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Most of us have a running list of shoulds and supposed tos living within us... I should be more productive. I shouldn't feel this way. I'm supposed to have it more together by now. I'm not supposed to…

Most of us have a ru…

Most of us have a running list of shoulds and supposed tos living within us... I should be more productive. I shouldn't feel this way. I'm supposed to have it more together by now. I'm not supposed to struggle, or be vulnerable, or imperfect, or human. The pressure of it is immense. And even when we recognize it, we often can't seem to stop, because these shoulds and supposed tos don't just live in our conscious thoughts. They live much deeper than that, woven into our nervous systems, our bodies, and our subconscious experience. Quietly shaping what we believe we deserve, how we feel about ou…

Most of us know how much Sleep matters for our overall well-being, but we don't always think about how much the state we fall asleep in affects us. The quality of our sleep cycles, our dreaming, and h…

Most of us know how …

Most of us know how much sleep matters for our overall well-being, but we don't always think about how much the state we fall asleep in affects us. The quality of our sleep cycles, our dreaming, and how we wake up feeling the next morning are all shaped by what our nervous system is carrying when we close our eyes. In this Guided Sleep Meditation for Self-Love, you'll be led through gentle somatic practices designed to help your nervous system settle, and your heart soften as you drift off to sleep. You'll be invited to connect with a warm, healing quality of love and to cultivate that as a re…

Resourcing is a somatic practice where we intentionally connect with a felt sense of safety, support, calm, or joy in our bodies, in order to soothe ourselves and shift our nervous system state. And t…

Resourcing is a soma…

Resourcing is a somatic practice where we intentionally connect with a felt sense of safety, support, calm, or joy in our bodies, in order to soothe ourselves and shift our nervous system state. And the more we practice it, the more our nervous system learns that safety is possible. Each time we offer our bodies this experience, the Stress and threat responses in our brain and body are able to soften and quiet down, and over time, that capacity for regulation becomes something we can access more and more easily in our everyday lives. In this episode of Somatic Healing Meditations, I guide you …

In a world of overthinking and endless choices, the intelligence of your heart can be your truest compass. For thousands of years and across hundreds of cultures, the heart has been understood as the …

In a world of overth…

In a world of overthinking and endless choices, the intelligence of your heart can be your truest compass. For thousands of years and across hundreds of cultures, the heart has been understood as the seat of a deeper Wisdom and a source of inner knowing that goes beyond what the thinking mind can access on its own. And now science has confirmed it: there are intelligent, brain-like cells in your heart that form their own neural network, sending far more information up to the brain than the brain sends down to it. When we learn to listen to the intelligence of our hearts, our mental noise begin…

If you've ever noticed a sudden lift in your mood when sunlight hits a window just right, or felt something soften in your chest when a stranger smiles at you, that's a glimmer. And learning to notice…

If you've ever notic…

If you've ever noticed a sudden lift in your mood when sunlight hits a window just right, or felt something soften in your chest when a stranger smiles at you, that's a glimmer. And learning to notice these small moments is one of the simplest ways we can support our nervous systems and brighten our day. Glimmers are the opposite of triggers. They're small, everyday moments of beauty or felt goodness (like sunlight coming through a window, the softness of a sweater, the color of something lovely on your wall) that gently cue our nervous systems toward safety and ease. In this episode of Somati…

Emotional stress has a way of building up quietly … until it's not so quiet anymore. We may feel it as overwhelm, as thoughts that won't quiet down, as a bone-deep exhaustion, or as irritability and…

Emotional stress has…

Emotional stress has a way of building up quietly … until it's not so quiet anymore. We may feel it as overwhelm, as thoughts that won't quiet down, as a bone-deep exhaustion, or as irritability and reactivity that seem to come out of nowhere. Most of us are carrying more emotional stress than we realize, and we come by it honestly. We've been conditioned our whole lives to push our Emotions aside rather than actually feel them, and over time, that unprocessed emotion accumulates in the body as stress and tension. In this episode of Somatic Healing Meditations, I guide you through a somatic …

Instead of striving to be your best self or your highest self, what would it feel like to be your favorite self? This is one of my favorite meditations from the archives, and I'm bringing it back this…

Instead of striving …

Instead of striving to be your best self or your highest self, what would it feel like to be your favorite self? This is one of my favorite meditations from the archives, and I'm bringing it back this week because this question feels as alive and important as ever. Your favorite self is the most authentic and joyful version of you, defined entirely by your own values, desires, and passions. It's free from the pressures of perfection and societal expectations, and it belongs completely to you. In this episode of Somatic Healing Meditations, I guide you through a meditation to connect with your …

Your Mental Health walks are already so good for you. But what if they could take you even deeper, settling your nervous system, quieting your mind, and leaving you feeling more like yourself? In this…

Your mental Health w…

Your mental health walks are already so good for you. But what if they could take you even deeper, settling your nervous system, quieting your mind, and leaving you feeling more like yourself? In this episode, I share the benefits of bringing somatic mindfulness to your mental health walks and walk you through exactly how to do it. (No guided meditation in this one, just warm, practical teaching you can take straight outside with you.) In this episode of Somatic Healing Meditations, we explore why somatic mindfulness is so regulating, how it builds emotional resilience and interoceptive awaren…

Practicing compassionate self-acceptance is one of the most foundational things we can do for our healing. It helps us feel more grounded and peaceful, and over time, it creates a softer, safer, more …

Practicing compassio…

Practicing compassionate self-acceptance is one of the most foundational things we can do for our healing. It helps us feel more grounded and peaceful, and over time, it creates a softer, safer, more loving relationship with ourselves. When we practice this kind of inner warmth, we're creating an inner relationship where we don't have to perform or prove or hold ourselves to an impossible standard just to feel okay. And in that softness, we find the strength to actually heal. In this episode of Somatic Healing Meditations, I guide you through a gentle body scan meditation combined with iffirma…

A quick somatic check-in can be a simple way to come back to your body and feel what you’re feeling, so you can find more regulation, gain more emotional Clarity, and reconnect with yourself in a lo…

A quick somatic chec…

A quick somatic check-in can be a simple way to come back to your body and feel what you’re feeling, so you can find more regulation, gain more emotional clarity, and reconnect with yourself in a loving, supportive way. It’s easy to push through our busy lives without pausing long enough to check in with ourselves. But when we don’t tend to our feelings, they don’t just go away. They get held in the body and start to show up in other ways, like tension, inner agitation, or a low-level sense of overwhelm and exhaustion. Even a few minutes of attuned attention can begin to shift that, gi…

So many of us spend most of our lives stuck in our heads, disconnected from our bodies and a bit removed from what we’re actually feeling. Embodiment offers us a different way of relating to ourselv…

So many of us spend …

So many of us spend most of our lives stuck in our heads, disconnected from our bodies and a bit removed from what we’re actually feeling. Embodiment offers us a different way of relating to ourselves. When we begin to develop more embodied awareness, we’re able to go deeper in our healing. It gives us a way to regulate and to understand what’s really happening within, including what we actually need to heal. And over time, practicing this kind of embodiment begins to change our inner relationship. We start to feel more connected, more supported from within, and less alone in what we’r…

You can feel calm and regulated during a meditation… but then you open your eyes, go back into your day, and you’re swept into overwhelm and stress again. This is something I hear so often! And if…

You can feel calm an…

You can feel calm and regulated during a meditation… but then you open your eyes, go back into your day, and you’re swept into overwhelm and stress again. This is something I hear so often! And if you’ve experienced it, you’re not alone. It can feel confusing, even discouraging, to know your body is capable of feeling calm, and still not be able to access that same sense of regulation when you’re in the middle of real life. So what do you do in that moment, when you’re in the middle of your day, and your body starts to feel overwhelmed again? This is where somatic anchors come in. …