A holistic approach which supports bodymind integration, creativity, meaning-making, transformation and healing
What does the word somatic mean?
It relates to how we experience life from the inside; quietening our busy thinking heads and awakening our sensing, feeling, and intuition through bodily awareness. The word somatic comes from the Greek word soma, meaning ‘the living body in its wholeness‘.
For me, this living aspect is soul work. Our awakened and sensitised body becomes our access point to a deeper knowing of ourselves in relationship with the world around us.
Somatic Therapy is:
Body/Movement focused– It holds the intelligence of the living, sensing, relational body at its core. Awareness is guided towards experience through sensation, feeling, intuition and image. A body-focused approach does not exclude thought. Involving the whole body, including thinking at focused times, is important in bringing the work to consciouness and realising mind-body unity.
Educational – Offers ‘tools’ for accessing and deepening bodily awareness, gleaning knowledge from our embodied experience.
Creative – Spontaneous creativity allows the body to be heard. Through accessing imaginal realms, we open to our own soulful expression. Healing is so often in the metaphor.
Therapeutic – Through its enquiry into aspects of life that the client would like to find resources for towards self-discovery, change, wellbeing and meaning.
Please see One-one offerings for information as to what to expect from a 1-1 session with me.
As a registered somatic movement educator and therapist (RSME/T) I adhere to the ISMETA code of ethics and standards of practice: https://ismeta.org/about-ismeta/standards
