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What to Expect in a First Somatic Coaching Session

Each session is tailored to what you’re carrying that day, with compassionate support to help you move toward more ease and presence in daily life.

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When Healing Becomes Hiding: The Trap of Endless Self-Work

Healing work is valuable, but it can quietly turn into avoidance when it becomes the center of your life. This article explores how self-work drifts into overfocus, how community spaces unintentionally create dependence, and what ethical, trauma-aware support should look like.

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The Layers We Collect: Returning to Ourselves Through Somatic Resourcing

Somatic resourcing offers gentle practices that help you return to yourself when life pulls you away. This post explores how grounding, tracking, and pendulation support a more connected internal experience.

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The Power of Dance & Mindful Movement: A Path to Embodied Freedom

Somatic dance and mindful movement help us meet what the body has been holding and give shape to emotions that feel too big.

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A person dances on a dimly lit stage, leaning into a deep side bend with expressive movement. Pink and green lighting highlight the curves and lines of their body, capturing the emotion and fluidity of somatic-inspired dance.

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Choose Yourself First (Even When It Feels Uncomfortable)

Many of us learned to push past our own signals to keep the peace or meet expectations. This piece explores how we drift away from ourselves, how the body communicates what the mind overlooks, and how small, honest choices help us return to what actually supports us.

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Sunday Anxiety

We try to cram joy into Saturday like we’re storing sunlight for the week ahead. Then Sunday arrives, and we don’t know what to do with the shadows that follow. This is why rest can feel uneasy — your body hasn’t caught up with the idea of slowing down yet.

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Mountain valley with sunlight and trees — a visual reminder of slowing down and finding peace through mindfulness and rest.

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