Somatics goes beyond awareness: an alive, dimensional experience of the self in the present moment.

The human is not merely a self-aware soma, passively observing itself, but it is actively doing//being something simultaneously: it’s acting upon itself; i.e., it is always engaging in a process of self-regulation AND co-regulation. We are ever-changing beings, continuously interacting and relating to people, places, and things in our environment through emotions, movement, and sensations. By understanding humans as a myriad of interconnected systems motivated by simultaneous internal and external data that shapes identity, choices, behaviours, cognitive attitudes, memories, etc, you can begin to live life on your terms through access, ability, position, and agency.

Somatics Asks us to:

• Explore our experience with curiosity + non-judgment
• Divest from suprem@cist practices like perfectionism, urgency, hierarchy, and individualism
• Unravel our identity from conditioned, habituated notions or patterns
• Embrace our gifts, mistakes, and unique experiences
• Slow down and live with intention
• Dedicate ourselves to a dynamic relationship with ourselves + others; “healing” is not a destination but a lifelong practice
• Get to know what exists underneath the story
• Build capacity for change by sitting with uncomfortable sensations and challenging beliefs
• Remember our essence, express ourselves, and take up space
• Become our own embodied leader
• Dream up a new paradigm

Somatics holds that:

• Especially in current society, we mistrust//lack safety in the body//ourselves and can be stuck in a spiral of survival strategies
• Humans can rely heavily upon// prioritize intellectual info
• The mind is not separate from the body nor is the soul//spirit.
• Humans are part of nature and correspondingly have animal functions
• You are the expert of yourself: whole, resilient, and capable
• We harm and are harmed; disruption and repair are possible
• Inherent wisdom lives in the body, community, ancestral lineages, and within cultural//spiritual perspectives
• You are influenced to the collective (family// community// culture + social forces like patriarchy, racism, and capitalism)
• Community care is an act of self-care
• Accountability, Trust, Integrity, Creativity + Compassion are the foundation for sustainable transformation

Many people seek out somatic practices as a way to:

• Relieve stress
• Attend to chronic pain
• Recover from trauma
• Investigate the body-mind connection
• Nourish interpersonal relationships
• Trust, listen and discern inner voice and intuition
• Cherish and recognize their worth and authentic self
• Release patterns of self-judgment, shame, burn-out
• Find balance through a value-driven lifestyle
• Learn Emotional Intelligence// get support regulating the N. S.
• Imagine more for themselves and society.