allows you to feel empowered and tells your body that you didn’t abandon it for somebody or something else, that you stayed true to it. We also have the right to feel pleasure. Ask yourself “What makes me feel good?” and align yourself towards it. Lastly, we are connecting within from a non-duality position. Rather than separating the body and mind, the body and mind is a whole intelligence system. Our aim is come into wholeness. Wholeness is liberation, where we get to hold and contain all that is felt.
Becoming present and intimate with life, being curious and learning about yourself is through connecting with the Soma. Life is expressed through you. You are life itself. We are multifaceted and powerful full spectrum beings. We were not placed on earth to be small and play small, we are meant to take up space, dream and play big. Feeling the empowerment and the juicy aliveness that is already within your body is your birthright. Be content within your home, you are already enough and deserving of it all. Awaken to the natural freedom and joy of being alive. Experiencing it all, all that life offers, is truly a gift.
We will be slowing the pace right down so that we can be present and feel into each moment. Education, tools and practices will be provided in our sessions together. More importantly, you will be heard, felt and seen for who you truly are.
I am curious to get to know you, meeting you wherever you are in your journey at that moment as your mentor and as your companion. You will be supported as you navigate the realms of your inner and outer landscapes. This process is self-led, as you already have the answers within yourself. You will be building up the resilience and the capacity to be present with it all through movement, touch, sound and breath. There is no rush for anything to occur, you simply being is already enough. It is what the body truly desires.
At this moment, I will not be offering 1:1 somatic coaching until I get closer to completing my training as a Somatic Educator. I will be weaving education, tools and practices into all my sessions with women during pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum as well as during the women’s circles, rituals and ceremonies that I facilitate.