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Reflections

Sharing wisdom drawn from lived experience, clinical understanding and somatic practice

A space for exploring somatic therapy

Offered gently, without urgency or pressure to “fix” yourself

You’ll find writing on topics such as: Somatic therapy and nervous system regulation, developmental and relational trauma, attachment patterns and embodied safety, meditation through a somatic lens, burnout, overwhelm and chronic stress and coming home to the body after disconnection. An invitation to slow down, listen inward and meet what’s here with more awareness and compassion.

What’s the Difference Between Somatic Practices and Somatic Therapy?

Somatic practice is awareness. Somatic therapy is healing in relationship. Discover how the two meet, and why both are vital for building safety, resilience and connection in the body.

Somatic Therapy

3 min read

Street wall with large NO sign, representing unspoken boundaries, fibromyalgia and the cost of hidden stress

Fibromyalgia, Boundaries and the Body: A Somatic Therapy Perspective

Many women with fibromyalgia share a common thread: always saying yes to others, never to themselves. This piece explores the cost of hidden stress and how somatic therapy helps restore boundaries.

Somatic Therapy

6 min read

Why the Body Doesn’t Feel Safe: Understanding Somatic Therapy and Polyvagal Theory

Somatic therapy often talks about the body not feeling safe. Rooted in polyvagal theory, this blog explores why safety is more than a thought and how nervous system regulation supports true healing.

Somatic Therapy

6 min read

What Is Somatic Healing?(and why it might be the missing piece on your journey)

After years of trying to heal only from the neck up, I discovered somatic therapy — a gentle way of listening to the body’s wisdom and finding safety within.

Somatic Therapy

5 min read

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Explore my free somatic resources or learn more about working with me. I'm Laura, founder of HeartSomatics™ a body-first approach to emotional healing shaped my own lived experience of dysregulation, addiction and disconnection. With over 25 years’ experience as a trauma-informed, integrative somatic therapist, I work at the intersection of therapy and spirituality, supporting heart-led humans on a spiritual path, including those navigating awakening and psycho-spiritual challenges, to integrate their experience in a grounded, embodied way.

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