Sharon Smith-Carter Movement

12/16/2025

Somatic movement isn’t about doing more or moving harder.

It’s about slowing down enough for the nervous system to sense, respond, and learn.

That’s why the pace matters.
And that’s why this is learning — not training.

12/11/2025

December has a way of pulling us off-centre — sometimes literally.
Somatic movement helps ease those one-sided patterns and bring things back toward centre, especially in a season that asks a lot of our bodies.

A gentle reminder for the weeks ahead. 🎄

If you’re nodding along… my classes open again in January. www.sharonsmithcarter.ca/winter2026

12/09/2025

Anne Lamott’s quote makes me laugh — her humour mixed with the truth.
But here’s the thing: in my Writing Circle , we honour the Amherst Writers & Artists essential practice of treating everything as fiction, whether it comes from memory or imagination. We stay with the writing itself, not the writer behind it.

"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." Anne Lamott

12/07/2025

Any of this ring a bell?

Trauma Reflex is a one-sided protective pattern learned by the nervous system — the kind that shows up when you’ve hurt your foot, knee, or hip and start unconsciously shifting and accommodating.

With clinical somatic work, you can soften that pattern so your movement feels more organized again.

12/05/2025

n 2015, I spent nine months living with vertigo.
Down Dog? Cat/Cow? Anything on the floor?
My body said absolutely NOT.

But I could stand on one foot.

So I leaned into balance poses — practicing and teaching them — because they were the one thing my body could do without a spin-out.
Over time, it shifted my focus, gave me hope, improved my balance-ability, and nudged me to get clearer with my words when demonstrating was on pause.

Balance work didn’t just keep me sane.
It kept me teaching.
And it reminded me that movement adapts, even when life doesn’t.

What’s ONE thing your body CAN do today? 👇

12/05/2025

"The snow did not even whisper its arrival." Emily Dickinson

Sharing a little year-end update and what’s coming in 2026.

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12/04/2025

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✨ Join Us for Late Night Holiday Shopping in Lindsay Downtown! ✨
Friday, December 5 • 5PM – 9PM
Enjoy pop-up shops, exclusive promotions, festive giveaways, and plenty of holiday cheer! 🎄

12/03/2025

Independence isn’t a shape — it’s awareness.
Somatic education gives you the tools to sense, choose, and move with clarity.

“…somatic education is education for independence.” — Thomas Hanna

12/01/2025

Recognize yourself here?

Red Light Reflex is your nervous system moving into startle/protection mode.

With clinical somatic work (in the tradition of Thomas Hanna), awareness is the first step toward easing that pattern and finding a bit more comfort.

12/01/2025

As we step into December, I’m holding onto this reminder to look up — even on the days that ask a bit more of us.
Here’s to a month of pausing, breathing, and staying present.

“Good morning, happy first day of December. Keep looking up. That’s the secret of life.”— Charles M. Schulz

11/30/2025

That blank page feeling… equal parts ugh and possibility.
Even Atwood starts here.
What’s calling you to begin?

"It’s the same blank page with nothing on it. Everybody has that page, and everybody has that moment of having to begin. " Margaret Atwood.

11/27/2025

Most of my best work happens on the floor.