SOMATIC PRACTICE
From 'soma', a Greek word meaning living body - somatic work is the practice of embodied awareness and self attunement. Through somatic practice, we can connect back to our felt sense, our direct experience of who we are and our deep inner knowing.
Somatic Yoga
Mind-Body Integration
When we approach somatic practice through yoga, we focus on body-mind connection by sensing from the inside - through first person perspective that we call somatic tracking. Somatic yoga is the practice of intention, understanding, embodied movement, deep connection to the self and everything around us. From here we find nervous system regulation, stress reduction, expression of feeling and the release of stored emotional energy from the body.
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Somatic yoga allows us to safely drop into our embodied intelligence to explore our wild, intricate and delicate human state, where we can create freedom and space to feel, breathe, move and express with authenticity.
Somatic Healing & Integration
Somatic healing is a holistic and therapeutic approach that integrates the mind and body, focusing on principles like embodiment, awareness, compassion, and autonomy. This type of work complements counselling, massage, and other therapeutic practices, addressing areas as trauma resolution, stress relief, pain management, emotional regulation, personal growth, physical performance enhancement, and therapeutic integration.
Somatic healing cultivates a connection with the physical body, this helps awaken our ability to tune into our unconscious as it speaks to us through the body, creating felt sensations and physical reactions. This process can unlock our inherent state of being.
"I loved the visual metaphors used during the class - it really helped centre myself and concentrate on my breath. Also, loved the hand on shoulder when stretching quads in standing, shed a few tears of release and sending comfort to others. Really beautiful."
Carrie, Somatic Yoga Class