The tough go dancing It was a crazy year. Yay, you made it! It’s over! I’m celebrating my 9th year leading Embodiment Professionals Mastermind Groups, and every year we have a little ritual where we ask each other: What was your most regenerative investment of time in 2025? This is looking at energy and time, … Read more
Dear therapists, are you feeling a cloud of doom hovering over your head? You are not crazy. Authoritarianism is not on the horizon, it’s here and now, and amidst the poly-crises we face, it’s adding a huge weight of despair to everything. If you are a sensitive, caring therapist, you may be feeling it’s effects/affects … Read more
The power of enjoying sound Is it possible to improve your hearing? Maybe. But first try caring for your auditory system in four important ways: Hearing loss and tinnitus can be very distressing. And so can sound pollution. I wish we didn’t have to accept any of these things, but the only place to start … Read more
Maybe you can… but first, approach carefully, like you would a wild animal in the forest. Having a basic understanding of your nervous system is really important. However, control or regulate are not my favorite words to describe a beneficial engagement with it. Understanding and engagement are not necessarily regulation or control. The uncontrollable (autonomic) … Read more
Core support can be much easier than you think. Core support is important because it protects all the joints in your body – especially the more delicate ones in your limbs that are more prone to injury. Beneficial core support, however, does not stiffen your torso, compress your organ spaces, or make breathing difficult. Rotational … Read more
An Alexander Technique based somatic practice Compassion has been on my bodymind lately. As a buddhist, I have found that sitting zazen seems to cultivate compassion. It arises on it’s own, sometimes when I don’t want it to. Depending on context, there is always someone folks don’t want you to have compassion for, yet it … Read more
Why they are good for you, your business, and your clients Are you a somapreneur struggling with a massive to-do list, and less available time to do anything? Perhaps you are working a part time job while starting a new business. Perchance you have been in business for years, but you want to spend some … Read more
When words escape us, it’s time to fall down on the ground and rest. Anyone that has any sense of empathy, morality, and ethics may be feeling broken right now. What can we do, as therapists and healers, when sanity feels crazy? Words escape us for a reason, and it’s OK to not have answers. … Read more
A conversation with somatic therapist Jamie McHugh What is a “somatic practice,” why should you have one, and if you do have one how can you integrate it into daily life? Somatic practices are, in a broad sense, any practice during which you have the safety, space and time to feel sensation in your body … Read more
An interview with Alison Taylor, Gestalt Psychotherapist and Alexander Technique teacher While the world gets increasingly stressed out, those of us who are lucky enough to have found a good therapist, and are well resourced enough to continue working with them, count our blessings. This blessed relationship sometimes makes the difference between things falling apart … Read more