be easy.
take your time.
you are coming
home.
to yourself.

– the becoming | wing
by nayyirah waheed

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“This felt like spiritual massage!“
– A.M.

“Regan’s approach to Somatics has shown me how important the mind-body connection is when trying to heal from unresolved traumas. As a person with a physical disability, I constantly struggle with my relationship to the world around me. Regan’s understanding of how our bodies can both confine and reveal our experiences and emotions has set me on a path of awareness and discovery long hidden by my own shadow. Her coaching, body-centered techniques, and guided practices have cultivated a new found image, love, and respect for the body that dances with my spirit.” – M.A.

Individual Somatic Coaching with Regan

“Regan has a very gentle, kind way of coaching. I highly recommend working with her.” – L.S.

“Regan’s somatic coaching made flowers bloom amidst my challenges and anxieties. Her inner joy and guidance towards body-knowing gave me a lasting gift of self-awareness and inner strength.” – M.M.

“I feel very fortunate to have been coached by Regan on Somatics. I was raised to dismiss my needs and true feelings and Regan taught me practices that help me understand and become more attuned to who I am and how I want to be in the world; to draw healthier boundaries and take them further than I might do without these teachings.”  – L.S.

Somatics offers a pragmatic path towards embodied, sustainable change. Coaching offers space for deep exploration into your longings, dreams, embodied patterns, current “shape” and obstacles. As a coach, my goal is to offer a warm, compassionate space to support you in fostering a more loving relationship with your whole self. Somatics supports coming home to your body and your full aliveness, finding a deep connection to your inherent dignity and the inherent dignity of all life, and building the foundation to be able to achieve your personal, professional and collective goals.

My approach  is not to “fix,” treat or pathologize you or parts of you. Instead, we focus on where you would like to be in your life, what you are most longing for, how you would like to be showing up in the world, and what in your current “shape” might be getting in your way. We explore what patterns are currently embodied and how or if those are serving you and what other options you might want to start to cultivate. From there, we use practical somatic practices to build new embodied skills and competencies to help move you forward, towards your own “embodied transformation.” What we mean by “embodied transformation” is when your actions align more and more with your vision and values, even under the same old pressures. Be sure to check out the “About Somatics” page for a more in-depth explanation of somatics.


i found god in myself
and i loved her/
i loved her fiercely

– Ntozake Shange

The Church says: the body is a sin.
Science says: the body is a machine.
Advertising says: the body is a business.
The Body says: I am a fiesta.

– Eduardo Galeano

FAQs

What kind of issues or conditions can somatic coaching help with?

Here are a few possible goals for coaching, but the sky is the limit as to what people focus on in coaching, so please view this as just naming a few possibilities of many:

  • show up more powerfully in your work, art or organizing
  • feel more confident in your self, at work & in relationships
  • heal from impostor syndrome
  • create a more positive relationship with your body
  • find deeper purpose in life
  • deepen your sense of resilience or joy to be better able to navigate life’s challenges
  • access and express a wider range of emotions
  • feel more present and alive in yourself
  • feel more present, authentic and connected in your relationships
  • feel more at ease in your body
  • express your creativity and voice
  • feel more comfortable setting boundaries, making centered requests, declines, etc.

What are you longing for? 

What can I expect in a coaching session?

We start with a free 30 minute discovery call to get to know each other a bit, to answer any questions you might have, and get a feel if we are a good match for coaching.

Sessions are 60 minute/each via Zoom. I work in 10-session arcs, focusing on 1-3 goals for each arc.  In the first session, we generally do a deep dive into your dreams and longings for a desired future self, as well as what you’re seeing as your main obstacles and, together, define 1-3 primary goals for our work together for the first 10 sessions.

Sessions are client-led/generated. As a somatics coach, my role is as ally/partner, supporting you on your journey towards a desired future (aka embodied transformation). Within the general scope of the goals we outline in our first call, I will open each session asking you what you would like to focus on in that particular session. It can be helpful to spend a little time before sessions reflecting on what material you’d like to dive into that day that connects to your overarching goals. I aim to hold a compassionate container for you to explore within and, as appropriate, offer suggestions on how we might engage or work with a particular topic or content, drawing on my somatic lens and training in different somatic methodologies. This might include deeper processes of getting to know how old habituated patterns work in your body or trying on new practices to make available new embodied options. 

Consent is my top priority: If anything is ever not feeling right or is confusing in a session, I welcome you to let me know and we can change directions or pause and clarify.

How much does coaching cost?

$95/session. I currently offer a 10-session package for $850. Payment plans are available. 

After our first session, I ask that clients commit to 10 sessions at a time, to be completed within five months. I prefer to meet weekly or every two weeks, if at all possible. I find this rhythm is critical in being able to truly deepen in the work and to get the most benefit from our time together. 

I offer a sliding scale for people who identify as disabled/chronically ill, low-income and/or BIPOC. Please email me at regan@welcomehomesomatics.com for more information. 

Somatic coaching might be a good match for you if...
  • if you are looking for a more embodied approach to healing and transformation and
  • are willing to dig deep to build an awareness of the patterned behaviors that have shaped you
  • willing to try out somatic/body-based practices during sessions and daily at home, in between our sessions. I can’t stress this piece enough! (Note: we can adapt all practices to work for your body.)
  • have a sense of where you’d like to be and yet are feeling stuck in some way.
Somatic coaching is not a good fit if...

…if you’re currently in crisis or struggling with depression, anxiety, or another mental health diagnosis and would benefit from a specific kind of care and expertise that addresses these experiences directly. It’s also not a great fit if you’re mostly looking for a talk-based therapist. ***While somatics work can delve deep and be incredibly transformative, please note: I’m not a therapist and this is not psychotherapy. Though if you’re working with a therapist, coaching often works very well in tandem.***

Who do I work with?

Anyone with a genuine desire for embodied transformation! In our discovery call, in addition to answering any questions you might have, it’s a good time for each of us to get a gut feel of whether we would work well together. I’ve tried to give an honest reflection of who I am and what I’m about on this website. If after reading my “About me” page, you feel a resonance, please reach out and let’s book a discovery call.

I’m particularly interested to work with women, transgender, queer and genderqueer/nonbinary people who:

— are filmmakers, organizers, artists, activists and educators,
— working for racial, disability, economic, environmental and/or climate justice
— are living with invisible disabilities/chronic illness, migraines, chronic pain, or other disabilities
— identify as fat, plus-size, larger-bodied, higher-weight (whatever terms works for you!) and are interested in feeling more ease, joy, empowered, and access to dignity in your body
— white folks who are actively engaged in unlearning white supremacy and/or engaged in antiracist work in other ways
— people who don’t fit neatly into boxes when it comes to gender or sexuality
— introverts, shy folks, people pleasers, and “highly sensitive” people are very welcome!

 

Where can I learn more about somatics?

Be sure to visit my About Somatics page for an overview of the methodology.
You can watch a short video overview  with one of my teachers, Staci Haines, explaining the Strozzi approach to Somatic Transformation.
 For more on the methodolofy, this offers an excellent overview about “What is Somatics?” here. 

Check out my Resources page for loads more! (Coming soon!)

A note on access

My intention is to make individual coaching and group calls as accessible as possible. What this means currently is all calls happen on Zoom with the live transcript and caption options enabled. I’m happy to provide audio recordings of any written materials that we may use or written recordings of any audio files that I may offer. We can adapt all somatic practices for your body, including using somatic imagination for practices that might not be available to your body at this time. I welcome and encourage feedback on what would best support your experience.