Embodied Therapies

31/12/2025

There’s a moment in every therapist’s journey when you realise you’re not just working with muscles anymore. You’re working with stories, the ones written into the body.

The SOMA Massage Method™ grew out of that realisation. It’s a blend of bodywork and nervous system awareness that helps release what words can’t reach.

29/12/2025

This year, I watched clients find their way home to themselves, often for the first time. It happened quietly, sometimes so subtly they only realised it afterwards, but that is the real miracle of The SOMA Massage Method™. When the body feels safe, it remembers who it is.

As the year closes, I am holding deep gratitude for every person who allowed me to walk alongside their healing. And next year, I will be teaching therapists how to create that same felt sense of safety in their own work, so more people can experience what it means to come back to themselves.

24/12/2025

This year reminded me, again, that healing isn’t something we perform. It’s something our bodies slowly agree to.

I learned that slowness is often the doorway in.
That tension carries its own intelligent story.
That presence, real, grounded presence, can shift more than any technique ever will.
And I learned that the body doesn’t open because we tell it to, it opens when it feels met.

This is the heart of The SOMA Massage Method.

We don’t rush.
We don’t override.
We listen, we follow, and we work with the body’s natural intelligence rather than against it.

If you’re exploring your own healing, or you’re a therapist ready for a gentler, deeper way of working, you’re welcome to ask any questions that are stirring.

19/12/2025

Relaxation feels good for an hour, but regulation changes how you live. A healthy nervous system is the cornerstone of resilience, and that is the true focus of The SOMA Massage Method™.

When you learn to listen to your body, you stop chasing moments of calm and start building real capacity. You begin to understand what your system needs, what overwhelms it, and what helps it soften.

Relaxation is temporary. Regulation is transformational. It is the difference between feeling better for a while and feeling supported from within.

15/12/2025

Burnout is not a personal failure. It is a message from your nervous system, letting you know it has been carrying more than it has capacity for.

We often assume burnout means we were not strong enough, organised enough, or resilient enough, but the truth is far simpler and far kinder. Burnout happens when the body has been in protection mode for too long, when we push through tiredness, ignore the tightening in our chest, or override the small signals asking us to slow down.

Your system does not collapse to punish you. It collapses to keep you safe. Burnout is not weakness, it is wisdom. It is your body calling you back, asking for safety, steadiness and a gentler pace.

When you begin to listen, healing becomes possible again.

13/12/2025

So many of us treat tension as background noise.

A tight shoulder here, a stiff neck there, the bits we stretch, rub, and move on from. But the body isn’t trying to annoy us, it’s trying to start a conversation.

Tension often forms when we’ve held too much for too long. Ignored signals become patterns. Patterns become pain. And pain becomes the story we think we have to live with.

The SOMA Massage Method ™ works differently.

It meets the body at the level where patterns are created, the slow, quiet place where your system decides what to hold and what it’s safe to let go of.

When we work this way, muscles don’t just “relax.”

The body rewires itself from the inside out.

If you’re curious about what your tension might be trying to say, or you’re a therapist wanting to work in a more attuned, body-led way, come and explore The SOMA Massage Method™

We start with listening. Not only with our ears but with our whole body.

11/12/2025

SOMA Massage is a powerful antidote to the hurriedness of life. This therapy offers a space where anxiety, stress, and overwhelm can dissolve, where you can simply be yourself, free from expectations.

05/12/2025

03/12/2025

So many of the signs we label as “stress” or “being too much in our heads” are actually our nervous systems asking for safety.

A shallow breath.
A restless mind.
A fast reaction that arrives before we do.

These aren’t failures or personality traits, they’re old protective patterns doing their best with what they know. When you catch one, try meeting it gently instead of correcting it.

Feel your feet.
Lengthen your exhale.
Give your body a moment to settle.

If you’re a therapist, these cues matter in your clients and in you. They shape the quality of presence you’re able to offer.

And if you’d like to explore nervous-system aware practice more deeply The Soma Massage Method™ is built on exactly this kind of attuned, body-led wisdom.

26/11/2025

Being human isn’t about constant doing, it’s about feeling, moving, and resting. Modern life distracts us from our true needs. Embodiment brings us back.

Follow for more support in coming home to yourself.



https://www.embodiedtherapies.co.uk/get-the-basics-of-being-human-right-and-get-your-life-right

24/11/2025

Self-love isn’t just about treats and time out.
It’s about self-awareness, knowing what you need and honouring it.

Watch the video to explore a deeper, more empowering definition of self-love.

Embracing all of you - the true essence of self love https://share.google/BTxThfoobGeiAW8x5

19/11/2025

Who’s running the show inside your mind, your critic or your inner parent?
Reparenting is the practice of choosing compassion over harshness.

Watch the video to start softening your inner world, one kind word at a time.

https://www.embodiedtherapies.co.uk/who-is-driving-the-bus-of-your-life-your-inner-parent-or-your-inner-critic