Somatic Coaching: working with the mind/body connection to move through trauma, sadness, anger and stuckness
Welcome
The world can sometimes feel like a difficult place.
I may be able to help if:
- you feel that if you ‘went there’ you wouldn’t be able to get the lid back on the can of worms
- you are repeating patterns that aren’t bringing you happiness
- you feel stuck in some way
- you feel suicidal but don’t feel you can tell anyone close to you
- you have some old trauma that’s hanging around and impeding the quality of your life
- you are feeling anxious or depressed
- talking therapy alone doesn’t feel as though it’s getting to the root of what’s bothering you
- you need strategies for feeling grounded and safe
- you just need to offload about something that’s going on for you
‘Sessions with Kim have had a profound effect on my life. This has been an immeasurably healing process. Thank you, Kim, for helping those of us who have been struggling on for years’. JC
What is Somatic Coaching?
Somatic Coaching is a way to help us to drop into the body and discover its wisdom.
We get the opportunity to restore the mind/body connection which may have been disrupted at some point in our lives as a coping mechanism to keep us safe. It gently encourages us to return to the body and to find ways to release stored tension, trauma and pain in a way that will make sure we feel heard and safe.
We do this by using somatic inquiry techniques (designed to bring us to the heart of the matter in a direct way) and then bringing attention to the body and mind and to the stories that may need telling and the feelings that may need releasing.
“What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.”
Brené Brown
Feeling our Feelings
Many of us stopped accessing certain feelings when we found ourselves in situations that were really stressful, frightening or distressing in some way. Especially if there wasn’t someone around at the time who could help us through the process of feeling those difficult feelings by really hearing us and helping us to feel safe, and by shepherding us through whatever difficult situation we found ourselves in. We learned – unconsciously in most cases – that it’s better to shut the feelings down and not have to deal with them at all rather than be overwhelmed by the power and intensity of them (it really can feel like impending death to a young mind).
It may have been a great coping mechanism back then, and it got us to where we are today – but now it might be clear that closing down isn’t working, doesn’t serve your best interests, and is impeding you from fully living your life.
I can help you to slowly and safely open back up and allow those difficult feelings a way through that doesn’t feel overwhelming.
‘Kim has a gift for making you feel heard and understood. She is warm and empathetic and I have really enjoyed our sessions together. I always feel lighter after speaking to her’. LP
Taking Back Control
The techniques can be learned so that you can take control of your own healing journey without needing sessions for years and years. My job is to make myself redundant!
It’s amazing how much more energy we can start to experience when we begin to loosen old patterning.
Contact me and we can have a chat at no cost.
What to Expect
When we first work together we’ll lay the groundwork for all future sessions – by finding a way for you to feel safe enough to proceed. It’s important not to underestimate how necessary that is, especially for those of us who’ve lived through significant trauma – we need to feel safe enough to explore difficult feelings.
Once those feelings of safety have been identified we’ll use techniques to gently uncover what we’re holding on to in our minds and in our bodies that are keeping us back in some way. We don’t set an agenda, we see what unfolds and work with what turns up. Sometimes there is something obvious that wants to be looked at and sometimes it’s more of a sense of unease that wants exploring and other times it’s something else completely!
We always make time for and really honour resistance when it turns up – it’s been doing a great job of keeping you safe for so many years – and we don’t ever push past it. We invite gentle curiosity to see what’s really going on and then we go from there. The resistance is there for a reason, after all. We always go at a pace that suits you and your body.
When we do the work of resolving trauma we become more resilient
Aimee Rai
Costs
Sessions are between 50 mins and 70 mins.
Online:
Mon – Fri, 8.30am – 5pm: £50
4 sessions: £160
Evenings (5pm – 8pm) and weekends: £60
4 sessions: £200
In person:
Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm: £55
4 sessions: £180
In person evening and weekend prices are available upon request.
Use the contact form below to get in touch. The initial chat is free!
‘I feel so privileged to have one to one time with Kim to gently explore those hidden things that shape me. The impact of the sessions is powerful, Kim is an exceptional, skillful human’ KD
About Me
I’m Kim and I’m a certified Kiloby Inquiries facilitator (a trauma-informed somatic mindful enquiry approach) which gently takes us into the body to unearth places of unease and stuckness.
I have been teaching Zen meditation for over 15 years and self compassion techniques for 9 years. I’m a certified forest therapist, currently training as an outdoor adventure therapist and as a breathworks coach.
But my greatest qualification in offering one to ones is that I’m a human being who’s had some significant life experiences – some good and some really not so good. I have walked this walk.
As a result of my own experiences in dealing with addiction and trauma I started www.serenityretreat.co.uk in 2010, running retreats in Greece, then the UK and finally Morocco, to give solo travellers the opportunity to rest, breathe and to check in and become familiar with their mind/body connection.
Consequently, I have been able to hold a safe space, listen with great care, and help people find more ease, for over 15 years.
Based in Marske by the Sea on the beautiful North Yorkshire coast.
Fully insured and with an enhanced DBS.
I look forward to hearing from you when you’re ready.
Contact Me
If you have any questions or want to book a discovery call.
“To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear.”
Stephen Levine