Mindful Somatic Wellness

09/01/2025

✨ Meditation has a PR problem.
Empty your mind? Sit perfectly still? Chase bliss? 🙄 Nope.

That’s not how real nervous systems work.

I’m not here to sell you a 5-step hack to enlightenment. I’m here to show you Mindful Somatic Meditation™—a trauma-informed, body-centered practice that actually works with you (not against you).

🌿 Sometimes meditation means moving with your breath.
🌿 Sometimes it means settling into stillness.
🌿 Always—it means safety first.

If you’ve ever felt weird, anxious, or even disconnected after meditation or breathwork… it wasn’t you. It was the container.

I’m offering something different. Safer. Smarter. Somatic.

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08/26/2025

08/06/2025

08/06/2025

“If we could think our way out of anxiety or depression, we would never be in it.” – Stacey Madden
What if these aren’t flaws to fix—but signals from your nervous system asking to be heard, felt and moved?

This 8-week online course is a nervous system reorganization practice that weaves together movement, awareness, sound, somatic parts work, written reflection, and safe community to support emotional regulation, self-understanding, and embodied presence.

✨ Mindful Somatic Wellness for Anxiety & Depression
📅 Mondays · 7–8:30pm MT · Online
🎥 Zoom + Recordings + Reflection Journal
💸 Sliding scale: $180–$320 CAD

We won’t try to override your experience. We’ll meet it—with breath, movement, and compassionate curiosity.

You’ll learn to:
💧 Shift internal states using movement and sound
💧 Reconnect with your body’s truth
💧 Cultivate emotional capacity and regulation
💧 Use writing to support integration
💧 Show up with presence—especially when things get hard

Facilitated by Stacey Madden (), Certified Somatic Educator & Trauma-Informed Practitioner.

🌱 No experience needed. Just bring your body, your breath, and your honesty.

🖥️ Link in bio to register.

08/04/2025

Mindset Without Embodiment is Just Performance

Here’s the truth no one wants to say: If we could think our way out of trauma, overwhelm, or depression none of us would never experience it! But let’s be honest: Telling the mind new stories is still just the mind talking to itself. It doesn’t reorganize a braced body. It doesn’t melt chron...

07/19/2025

Today’s the day! 🌿✨
Embodying the Feminine Spine is happening and I couldn’t be more excited. We’ll be gathering outdoors, held by the beauty of the land, the sun on our skin, the breeze in our breath, and the deep intelligence of our spines.

This is a day to soften, to move, to feel what’s been held… and maybe, just maybe, to let a little of it go.
To unwind patterns that aren’t ours.
To root into what is.
To remember the power and wisdom of our back body.

Can’t wait to see those of you joining. You’ll get what you need. You always do. 💛

07/11/2025

🌿 EMBODYING THE FEMININE SPINE 🌿
A Day Retreat in Nature with Stacey Madden
🗓️ Saturday, July 19 | 10AM–4PM
📍 Outdoors in a central Calgary garden

✨ In a world that celebrates doing, we’ll explore the quiet wisdom of being—through the soft curves and deep current of the spine.

This day-long retreat is an invitation to gently turn toward your back body—where so much is carried, hidden, or held for others. Through gentle movement, somatic rest, breath, and touch, we’ll reconnect with the fluid, expressive, intuitive nature of the spine.

💫 Expect:
• Somatic movement & self-listening
• Restorative pauses & creative reflection
• Breath + touch practices to unwind bracing and shame
• A trauma-informed pace that honours your rhythms

🌺 For helpers, feelers, caregivers, overfunctioners, therapists & seekers longing to feel supported from within.
Open to all bodies, all genders, all levels of experience.

💸 Sliding Scale Pricing:
🌱 Supported $95 | 🌿 Sustainer $150 | 🌺 Supporter $175
Karma spots available for those in need—just reach out.

🎟️ Register now via the [link in bio] or mindfulsomaticwellness.com
Let your spine remember what it’s like to be held.

07/11/2025

I was on a podcast!! Trevor, Michael and I had such a rich and wonderful conversation. Give it a listen listen!

NEW EPISODE!!!

So What? Exploring Big Ideas and Why They Matter

Welcome to Episode 6 of ‘So What’ as Stacey Madden joins Michael and Trevor as they explore the big idea Somatics.

Find the YouTube Video Here: https://youtu.be/O_nfotOAm3Q
Find the Podcast Here: https://officexs.podbean.com/e/episode-6-featuring-stacey-madden-and-somatics/

Stacey Madden is the founder of Mindful Somatic Wellness and a certified Somatic Movement Educator and Mind Body Therapist. She specializes in helping people reconnect with their bodies, emotions, and nervous systems through curiosity and compassion—not correction. Stacey brings a grounded, trauma-informed approach to everything she does, from one-on-one sessions to international workshops. She had a blast joining So What? to talk all things somatics, nervous system care, and the magic of moving at the speed of trust.

If you enjoy this episode, please like it, subscribe, consider rating it, and sharing it with family and friends. This podcast can also be found on Podbean, Spotify, Apple, and other platforms.

Thanks to Jim for production and Rebekah for the voice behind the scenes.

This podcast is produced by McKillop; Living Sacred Relationships.

Mindful Somatic Wellness