Mark Read-Smith Somatics

13/09/2023

Love this talk between Lamara Heartwell and Susan Harper. Nourishing!!

This interview is part of the Body Intelligence Summit, a free online event where you can learn from some of the most potent scientists, therapists, dancers ...

28/08/2023

Some small group SE consultations coming up: September 17th, October 8th, and November 5th.
https://www.markreadsmith.com/small-group-consultation

14/06/2023

Consultation is a required part of the Somatic Experiencing training. I have some spots available for individual consultations and the small group consultations I'm offering this month and in August for those in need of consultation hours.
Here is a link to information to the kinds of topics that come up in individual consultations:

Individual Consultations The application of Somatic Experiencing Consultation is a required part of the SE training. Individual consultation sessions are in support of how one applies the principles of Somatic Experiencing into practice. This includes questions about a particular case or questions a...

19/05/2023

https://www.whatisthessp.com
Here is a great resource for the Safe and Sound Protocol. The website describes in detail some of the benefits of the SSP for the nervous system. If you are curious about how the SSP might be beneficial for yourself or for your clients, I may be able to help. Reach out to set up a free, brief consultation on my webpage here:
https://www.markreadsmith.com/contact

The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is a powerful listening therapy designed to help regulate the nervous system, so you can better connect with yourself, others and the world around you.

26/04/2023

https://www.markreadsmith.com/small-group-consultation
SE SMALL GROUP CONSULTATION BEGINNING LEVEL
Meeting time: Sunday, May 14th from 130pm-3pm Pacific time

May 14 SE small group consultation - beginning Sunday, 14 May 2023 1:30 pm 3:00 pm Google Calendar ICS Consultation is focused on the application of the Somatic Experiencing model at the beginning level. Participants are invited to bring questions, and cases, about how to apply SE into their work. C...

05/04/2023

https://www.markreadsmith.com/small-group-consultation

SE SMALL GROUP CONSULTATION BEGINNING LEVEL

Meeting time: Sunday, April 23rd from 130pm-3pm Pacific time

Apr 23 SE Small group consultation Beginning level Sunday, 23 April 2023 1:30 pm 3:00 pm Google Calendar ICS Consultation is focused on the application of the Somatic Experiencing model at the beginning level. Participants are invited to bring questions, and cases, about how to apply SE into their w...

15/09/2022

www.markreadsmith.com
Spent a few months improving my website with Olivia Rose Phipps. Was such a fun process. Olivia is great to work with!
Find out more info about her at https://oliviarosephipps.com

Mark offers Somatic Coaching and Counselling for people aound the world. His coaching involves safely discovering the somatic stories, body reactions, and nervous system patterns found in the body, mind, and spirit.

24/05/2022

“Traumatic events are extraordinary, not because they rarely occur, but because they overwhelm the ordinary human adaptations to life……the common denominator of trauma is a feeling of “intense fear, helplessness, loss of control and threat of annihilation.”

~Judith Herman

04/04/2022

"It's easier to paint in the angel's feet to another's master-work than to discover where the angels live within yourself."
~David Bayles, Ted Orland

05/01/2022

"Be gentle to the alphabet of your heart -- it has been silent for a long time."
~Margo Fuchs Knill

11/12/2021

"Working with the arts both requires and supports a way of being fully present."
-Sally Adkins

13/10/2021

"Insight doesn't quiet down the limbic system. So how do you quiet down the frightened animal inside you? The answer to that is probably in the same way that you quiet down babies. You quiet them by holding and touching them, by being very much in tune with them, by feeding and rocking them, and by very gradual exposure to trying new things."
~Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

02/09/2021

I have found myself thinking about these words from Emilie Conrad in the past couple of days. As I reread it just now,
it takes on a deeper understanding that I didn't expect in my searching it out. Emilie was a real gift to me in my experience
of myself.

"For people to experience themselves as movement...
Is one of the most important perceptions they can have about the world.
That means no longer thinking of...
body/mind...inside/outside...physical/spiritual...
but seeing instead that a person is actually a nexus of many kinds of movements happening together,
movements that are flowing and effecting each other.
Movement and being human mean the same thing."
~Emilie Conrad

04/08/2021

“We are always in a world where we want to fix things, we want to change things. We want to try harder. There is a paradox. Our body doesn’t want to be pushed. It wants to open up. It wants to feel safe. It wants to do it’s own organization."
~Stephen Porges

12/07/2021

"The autonomic nervous system doesn't make a judgement about good and bad; it simply acts to manage risk and seek safety."
~ Deb Dana
from the book, "The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging The Rhythm of Regulation"

27/06/2021

"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy."
~Nietzsche