Somatic Movement Therapy
One to One Sessions
Somatic movement practice is a body-based approach to wellbeing which helps people connect with their physical sensations and emotions, as well as learning how to manage them more effectively and creatively. Rather than rigid exercises or specific physical goals, it helps restore the natural connection of body and mind, boosting and benefiting physical, emotional and mental health for life.
Attending to our bodies can free up the mind, bring about possibilities for change and most importantly it can instil a sense of safety and connection to ourself and others.
Please contact me to discuss your needs.
Individual Somatic Movement Therapy Sessions
Duration: 70mins
Fee: £65
Location: In-person from my garden studio in Morecambe.
About the Sessions
During a one to one session, we learn how breath, movement and feelings express and live in us. We notice that certain habitual patterns and behaviours which developed as coping or survival methods may no longer be healthy or serve us.
My work is informed by dance, integrative bodywork, movement therapy and traumatic stress studies, and can be helpful for anyone struggling with anxiety, depression, chronic pain or stress, as well as for those seeking rest, peace and a greater self-awareness or a deeper connection with their body.
One-to-one sessions:
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Focus on specific body areas, emotions or challenges
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Address old or underlying injuries and limitations
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Use adaptable movements, stretches, breath or relaxation exercises tailored to you
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Provide a comfortable, confidential safe space for dealing with historic trauma
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Are safe and welcoming for conditions including physical limitations, autism, ADHD and social anxiety
During your session we will:
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Identify what you are arriving with – your energy levels and your feeling
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Sensitively develop your capacity for receptivity through rest and relaxation
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Extend your curiosity to notice what's happening in-the-moment on somatic levels (sensations, movements, thoughts, images) and to link your emotions and imagination to physiology
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Reflect through speaking, artwork and moving, connecting to your life stories and working through more intuitive and instinctual ways of being
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Use activities which support sensory perception, movement and rest (self-sensing, self-moving)
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Work with image, metaphor and experiential awareness towards anatomy and physiology
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Use touch and bodywork where appropriate
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Look at information about how the body is affected by stress, and regulatory support of the autonomic nervous system
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Discover the potential for the presence of emotion, memory and dream
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Invite personal reflection
A course of one-on-one sessions can be ideal for dealing with a specific issue, chronic pain management and reduction, building resilience to move positively through challenging life episodes, and much more. Sessions are built around convenient times to suit you.
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Testimonials - Somatic Movement Therapy
