We think somatic work is all about healing. But beyond healing, it also opens a doorway into expansion.

When I first came to the world of somatics, supporting women on healing journeys was at the heart of my work. 

That’s what I believed somatics was exclusively about.

So much of the language around somatic work focuses, understandably, on trauma and the nervous system, regulation and safety, and the ways our bodies become organised around experiences that were overwhelming, painful or too much for us to metabolise alone.

This work matters deeply, and it continues to matter deeply to me. 

And yet, over the years, I have become increasingly interested in what happens when we are no longer organised around protection: no longer living from survival, anticipating what might go wrong, overfunctioning, giving to the point of exhaustion, pleasing everyone (often at our own expense), pursuing perfection in everything we do, or holding everything together while we slowly crumble beneath the surface.

What happens when some of this energy is freed and more of it becomes available to orient towards new possibilities?