Welcome to the

HeartSomatics™ Membership

A meditation community exploring how to listen to the inner guidance of the body and live what matters

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What is HeartSomatics™?

For those who feel caught in the busyness of the mind and are curious about listening more deeply to the body

HeartSomatics is a body based approach to meditation that invites you to explore presence through the body rather than only through the mind. It offers a gentle rhythm of meditation, somatic awareness and shared reflection.

Through these practices you gradually learn how to settle and regulate your nervous system. As the body begins to experience more inner safety, it becomes easier to sense what is happening inside rather than becoming overwhelmed or shutting down.

From this steadiness, many people begin to notice the quiet guidance of the body more clearly. A subtle sense of what feels aligned, what does not, and what truly matters. Over time this listening becomes practical. You learn the art of staying present with sensation, allowing emotions to move and settle, and responding to life with greater clarity and self trust.

Many members arrive simply looking for a place to pause. A space to meditate, reflect and step out of the constant movement of daily life. Over time they begin to discover how powerful it can be to listen to the body in this way. What brings people together here is a shared curiosity about how awareness and presence can be lived through the body and how learning to listen inwardly can guide the way we relate, make choices and live what matters in everyday life.

A gentle introduction

At the heart of this membership

At the centre of HeartSomatics™ is the radiant heart. Not as something sentimental or soft and vague. Not as trying to be loving all the time or performing calm so that everything appears fine on the surface.

I am speaking about the steady place inside you that knows when something matters. The place that feels it in your chest when something is unfair, when something is beautiful or when something is not quite right for you.

It is the part of you that can feel hurt without pretending it does not matter. The part that recognises warmth, connection and truth even if you cannot fully explain it in words.

The heart is what we most long to open and what we most instinctively guard.

Inside this membership we explore meditation through the body. Learning to notice sensation, emotion and inner resonance in a slower and more embodied way.

As the nervous system settles and the body begins to feel safer, it becomes easier to sense this inner place of knowing.

We practice returning to ourselves in ordinary moments and learning to live from resonance rather than pressure.

This is not about becoming a better version of yourself. It is about softening protective holding so authenticity can emerge naturally.

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Imagine your week feeling more like this

You wake up and there is space in your chest instead of a knot in your stomach.

You notice a wave of anxiety and have simple practices that help you pause and reconnect with yourself.

You feel your heart – not just conceptually, but as a warm, steady place you can return to.

You move through your day less caught in your head and more anchored in your body.

And you are not doing it alone on your yoga mat. You are held inside a living, breathing community of heart-led souls who get it.

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If meditation has felt difficult for you...

Many people are introduced to meditation as something we should simply sit down and do with the mind. Focus on the breath. Calm the thoughts. Try to stay present.

For some people this works well but for others it can feel frustrating, agitating or even overwhelming.

You might notice your mind becoming busier rather than quieter. You might feel restless in your body, emotionally flooded or strangely numb and disconnected. Some people find themselves drifting away from their experience rather than becoming more present.

HeartSomatics begins from a different place. Rather than trying to control the mind, we begin with nervous system regulation and learning to listen to the body. Awareness is allowed to settle gradually through sensation and breath until a deeper sense of presence begins to emerge.

Over time this creates a steadier foundation for meditation and allows the heart to open in a way that feels natural rather than forced.

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Join HeartSomatics™

Designed to be accessible, spacious and supportive. You can join monthly and stay for as long as it feels nourishing. There is no pressure to commit beyond what feels right for you. Members often notice more moments of presence and softness, a greater range of emotional feeling without becoming overwhelmed, less numbing or bracing in the body and a growing ability to pause rather than react. Over time many people experience a warmer relationship with their body, deeper self trust and a quieter sense of inner steadiness. These shifts are often subtle at first. Small changes that accumulate gently over time.

£21 per month

You'll get full access to all live Co-Connection Circles, plus a 1:1 onboarding call to gain personalised guidance, access to the all modules and the full 'Practice Library', community space and direct messaging support inside the Somatic Wellness Hub. As well as monthly themes and new content as it’s released. No contract - cancel anytime. You'll be directed to the Somatic Wellness portal to complete your purchase.

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£7 per month

The HeartSomatics™ Library is for you if you want to stay connected to somatic practice without committing to 1:1 work, or live sessions in community, and still have tools that help your body feel safer, softer and more resourced. Healing and regulation don’t always follow a straight timeline. Sometimes you want support that feels spacious, autonomous and accessible, not scheduled, pressured or demanding.

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The HeartSomatics™ Mandala

This sits at the heart of the membership

A contemplative map of the radiant heart, guiding you through eight pathways of embodied exploration. Rather than randomly grabbing practices, the Mandala helps you orient to where your heart feels guarded, where it is softening, where aliveness is already present and what feels ready for gentle attention.

We move slowly around the Mandala across seasons, allowing each pathway to become lived rather than rushed. The eight pathways are:

Inner Safety & Regulation
Developing a sense of inner steadiness so the heart no longer has to brace.
Feeling & Emotional Flow
Learning to let emotion move through the body without abandoning yourself.
Embodiment & Vitality
Reconnecting with the living intelligence of your body and softening patterns of holding.
Stillness & Presence
Waking up from autopilot and building the capacity to stay present.
Choices & Boundaries
Honouring your needs and limits without shutting down your heart.
Being Fully You
Allowing authenticity and aliveness to emerge without force or performance.
Inner Knowing & Connection
Attuning to the quieter rhythm of guidance beneath striving.
Living What Matters
Letting your outer life gradually reflect your inner truth.

You do not have to keep up. You move at the pace your nervous system can integrate.

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This membership is especially for you if

You feel drawn to meditation but want an approach that includes the body, not just the mind.

You have explored therapy, yoga or spiritual practice and sense there is another layer of experience waiting to be lived more fully.

You are curious about developing a steadier relationship with your body, emotions and inner life.

You appreciate practising alongside others who are walking a similar path of awareness and self-understanding.

You are interested in exploring presence in everyday life rather than trying to become a “better” version of yourself.

This space welcomes people from many different backgrounds. Some arrive through meditation or yoga, others through therapy or personal development, and some simply feel a quiet sense that living only in the mind is not enough.

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Meet Laura

Somatic wisdom for awakening, healing and aliveness

Laura Starky is the founder of the Somatic Wellness Hub with over 25 years’ experience in trauma, mental health and substance misuse. Her work combines trauma-informed somatic therapy with non-dual contemplative wisdom, supporting adults who understand their patterns intellectually yet still find themselves caught in repeating emotional reactions or nervous system overwhelm. Alongside her therapy practice, Laura teaches embodied meditation and holds small group circles that support people to reconnect with the body and integrate their experiences in everyday life.

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