Somatic Bliss, 8600, Lagos (2026)

14/05/2026

Regulation develops through repetition and consistency. Small, regular practices can support your system in becoming more familiar with settling and rebalancing. Over time this can build nervous system resilience.

Humming is a simple practice that combines breath, sound, and vibration. These elements may engage pathways in the body related to calming and social connection.

The vibration created during humming can be felt in the throat and chest. Bringing attention to these sensations can deepen the effect of the practice.

Short, frequent moments of practice often integrate more easily into daily life. Over time, they can contribute to a more stable baseline.

Note: individual responses may vary. Some people experience a sense of ease, while others may feel discomfort or self-consciousness. Your response offers useful information about what feels supportive. Choose a practice that works for you.

If you have throat, respiratory, or related health concerns, consult with your healthcare provider before beginning. Keep the practice gentle and adaptable.

If you'd like a personalised approach to your nervous system regulation - I am here to support you. DM to schedule a free 20min discovery call with me.
Warmly,
Jurga Bliss

07/05/2026

The fight or flight state involves increased energy in the body. You may notice tension, restlessness, urgency, or irritability as your system prepares for action.

When that energy has no outlet, it can build and feel overwhelming. Movement-based practices can provide a safe, structured way to engage with that activation to work with it without getting overpowered by it.

Exercises such as pushing against a wall recruit the muscles involved in protective responses. When done slowly and with awareness, this can support the body in working through stored activation.

Pay attention to sensations as you push. Notice the engagement in your muscles and the release that follows. Short, repeated efforts are often more effective than pushing too far or trying calming practices too soon when you're agitated.

For some individuals, particularly those with trauma histories, these exercises may bring up strong sensations or emotions. Begin gradually and ensure you feel safe and supported in your environment.

If you have injuries or physical limitations, modify the movement or consult with a healthcare provider. Stay within a range that feels manageable.

DM me for booking a free 20min discovery call and let's discuss best path towards a flexible and regulated nervous system for you.

03/05/2026

Your nervous system continuously gathers information from your surroundings. This process shapes how safe or unsettled you may feel, often outside of awareness.

Orienting practices slow this process down. By deliberately looking around your environment, you begin to take in more detail and allow your system to register where you are. It brings you back from the past grievances or anxiety about the future into the present. In the here and now - more often than not - you aren’t in an immediate danger.

Noticing colours, shapes, light, and objects can support a clearer sense of the present moment. This can be especially helpful when thoughts feel fast or when there is a sense of disconnection.

Let your gaze move gradually and pause on anything that feels neutral or pleasant. There is no need to take everything in at once. Let your system know: "There is no danger here, I am safe."

If slowing down your attention feels uncomfortable, adjust the pace or take breaks as needed. The practice can be shaped to fit your capacity in the moment.

Important: for individuals with trauma histories, even gentle awareness practices may bring up activation. Move gradually and consider professional support if you are exploring this work more deeply.

DM me for booking a free 20min. discovery call and let's see where we can arrive together!

20/04/2026

As a somatic therapist I notice that overworking, over-stressing, people pleasing — most of it leads back to one underlying topic.

The critical voices of our early lives become an Inner Critic — and that voice today makes us want to shrink and disappear into shame, or fight like hell through work, commitments and sacrifices just to avoid feeling it.

And since shame is one of those unbearable 'I'd rather be dead than feel this' feelings — we escape. We overeat, scroll, shop, drink — anything to get out of that yucky body feeling.

This loop — Inner Critic, Shame, Escape — has a name. The Shame Triangle. And there is a way out.
Join me in my next live session. Using body-based parts work we find the exit — and the path into self-leadership.

Come do this with me. Book your spot with on WhatsApp or DM me.
I also work online, so you are welcome to book a private online somatic session with me on somaticbliss.eu We can start by having a free 20min discovery call.

09/04/2026

There is a 30-year difference between these photos.

Behind those sunglasses, 16-year-old me was carrying the weight of the whole world. I’m turning 46 today, and I thought - what would I want to say to my sixteen-year-old self? What do I wish she had understood then to make her life easier?

So, I wrote her a letter. I’m sharing it with you, too - perhaps deep inside you, or right beside you, lives a sixteen-year-old who also needs to hear this today.

02/04/2026

Trade the noise of Friday in the city for something quieter.

Fridays in Movement is your space to arrive exactly as you are. No steps to learn, nothing to prove - just the joy of listening to your inner rhythm and following what feels good in your body. This isn't a dance class, it's a place for reconnecting with yourself after a busy week.
No previous experience or dance skills required.

📍Location: Panta Rei, Palermo
🕖Time: Fridays 19:00-20:30
🌐Language: English

UPCOMING SESSIONS:

17 April
MOVING WITH THE BREATH
WITH KATKA

In this session, we use the breath as a guide - letting it initiate movement from within, rather than from music or instruction. A gentle, meditative exploration of what wants to move from the inside out.

24 April
AUTHENTIC MOVEMENT
WITH JURGA BLISS

In Authentic Movement, you close your eyes and follow whatever is present in you. Guided by your body's natural impulses to move or rest in a safe, non-judgmental space you get to freely be who you are and how you are in the moment.

ABOUT THE HOSTS:

KATERINA DI MARCO
Katerina is a certified Embodiment Coach and Expressive Arts facilitator. She believes that in our fast-paced world the solution to most problems isn't to keep running. It's to pause.

JURGA BLISS
Jurga Bliss is an ISMETA-registered somatic movement therapist and educator, passionate about helping people reconnect with their bodies and find ease from within. Her work is rooted in the integrative bodywork and movement therapy approach.

📧 Book your spot by joining Palermo Gatherings community on WhatsApp. DM Katerina or Jurga for booking & more information.

19/03/2026

How did keeping the peace become your full-time job?

Fawning is what your nervous system learned when conflict felt dangerous and belonging felt conditional.

It worked as a survival strategy. But there's a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from being someone who constantly adjusts. And you might be struggling to get out of being the "yes" person even if you don't want that anymore.

In the upcoming session we will look at how this pattern lives in the body — and what it feels like to stop managing everyone else and start centering in your core, recognising your needs and embodying boundaries.

Join this workshop on Palermo:
What: Befriend Your Nervous System: Reclaim Your Boundaries & Stop People Pleasing
When: 24th March, 2026
How: Join the Palermo Gatherings WhatsApp channel or DM me to book your spot.

If you'd like a more individualised approach or are not in Palermo - book an individual session online.

Looking forward to hearing from you!
Warmly,

Jurga Bliss RSME/T, dipIBMT # #

05/03/2026

Befriend Your Nervous System: From Self-Abandonment to Self-leadership
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If you've been running on people pleasing, stuck in cycles of self-criticism and shame, or understanding yourself deeply but still not feeling different - this series is going straight to the source of these patterns-the nervous system.

During 3 monthly meetings in spring, we will explore how to stop abandoning ourselves to keep others comfortable, get out of shame loops, and what it takes to actually feel different in our own body — not just think differently.

24 March — Reclaim Your Boundaries & Stop People Pleasing
21 April — Freeing Yourself From the Shame Triangle
26 May — From Knowing to Doing: A Somatic Toolkit

You can participate in the whole series or pick a session that is most relevant to you: each session stands alone & together form a coherent journey.

All meetings happen on Tuesdays from 19:00 to 20:30.

More information and booking: join the WhatsApp channel: Befriend your Nervous System. DM for the link.

09/02/2026

We’re living through genuinely overwhelming, frightening, enraging times.

If you feel rage, fear, grief, panic, exhaustion, or all of it at once - it is adequate. The news about the unimaginable abuse of the vulnerable, the wars, the growing discrimination, the democratic states turning authoritarian - your nervous system is responding appropriately to what’s happening in the world! And it can feel a tad ridiculous to talk about nervous system regulation under these circumstances. Some even question, whether it is a "morally right" thing to do, or do we rather *need* to stay dysregulated in order to protest and implement change.

I hear these voices and these questions. However, let’s be clear about something: regulation is not numbing, not complacency nor indifference.
It’s not pretending things are fine.
It’s not bypassing, dissociating, or gaslighting yourself into “good vibes only.”
And it’s definitely not living in a delusional bubble where injustice and horror don’t exist.

Regulation is the capacity to stay connected - to reality, to your values, to your emotions - without being completely hijacked & overwhelmed by sensations in your body & the meanings your mind ascribes to them.

You can be outraged & regulated.
You can feel deep grief & be grounded.
You can hold anger without letting it burn you alive from the inside.

A regulated nervous system doesn’t erase your rage, it helps you carry it without collapsing or exploding. It allows your anger to be informative and be the fuel for what needs to be done. It makes space for action, boundaries, care & discernment. Being consumed by rage or fear doesn’t create conditions for deliberation & choice.

Dysregulation isn’t proof that you care more & being calm isn’t proof that you don’t care at all. Emotions & grounding can coexist. And right now, that coexistence is actually necessary if we, as a society, want to make steps that create positive change, rather than just unrest.

Be gentle with yourself. Your reactions make sense. And you can also offer yourself support. 💟

If doing this alone feels not enough - reach out. I am here to offer somatic guidance and tools.

Warmly,
Jurga

28/01/2026

When more challenging material comes up, in therapy or in close relationships, resistance can follow.

It can look like blanking out, tracking the room instead of the conversation, an urge to joke, analyse... Heaviness, tension, sleepiness are also common.

These responses don’t automatically mean something has gone wrong. They usually appear when attention moves closer to a lived experience that asks more from the nervous system than it can hold at once.

From a somatic perspective, resistance is protective. It signals a need to slow down and be met with care rather than pressure. I don’t believe in healing through force. The body has intelligent ways of defending itself, and those responses deserve respect.

When resistance shows up, it becomes part of the work. We get curious about how it’s organising itself, what it’s guarding, and what’s needed to stay present.

You don’t need to get rid of resistance to begin somatic therapy. You can bring it with you — and we work from there.

Warmly,
Jurga Bliss

26/01/2026

Befriend your nervous system course
🕖 3 FEB 19:00 - 20:30
📍 Studio Panta Rei, Palermo
🌐 English
Registration necessary with

Open into social engagement, connection, and inner safety.

Whether you often feel stressed, stuck, numb, or disconnected, this workshop offers a supportive space to reconnect with your body's natural capacity to regulate and feel safer and more comfortable relating with other people.

Facilitator: Jurga Bliss, an ISMETA-Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator, passionate about helping people reconnect with their bodies and find ease from within.

For over seven years, she has been guiding Somatic Movement, nervous system regulation, and Authentic Movement workshops, as well as offering one-on-one Polyvagal Theory-informed somatic therapy sessions online.

Her work is rooted in the Integrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy (IBMT) approach - weaving together body awareness, mindful movement, and gentle exploration to support greater connection, safety, and self-regulation.

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