The Power of Somatic Healing: How Somatic Movement Changed the Way I Move, Create and Live
My somatic healing journey started by diving deeper into my movement practice, which happened to be Pilates. This is where I began to notice the more I tried to identify what I was feeling and where, the more I started seeing efficiency in my Pilates practice as well as in my life outside of the studio. I began to feel more rejuvenated, focused, centered, grounded, calm – all the things I needed to take with me on my day in this crazy world. I was able to find these sensations within myself, with the assistance of movement and breath. This daily practice became less and less about moving through the method of Pilates and more and more about moving to meet and know myself. I was given this beautifully curated apparatus, the reformer. The support and leverage I found while moving with this machine allowed me to find a safety in movement that I didn’t previously know existed, a safety in my own body that had never been provided to me by other forms of exercise.
This experience is what led me to connect with Katie. That led to our collaboration in this venture that is S.H.I.F.T. (Somatic Healing thru Intuitive Functional Training). We realized our commonality was this concept of practicing and living somatic. The way we were experiencing movement and how we were coaching our clients though movement, was somatic.
This somatic approach to an already inviting modality of movement was what brought me to my biggest place of inner peace. Feeling like I have the agency and the data to know what my body (and mind) needs on a day-to-day basis is what allows me to stay at peace, centered and aligned enough to do things, create things, share things that I might not otherwise be able to. Somatic practices have provided me with the self confidence, peace and knowledge to be here, ready to share this profound yet humble creation that Katie and I have built together, in hopes to share the wealth that is the S.H.I.F.T. System.
The somatic approach is a holistic one that focuses on the bodymind connection. It is tapping into your innate wisdom to release tension, cultivate your own sensation of inter-connectedness and confidence.
