Coming home to the body…
Has stress accumulated in your body to the point that you feel overwhelmed or burnt out? Are there emotions in your body that you have trouble accessing? Is it hard to be present in your body or do you find yourself fearful of pain? Somatic coaching is a present-oriented, skill based, and experiential way to learn to regulate the nervous system and welcome more vitality in the body and peace of mind.
“And I said to my body softly, ‘I want to be your friend.’
It took a long breath and replied,
‘I have been waiting my whole life for this.’”
— Nayyirah Waheed
Getting Present With Somatic Coaching
You may have a therapist you love but are looking for added support for nervous system regulation. You may be a very body-oriented person and have something specific you need help being present for. You may be looking for concrete tools to manage stress. You may not know what you’re looking for and somatic coaching could be a great place to start.
Somatic coaching is a present-oriented, skill based, and experiential way to welcome more vitality in the body and peace of mind. I work with clients who may be feeling stressed, burnt out, disconnected, and dysregulated. Clients gain a toolbox of skills to increase their ability to be present and regulated.
I draw from training in yoga, polyvagal theory, ecosomatics, mindfulness, reiki, and more to help clients reconnect to the natural rhythms of the body.
“When your felt sense of a situation changes, you change -
and, therefore, so does your life.”
― Eugene Gendlin
Sessions may include…
Creating Sacred Space
We start with what you love, explore your gifts, and help you carve out space and time for a routine of body awareness.
Widening Compassion for Pain
We practice breath work and focusing exercises to build compassionate awareness of pain and the movement of emotion.
Grounding & Resourcing
We explore grounding techniques, visualization, and tapping in resources to widen tolerance for rest and support.
Transforming & Clearing Energy
We move through postures to re-pattern our reactions and energy practices to clear and release what no longer serves us.
Nervous System Regulation
We learn about stress cycles, how to track the autonomic nervous system, and tools for regulating back into safety and connection.
Honoring Cycles
We listen to messages of the body, trust it to heal itself, and honor it’s natural rhythms and cycles with ritual and expression.
What is the difference between psychotherapy, somatic coaching, and ecotherapy?
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a journey of unwinding patterns from the past and reprocessing them in the body for deeper change in the present. I work with clients experiencing complex trauma, grief, chronic pain, and more. Clients co-create a process of personal transformation, reclaiming wholeness, and gaining self-trust.
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While psychotherapy can include somatic tools and relationship to nature, the emphasis is on our connection to the self and reprocessing our personal experiences so that we can have more acceptance and compassion for the wholeness of our being. There may be slightly more verbal processing than in other kinds of sessions.
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During an initial consultation, we’ll explore what you’d like to work on. Clients are encouraged to continue work for as long as is helpful for you.
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We often start with letting the body slowly lead us into clients deeper patterns. From there, there is often a reciprocal exchange of moving past material through the body and allowing a new narrative to emerge in the present.
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We are always healing and sometimes you don’t know where the journey will take us. I collaborate with clients to move at your pace and hold space for both the acceptance of where you’re at as well as the commitment to where you want to go.
Somatic Coaching
Somatic coaching is a present-oriented, skill based, and experiential way to welcome more vitality in the body and peace of mind. I work with clients who may be feeling stressed, burnt out, disconnected, and dysregulated. Clients gain a toolbox of skills to increase their ability to be present and regulated.
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While somatic coaching can help deepen our connection to a sense of self and allow you to be more present in our relationships to other people and the earth, the focus is on being more present and compassionate in our bodies. Sessions are less about the stories we tell ourselves and more about what the body is trying to communicate.
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During an initial consultation, we’ll discuss goals and determine an appropriate length of work. Work often starts with 3-6 weekly or bimonthly sessions.
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We start wherever you are in your body and work experientially from there.
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During the initial consultation, we identify some goals and together we map out some skills and experiences that may help you get there.
Ecotherapy
Ecotherapy utilizes our connection to the earth to explore who we are, what matters to us, and how we relate. I work with clients who may be feeling overwhelmed, hopeless or lost in their lives and over the state of the world. Clients reconnect to the cycles of the earth for insight, meaning, and belonging.
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While ecotherapy can reconnect us to our bodies and a vast sense of self, there is more of a focus on how we relate in general. I see myself as a co-therapist with the earth and together we explore how you see your connection to other beings and the ecosystem more broadly.
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During an initial consultation, we’ll discuss goals and determine an appropriate length of work.
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We start wherever you are in your body and work experientially from there.
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Sometimes clients come to a session with a specific topic and other times we just explore where it goes. Ecotherapy can feel a lot like play and often unfolds organically. Clients are often surprised at the experience they walk away with.
