Somatic Coaching and Ritual Baking

I work with people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck in uncomfortable patterns and experiencing ongoing stress. I support clients in understanding their bodies by offering tools, resources and practices to develop self trust, increase capacity to be present and thrive in new ways.

HOW I WORK

I have been offering somatic work one-on-one and in groups for over 10 years. The foundation of my practice is in supporting people to understand their bodies, emotions and experiences in new and powerful ways. I share tools, resources and practices with clients that are accessible and interesting and bring new perspectives. I work from a place of curiosity, presence and joy with my clients- I have seen so many people transform in profound ways when they are given the space and tools to listen to their bodies. I am honored to get to witness and support people in their learning.

One aspect of my work is Somatic Experiencing, which is a modality that explores the physical ways our body processes and heals from trauma and other challenging experiences. Also integral to my framework is an understanding that our physical and emotional bodies are shaped by our cultures, family lineages and the systems of oppression within and around us.

I offer tools and resources to accompany people on their journeys to understanding and trusting the unique language of their bodies.

OFFERINGS

I offer one-on-one sessions, online and in person in Northampton, MA. My work can be short term over a few sessions or used as a longer term resource for people over many years in their embodied learning and growth. I also offer educational workshops in addition to small group facilitation to support team building. Please reach out if you are interested in more information about working together.

MY WORK HAS HELPED PEOPLE:

  • Develop clarity on important life decisions

  • Increase overall sense of ease in the body and decrease in anxiety

  • Move through places of repetitive ‘stuckness’ and addictive patterns

  • Awaken access to joy and experiences of delight 

  • Increase capacity to be with difficult experiences and emotions 

  • Cultivate and stay connected to a sense of self-trust and presence

  • Understand identities of privilege and develop clarity around showing up as an accomplice in social justice movements

  • Strengthen self-trust for people who hold non-dominant/marginalized identities

  • Tend to and move through experiences of grief and loss both individual and collective

  • Discover possibilities around career change and living in alignment with one’s path or purpose

  • Identify energies that are no longer serving and support to release them

  • Uncover gifts connected to experiences of energetic sensitivity

  • Find and cultivate threads of ancestral connection and guidance

HOW I RELATE TO THIS WORK

I believe our embodied experiences are not separate from what happens around us collectively and historically. While holding this lens, I have found that deep attunement and attention to our bodies can offer us space for new experiences to emerge.

My work is in service of increasing our capacity as individuals and communities to be present with what is unfolding collectively during this time- climate collapse, late stage capitalism, state sanctioned violence and systemic racism - and more - while supporting growing expressions and capacity for visioning and living into new possibilities. As Vanessa Andreotti says, “to make new mistakes.”

I believe in the power of one-on-one healing spaces as a piece of broader collective work. I approach this work humbly, in ongoing learning and aim to be just one piece of the web.