Gloria de Gast . Holistic Trainer & Practitioner

25/04/2026

Can birth be pleasurable? Ecstatic? Even healing?

In this deeply honest conversation, Valentina interviews me about my home birth experience — a birth that was powerful, peaceful, deeply embodied… and yes, pleasurable.

For years I hesitated to share this story because I never wanted women who experienced difficult births, interventions, miscarriages, or C-sections to feel shame.

This episode is not about perfection.
It is about possibility.

We explore:

✨ why modern birth has become so fear-based
✨ how the nervous system impacts labor
✨ why resistance creates pain
✨ the role of safety, hormones, and environment in birth
✨ my experience of a 4.5-hour ecstatic water birth
✨ healing birth trauma
✨ why difficult births are not failures
✨ how mothers can reclaim trust in their bodies

We also speak about miscarriage, medical separation after birth, ancestral trauma, and why nothing is ever truly lost.

Birth is an initiation.
And every initiation asks the same question:

Can you surrender the mind and trust the body?

If your birth experience was difficult, please hear this clearly:

There is no shame.
There is no failure.
There is no mistake.

Your story still matters.

What If Birth Could Feel Like Power Instead of Pain

10/04/2026

Sometimes the most meaningful shifts happen in stillness. 🤍
When there’s no pressure to figure things out or make something happen, the body begins to unwind in its own way.

Breath softens, space opens, and there’s a quiet sense of being supported from within.
Not because something was solved but because you were finally met with presence. ✨

This is the kind of space I hold in Somatic Integration sessions.

08/04/2026

What if “too much” was never the problem?

What if it was simply too much… alone?

Many women have learned to reduce themselves in order to feel safe.

But the body does not need to be reduced.

It needs to be met.

07/04/2026

It’s not about getting it right all the time. It’s about coming back. 🤍
The small moments of pausing, listening, and staying connected matter more than perfection ever could.

Motherhood often reflects this truth so clearly… and so does the way we learn to care for ourselves.

Because the way we were responded to early on becomes the way we respond within. ✨

06/04/2026

Many women are not used to feeling safe in their body.

Not because something is wrong —
but because the system has adapted to constant activation.

Learning to recognize even small moments of safety
is part of the integration process.

03/04/2026

A space where you don’t have to rush, fix, or perform. 🤍

These 1:1 Somatic Integration sessions are designed to meet you exactly where you are gently, relationally, and at the pace your nervous system needs.

If this approach resonates, you’re welcome to begin with a free orientation call. ✨
More details are available through the website.

01/04/2026

Healing isn’t something we can force. 🤍

So many women have learned to push, strive, and “fix” themselve but the nervous system doesn’t respond to pressure, it responds to safety.

What if nothing within you is broken?
Real integration happens slowly, in spaces where you are truly met, not rushed. ✨

31/03/2026

One of the most powerful things a parent can offer isn’t perfection. It’s steadiness. 🤍

The ability to stay present, to listen, and to regulate in the moment shapes how safe a child feels in the world.

And as adults, this same practice becomes the way we learn to care for ourselves with more patience and awareness. ✨

30/03/2026

In difficult moments, support doesn’t always mean fixing or advising. 🤍

Often, what women truly need is to feel seen, heard, and held in presence without pressure to be okay or “stay positive.”

Because when we are genuinely met with patience and understanding, the nervous system softens and healing can begin. ✨

27/03/2026

For generations, boys were taught to hide their emotions and “stay strong.” But real strength looks different. 💭

When fathers allow themselves to feel, express, and be vulnerable, they show their children that emotions are safe not something to suppress.

This is how patterns begin to shift and how a healthier, more connected generation is raised. 🤍

25/03/2026

Many women have learned to override their body signals.

But the nervous system communicates constantly.

Learning to listen is the first step toward deeper integration.

24/03/2026

Many women have learned to work on themselves.
But healing is not always about doing more.
Sometimes the deepest shift happens when we are finally met with patience and presence.
This is the foundation of the work I offer through Somatic Integration sessions for women.
If you feel resonance, you are welcome to explore my website.