Usually, a session starts with us gaining clarity on the topic and desired outcome of the session, after which we dive into a process-oriented, and embodied exploration. As a somatic coach my focus is placed not only on the narrative layer of what you are bringing into the session, but am equally curious of the story told by your gestures, posture and non-verbal expressions and how your body and nervous system is responding to the moment to moment interaction.

The beauty of working with the body is that you don't need to know or explicitly travel back to where symptoms are coming from to address them, the body is telling its story for us in the here and now.

Somatic coaching invites us both to shift our attention and become curious about what is communicated from the bottom up, or in other words letting the wisdom of embodied cognition emerge before bridging it with the conceptual thinking. As somatic coach, I’ll be supporting you in making contact with your present moment bodily experience, so that you can explore its emerging layers and your process can unfold in its own pace. 

I recognize that our bodies and sensations can potentially reconnect us with uncomfortable memories, both explicit and implicit. The tendency to ‘be up in our heads’ has its valid reason and well-intended purpose which at some point in time has served us well. This is why I tend to work slowly and prioritize your preferences and agency. It is at utmost importance to me to invite you into this process of reclaiming your bodily resources and wisdom within the boundaries of your own pace, capacity, and needs.  

Some experiences, memories, and feelings live outside of verbal and linear narratives. There is many reasons why expressing ourselves through movements, rhythms, colors, and shapes can feel safer, more available, and satisfying.

Expressive Arts Therapy gives us an opportunity to communicate and externalize the complex, messy, and ambiguous while also engaging our imagination, playfulness, implicit memory, and inner resilience.

Engaging with this process can expand our habitual patterns of thinking and feeling and surprise us with new, life-affirming perspectives and insights. Simultaneously, engaging with art mediums can easily become a metaphor for our lives and evoke our limitations and fears. In both scenarios we open up to an opportunity for personal growth and healing.

This process is for artists and non-artists alike, encouraging individuals to tap into their innate creativity and inherent movement towards healing and growth.

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