Signed in as:
filler@godaddy.com
Signed in as:
filler@godaddy.com
There’s no need to rehearse our problems. We've got them down.
In coaching, we dream. We make space for new possibilities.
We embody what is needed to live our values,
our longing, our dreams.
We grow the person, not the problem.
Knowing doesn't create change.
We have to enact change.
When we want to grow we usually have to do something differently. If we ignore our current embodied habits they can get in the way of our progress. We tend to overlook this when we want to grow and instead focus on gaining insight.
In somatic coaching we welcome all facets of ourselves to support and inform our learning and growth. We embody what we need to create change. With repetition and practice, we expand and augment neural connections and embodied habits in sustainable ways that can hold under pressure.
Change how you inhabit your body, change your life.
Spirituality is about listening deeply to this larger life + our embodied experiences, for the sake of being in our aliveness and inhabiting aliveness freely, honorably, and consciously. It's about RSVPing yes to the party of life's belonging.
I support you with your goals, rather than solve your 'problems.'
I can't know what you need to do or achieve to have the life you desire.
You are the expert on your life. And you can't be wrong. You just can't.
You might be learning something, just like I am and we all are, always.
If we choose to work together, I will whole-heartedly be on your team,
listening and supporting you in dreaming and attaining your vision.
I hold compassionate, nonjudgmental space for you, offer wildly curious listening, ask heart-provoking questions, companion you, co-create somatic practices with you to support your goals, and provide the kind of accountability you desire for you to be accountable to yourself.
When they want to take action and embody change, more intentionally live in their body, reach their goals, and or align with their values.
They say, FAKE IT TIL YOU MAKE IT, not TALK ABOUT IT TIL YOU MAKE IT.
There's no secret portal to change. It takes practice. In somatic coaching we don’t just talk about what we want, we embody it. We try it on and practice it until it becomes second nature. I remember being terrified of preaching in seminary. Now, I love it. What changed? Experience. Doing something over and over and over again changes us.
There are many, many resources for learning. I highly recommend the following by Dr. Amanda Blake, master somatic coach who writes for lay people about the neuroscience and physiology of change. You can read an excerpt from her work below.
"...Violinists have more brain space devoted to the left hand, particularly if they started playing violin when they were quite young. People who grow up in the city have a slightly more sensitive amygdala than do people who grow up in the country. This capacity for the brain to take shape in response to its environment is one of nature's most brilliant designs. But it’s also the very process by which we develop embodied patterns that later trip us up.
This process relies on memory to work — but perhaps not the kind of memory you’re familiar with. If I asked what you had for lunch yesterday, and you thought about it for a minute, you’d probably feel like you were remembering something. “Hmmm, let me think about it… I believe I had a sandwich. It was delicious.” That kind of event-recall is known as explicit memory, and it’s just one among many categories of memory we have.
We have several different kinds of memory: working memory, procedural memory, explicit memory, implicit memory, and more. Implicit memory is how you “remember” to ride a bike or play the piano when you haven’t done so in a long time. Your body-brain learns a patterned way of doing something, and then makes that skill easily accessible by memorizing it so you can call it up quickly for later use.
Our behavioral patterns — both our strengths and our stuck spots — are stored in implicit memory. And one of the hallmarks of implicit memory is that you “remember” by enacting the thing you remember how to do. It’s not the same as calling up a thought about yesterday. It’s an action. You ride the bike. You play the piano. You pick up the phone even though it’s not a good time, and you don’t tell your mom you’ve got to go." (23)
"To embody new, more resourceful behaviors that give you more options and choices, you simply must engage in an embodied approach to learning and change. Because that’s how every behavioral pattern we have is learned." (27)
We meet on Zoom. We center in the body to feel more and access the body's felt sense, not necessarily to feel calm. We clarify what you want out of the session and how we'll know we've achieved it.
You talk and dream, imagine fulfillment. We listen to the whole body. I ask powerful questions. We track the aliveness and follow it. Dreaming, wondering what you’d need to embody for you to live into your dream. We practice embodying it. Find easy ways to integrate practice into your day.
You leave with what you need, which may be actions steps, embodiment practices, ways of being steps, and or inquiries to ponder.
When we meet again we evaluate, integrate, iterate, and or create, we dream again, grow, embody and celebrate.
Getting in touch with my body has accelerated my growth in therapy.
I was tired of hearing myself tell the same stories over and over again.
It helps to let go of scrambling to meet impossible expectations and care for myself.
I needed help being proactive about family relationships.
I am so relieved to move from overwhelm, resentment, and tears to
clarity, grounding, and my own solutions.
Find out for yourself with a free 30 min. session to see if we have chemistry. Meet, share why you're seeking a coach, & experience my coaching.
We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.