Nancy Shanteau
Writing Coach
Somatic Coaching
Somatics: from the Greek word soma, means "the living body in its
wholeness;" it can also be understood as mind-body-spirit, or mental-physical-emotional-spiritual.
In Somatic Coaching, we work through the body to create awareness, choice and change in a person's life, habits, thoughts, feelings, and experiences. We do this through de-armoring bodywork, skills-building practices, conversation and homework, and by building an understanding of how systemic power impacts the body.
Examples of somatic session work: a movement practice designed to help clients learn to say "no;" a bodywork practice that opens up cells and tissue to allow more space for a chosen response rather than a historic reaction; a sitting practice designed to help train the attention; a jo (a stick weapon) practice to help a client focus their creative intention.
It takes 300 repetitions of a practice for it to become muscle memory, and 3000 repetitions for it to be embodied.
As a writing coach, one of the things I do is help people write books. When we are learning to sit down and write, noticing what happens in our bodies can help uncover our conscious and unconscious limitations so that we can be successful. We practice and reflect on the practice, experiment, try again, and most importantly, we repeat it, over and over again until we become what we are practicing.
With repeated, ongoing effort, clients experience the changes they seek, and make their dreams a reality.
In Somatic Coaching, we work through the body to create awareness, choice and change in a person's life, habits, thoughts, feelings, and experiences. We do this through de-armoring bodywork, skills-building practices, conversation and homework, and by building an understanding of how systemic power impacts the body.
Examples of somatic session work: a movement practice designed to help clients learn to say "no;" a bodywork practice that opens up cells and tissue to allow more space for a chosen response rather than a historic reaction; a sitting practice designed to help train the attention; a jo (a stick weapon) practice to help a client focus their creative intention.
It takes 300 repetitions of a practice for it to become muscle memory, and 3000 repetitions for it to be embodied.
As a writing coach, one of the things I do is help people write books. When we are learning to sit down and write, noticing what happens in our bodies can help uncover our conscious and unconscious limitations so that we can be successful. We practice and reflect on the practice, experiment, try again, and most importantly, we repeat it, over and over again until we become what we are practicing.
With repeated, ongoing effort, clients experience the changes they seek, and make their dreams a reality.
Email me at nancy@nancyshanteau.com
Or call 530-273-5170.
De-armoring bodywork:
Understanding how systemic power impacts the body:
- increases relaxation
- eases pain and tension
- releases energy from habitual bands of constriction
- produces greater choice and spaciousness
- accelerate change processes
- increase awareness
- facilitate development of new capacities and competencies
- provide a measurable tracking mechanism for progress
- offer a framework for the coaching process
- engage your mind and thoughts in service of body and spirit
- create a theoretical foundation for change
- employ the power of language
Understanding how systemic power impacts the body:
- encourages self-soothing and self-care as the basis for change
- reframes your experience through understanding social context: knowledge is power
- offers tools for transforming internalized oppression
