In today’s fast-paced world, where we’re often caught up in the demands of daily life, somatic intimacy offers a gentle invitation to reconnect with ourselves and others on a deeper level. It’s about more than just physical touch or emotional closeness—it’s about embracing the profound bond between our mind and body and recognizing how this connection influences our overall well-being.

Bereavement companionship circles offer a safe haven for the bereft to share vulnerable grief stories associated with a significant loss of a loved one. The collective wisdom of the group springs forth from the tapestry of interweaving grief stories. Connections are deeply cultivated in group storytelling and leave participants feeling less isolated along their grief journey.

Are you feeling the stress of the holidays? You’re not alone. The holidays can be the most stressful time of year for many if not most of us: in the U.S., a whopping 89% of adults say that anticipating family conflict, among other factors, causes them stress at this time of year.

If you’re choosing to spend your holidays with family, here are some somatic and cognitive practices to support you as you navigate the joys and challenges of the season.

Awareness of both our own and another’s pain is a way into more transformative tenderness. Conditions of claiming and care can be crafted: to claim how trauma has shaped each of us and to care about the impact of trauma on other people. This dual capacity of attunement in activism is alchemical, potent, and preserving of liberatory community. The space between—the field—is a web that is both hurt and informed by trauma.

At its core, jealousy reflects a very important set of needs and wishes. Jealousy is simply a response to life experiences. An adaptive strategy to the underlying need for safety, love, and connection.

As partners become more familiar and comfortable with each other, it is natural to begin moving from the “honeymoon phase” into a more mature type of love. Some couples may choose to throw the towel; however, with a commitment to growth, couples can continue to deepen their connection far beyond the initial rush of new love. Intimacy coaching is one tool that can help couples accomplish just that.

By embracing emotions as valuable sources of information and guidance, EFT helps individuals develop deeper self-awareness, cultivate healthier emotional responses, and empower them with the necessary resources to confront challenging situations with resilience and strength.

The physical experiences of conflict are often overlooked but can be incredibly painful and stress-inducing. Working with the bodily responses that can come up during conflict allows us to access a deeper perspective around processing the conflict in a healthy way.

Part Two of Kai Cheng Thom’s explorative and empathic approach on the topic of Embodied Conflict Resolution.

We cannot practice embodiment without practicing awareness of who we are and where we come from, and we cannot practice conflict resolution without being aware of the metaphorical water in which we swim.
- Kai Cheng Thom

The beauty of Social Presencing Theatre is that it offers work in the personal body that helps us metabolize and develop stamina for the difficult feelings we experience once we allow inequities within the social body into our consciousness.

We recently caught up with the some of the faculty from our Mind-Body Coaching Certificate and asked them “Why is Somatic Coaching such a powerful approach for transformation?”

Find out what they had to say….

Love fills in the gap of loneliness and generates a euphoric sense of belonging, creating one of the strongest, naturally produced pain relievers. As humans, we are also hardwired to seek out and maintain these social bonds as a means of preservation. The irony for many of us is that just because we desire to be loved and have a biological drive for it does not mean that we can receive it—or for that matter—even tolerate the presence of it.

We recently caught up with the Co-Directors of our Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate - Kai Cheng Thom and Dr Scott Lyons - to discuss how we’ll explore sex and intimacy in our upcoming Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate.

Somatic Attachment Therapy is a holistic, body-centered approach to attachment based therapy, including a deeper understanding of the body’s relationship with developmental and relational wounding and healing. Learn more about how Somatic Attachment Therapy can help and what to expect in a session with a Somatic Attachment focused therapist.

We recently caught up with Rising Woman founder and author of “Being the One”, Sheleana Aiyana to talk about Creating Conscious Love.

Starting on January 30th, The Embody Lab presents the first-of-its-kind 60hr Somatic AttachmentTherapy Certificate., bringing together world renowned Somatic Attachment Therapy teachers into one program. We caught up recently with Dr. Scott Lyons and discussed some commonly asked questions about the program.

Relationships can inspire our deepest sense of connection, joy and belonging - both to ourselves and others however they can also provoke our deepest insecurities, pains, and disconnection. Learn more about the power of Somatic Attachment Therapy to heal relational wounds and deepen connection.

“Our basic blueprint as humans is connection and bonding- sometimes we just need the right support at the right time to find our way back home.” Dr Scott Lyons. Learn more about the Somatic Attachment Certificate starting early 2022.