Somatic Coaching, with a focus on shadow work, is a practice based on the inspiring work of masters and creators like Carl Jung, Susan McConnell, Joseph Campbell, Dr. Peter Levine, the Hakomi Institute, Neo-Emotional Release practitioners, David Manning, and many more. It is based on the idea that we hold emotions, traumas, and experiences in our bodies ("soma"). As time passes, those stuck experiences form a snapshot of your psyche, at the time of those experiences. In addition to the actual imprisoned energy that have been embedded in our tissues, we can also have old beliefs and thoughts that originate from a persona that represents who you were at the time the energy got trapped.

      When engaging with Somatic Coaching, we can learn how to generate a deeply peaceful space within ourselves that becomes a place of respite in our own bodily experience. It can involve a deep form of Shadow Work that involves somatic movement, body awareness, parts work, guided meditations, Reiki/energy healing, and spellcraft (for clients interested in the magickal route). Unearthing outdated personas (archetypes) can be an intensely moving but intimidating process (with old thoughts come old emotions, after all). Diving into the unconscious desires of your Shadow and the body, as well as the old versions of you that might persist there, isn't a journey to be taken lightly. However, it is one to take lovingly.

      This is when it becomes important to have a guide, coach, or therapist with you during the process. By allowing your journey to occur within the space held by a facilitator, you intentionally make room for processing these experiences and feelings. And allowing someone to witness your journey can be life-changing, on its own. When we combine this with awareness practices, movement analysis, and energy healing, true transformation becomes a simple matter of finding a direction and stepping forward.