Somatic Coaching

We so often in our society live entirely up in our heads, disconnected from our bodies.

 

Our culture has conditioned us to believe that the body is something to transcend, to master. That it is sinful to feel pleasure, to find enjoyment in the body. So we detach, avoid, dismiss the subtle whispers from our body, until these whispers grow louder and louder and turn into symptoms of disease that are unable to be ignored. When we experience these loud symptoms, we often say things like “My body hates me!” or “My body is turning against me!”, when in truth, these symptoms are the only effective means of communication the body has to get its message across when we aren’t attuned to the subtle communication that always, always comes before the symptoms. 

 

In a somatic coaching session, we say to the body “Okay, I hear you. I am listening.” We learn tools to refine our perception and deepen our connection with the body so that we are more able to hear the subtle messages before they turn into symptoms. 

 

When there are symptoms present, we tune in and we ask the body “What is the message here?” We drop down into the area of the body that is speaking to us and we listen deeply. What is arising? How can we partner more deeply with the body? How can we relate to our body from a space of devotion, of reverence? 

 

Oftentimes these symptoms arise because we have stored the energetic imprint of a traumatic experience in our bodies as a way to cope with the emotional overwhelm that accompanied the trauma. Maybe this manifests in the body as tension in the heart, or as a digestive system that is out of alignment. Through somatic coaching, we create a safe container to gently, slowly come into communion with the part of our body that has stored this energetic imprint. We relate to this part of us from a space of deep love and compassion. Through this witnessing and quiet presence, combined with the somatic tools of breath, touch, sound, and movement, we are able to safely and effectively move this energetic charge, this traumatic imprint, out of the body and fill the body with fresh life force energy to take its place. 

 

Experience the freedom and joy that comes with deepening your relationship with your body!

 

Somatic coaching is a complementary therapeutic modality not meant to take the place of work with a licensed mental health counselor or trauma therapist.