What is somatic coaching and how might it help you?

 

The body has the natural and innate ability to heal itself under the right conditions.  What are the right conditions?  Some of the more obvious conditions include proper nutrition, good hydration, and enough rest and sleep.  Another condition that is sometimes forgotten is:  a well-regulated nervous system producing a calm, relaxed, and centered state of being.  The body heals more fully and more quickly when the parasympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system is dominant.  The parasympathetic nervous system allows us to more properly rest, digest, and heal.

 

Somatic coaching introduces somatic practices, tools, and techniques to help clients to center themselves, ground themselves, and relax and regulate their nervous systems.  A few examples of somatic practices and tools include somatic bodywork, meditation, deep breathing exercises, postural awareness exercises, yoga, mindfulness, journaling, and emotional clearing techniques. 

 

Somatic coaching also helps clients to access increased awareness of their bodies.  With more bodily awareness, so many things are possible!  We can be more in tune with our bodies and pick up on imbalances before they become more obvious physical symptoms.  We can approach our lives from a more embodied position, bringing more of ourselves to our families and to our work.  We can be more in touch with our intuition, those subtle messages that come from the neural networks in our gut and our heart.  We can mitigate pain, stress, anxiety, and depression by using empowering tools, techniques, and practices.  We can become aware of and release emotions which have become stuck in our bodies.  We can practice being more open and curious about the balance of our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual lives.

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With all of the above being said, a somatic coaching session can simply be composed of sharing from the heart and deep listening.  The world is a lot to take in right now and sometimes we need a safe space with a safe person to see us, hear us, and listen deeply.

 

Sessions are usually 45 minutes long and can be done in person or on Zoom.  Scheduling can be done through the online scheduler.