About your guide
Somatic wisdom for awakening, healing and aliveness
Take your time with the guide and move through it at your own pace. You do not need to read it all at once. If something feels overwhelming, it is okay to pause and return to it another time. Let it be a gentle invitation rather than something you feel you have to complete.
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​Laura Starky is a somatic therapist and meditation teacher with over 25 years’ experience working in trauma, mental health and substance misuse. Her work integrates trauma informed somatic therapy, nervous system awareness and embodied meditation to support people who feel caught in patterns of anxiety, emotional overwhelm, inner criticism or disconnection from their body. Alongside her therapy practice, Laura teaches meditation and holds small group circles where people can explore embodied awareness, presence and connection in a supportive space.
“Laura was a revelation. For the first time I learned how to truly recognise the patterns in my body and what it feels like to be deeply relaxed.”
Sally
I have an invitation for you
Explore Somatic Therapy
If the ideas in this guide resonate with you, you may find it helpful to explore this work in a more supported way. Somatic therapy offers a space to gently understand the patterns held in the nervous system, including emotional flashbacks, inner criticism and the ways the body has learned to protect itself. Rather than analysing experiences alone, we begin to include the body in the process of awareness and change. If you feel curious about whether this approach might support you, you are welcome to explore my somatic therapy sessions.