The holiday season is a time of joy, celebration, and family gatherings. However, it can also be a time of stress, anxiety, and overwhelming emotions. If you're feeling overwhelmed or struggling to stay calm during the holiday season, somatic based practices and therapies may be able to help you feel more grounded, centered and peaceful through whatever this season brings you.

‘Soma’ is a Greek word for ‘the living body known from within’, or known to the Self. This ‘knowing’ signifies wholeness. Somatic therapy is an experiential approach towards mindbody integration and can assist you to find calm and peace in challenging moments.

The end of one year and the start of another is a time for reflection, renewal, and resetting. To thank you for being a part of this very special global community we have three offerings for you to support you in that process.

We wish you the most wonderful holiday season and we look forward to continuing our journey with you as part of the collective embodiment in 2023.

Thank you for being here with us.

Are you living like you love yourself? What does this idea mean to you? Living like you love yourself is, in short, living in a way that honors who you are at every level of your being, recognizing that who you are is more than how or what you think, or your physical appearance, or your current situation or life circumstances. And in a world where your external power is often contingent on these very characteristics, Living like you love yourself optimizes your internal power by connecting you deeply to what feeds you and what stops you so that you can make choices, however limited or unlimited they may be that truly serve who you are. READ MORE..

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.

Why does attachment matter? What’s the role of somatics in attachment? What does an attachment informed world look like? We recently caught up with the Co-Directors of our Somatic Attachment Therapy Questions Kai Cheng Thom and Dr Scott Lyons to explore these questions and more. Hear what they had to say!

Working with an Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy practitioner you’ll be offered techniques to sense and regulate your body and state of being. This includes building more internal and external resources, building trusting relationships, learning to turn inward with compassion, being invited deeper into the body, and given time and space to process trauma. Find out more…

Somatic Parts Work integrates the methodology of Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) and other trauma-informed models to support you in healing underlying past trauma and pain. IFS is grounded on the idea that our inner world consists of a system made up of various parts (sub-personalities). Find out more…

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.

This September, The Embody Lab presents the first-of-its-kind 60hr Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate, bringing together world renowned Somatic Trauma Therapy teachers into one program. We recently asked our Co-Directors - Dr Arielle Schwartz, Nkem Ndefo, and Dr Scott Lyons - to share with us their “why” for the program.

This September, The Embody Lab presents the first-of-its-kind 60hr Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate., bringing together world renowned Somatic Trauma Therapy teachers into one program. We caught up recently with Dr. Scott Lyons and discussed some commonly asked questions about the program.

What are the connections between biology and trauma? How can functional medicine help us heal faster? Dr Aimie Apigian explains what you’ll learn in her Biology of Trauma Workshop and how it can benefit you as a practitioner of somatics.

We have always been told our attachment style and early childhood trauma is psychological. However this is simply not true. We just haven’t known better until now. In this article by Dr Aimie Apigian, she shares why these are more biological than psychological and how we can harness the power of our biology to heal faster!

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

Meet the Embodied Social Justice Co-Director Dr Sará King and why she can’t wait to bring the 2022 60-hr Embodied Social Justice Certificate to life starting April 1st.

Meet the Embodied Social Justice Co-Director Dr Rae Johnson and why they can’t wait to bring the 2022 60-hr Embodied Social Justice Certificate to life starting April 1st.

In our recent Meet The Faculty session for the Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate, Euphrasia spoke about the incredible transformation she’s seen in her clients since implementing Somatic Experiencing in her practice. Read her story of how somatics created transformation change in individuals and her whole community!

Chronic stress wreaks havoc on our health, our focus, productivity, our behavior and our relationships. Stress related health challenges are widespread and taking a huge toll on individuals and communities alike. That’s why Dr Scott Lyon’s created the Somatic Stress Release™Certificate - a program designed to release stress, restore resilience, and support well-being.

Explore Embodied Social Justice with Rev angel Kyodo williams and Dr Scott Lyons. They talk embodiment, social justice, soft-bellies, the highly contagious nature of reactivity, spiritual bypassing and so much more!

Ground, nourish and restore with this delicious sound journey created by our dear friend Amy Thiessen. Our gift to you to usher in the new year.

The holidays are a prime time to renew, restore, and create space to usher in the new year. It's a time to tune in, identify and bring forth that which wishes to manifest in the year ahead. Explore our Renew & Manifest journal prompts from our dear friend Chara Caruthers to manifest wholeness, fulfilment, joy and peace in the year ahead.