Somatic work helps us build the capacity to be our most courageous Selves, to learn how to feel safe in the midst of the uncomfy experience of stretching beyond our comfort zones…
I spent a lot of my life making myself small and trying to fit in in an attempt to feel safe in the world. And just like any adaptive strategy we use to survive, that ish works for us…until it doesn’t anymore. Eventually I hit a place where staying small and fitting in started to feel like it was harming me more than it was helping me. It no longer felt ‘safe’…instead the pain I felt from continuously abandoning myself in the name of ‘belonging’ left me feeling isolated, confused about who the f I even was, depleted, angry, and depressed.
Anaïs Nin has a beautiful quote where she writes: “And the day came when the risk it took to stay tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” And this is the threshold most of us are standing at when we begin our healing work…
Crossing that threshold takes immense courage and a willingness to be uncomfortable…AND what lies on the other side can be beyond our wildest dreams. A sense of freedom, a capacity to feel awe, appreciation, joy, and connection as your baseline reality, an ability to live a life that is in alignment with your values, to be able to dare to dream and feel resourced enough to actually bring those dreams to life…all of this is possible when we cross thresholds. And this is what I’m here to support and guide you towards with somatic work.
So what is somatics? We hold somatics in 3 ways:
A Process
somatics is a process of change that helps us heal our nervous system and create the inner space to live into our desires and values.
A Practice
somatics is a practice through which we cultivate the necessary skills required to live into new embodied ways of being
A Paradigm
somatics is a paradigm that invites us to live a life of conscious embodiment, guided by our felt experience
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“After thirty years of cognitive behavioral therapy to help with Depression and Anxiety, I decided to try Somatic coaching this last fall. With Halie's thoughtful and patient guidance I have been able to release feelings and ruminating thoughts replaying like old songs on the radio. Using CBT, my mind could label what was happening, but my body was still reacting to these painful feelings like it was yesterday. Somatic coaching has helped me respond with awareness to painful emotions overwhelming my body, then somatically address them. With Halie's gentle and thoughtful somatic methods, I've been able to really somatically feel those emotions and release them. Most importantly, I am retraining my system towards feeling safe and calm. Halie is wonderful at meeting me where I am at in a session to focus with kindness and intention on what is going on that day. I appreciate her immensely!” - S.C.
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