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The Soft Ground: A Somatic Therapy and Meditation Blog for Women and Mothers
The Soft Ground is a place to pause, soften, unfurl and come back to yourself.
Here you’ll find somatic therapy reflections, nervous system education, body-led meditation practices and embodied motherhood writings for women and mothers moving through postpartum, anxiety, overwhelm and life’s tender transitions.
These words are for the wild, beautiful, slow and emerging places where the body asks to be heard and something within you begins to shift.
Find my more personal musings and writings over on Substack
What Is Somatic Meditation? A Body-Led Approach to Coming Home to Yourself
In this blog, I explore what somatic meditation is, how it differs from traditional meditation, why trauma-sensitive and properly trained guidance matters, and how body-led meditation can support women through stress, anxiety, burnout, motherhood and life transitions.
Somatic Meditation: What Over 10 Years of Meditation Has Taught Me About My Body
After more than ten years of meditation practice, teaching and training meditation teachers, I have learned that meditation is not only about stillness or quieting the mind. This personal reflection explores somatic meditation, body-led meditation, trauma-informed practice, movement, spiritual bypassing, nervous system safety and why the body needs to be included in meditation, especially for women navigating anxiety, overwhelm, motherhood, burnout and life transitions.
What Happens in an Online Somatic Therapy Session?
Curious about online somatic therapy but unsure what actually happens in a session? This gentle guide explains how SomaSoul-informed somatic therapy works through body awareness, reflective inquiry, drawing, movement and nervous system support, especially for women navigating anxiety, overwhelm, motherhood, burnout and life transitions.
Therapy for Emotional Overwhelm in Women: Why Somatic Therapy Helps
Feeling emotionally overwhelmed? Learn why somatic therapy can help women and mothers understand their nervous system, ease anxiety and reconnect with themselves.
Three Powerful Somatic Practices to Reduce Overwhelm for New Mums (Backed by Research)
Feeling overwhelmed as a new mum? Here are three research-backed somatic supports that actually fit real life: move what you feel, steep in nature with your baby, and co-regulate with one safe person.
Why Taking Care of Your Body and Nervous System is the Greatest Gift to Your Child
When mothers heal their own bodies and nervous systems, they create the safety and presence needed for their babies’ brain growth and emotional wellbeing. Discover why your healing matters deeply.
Embodied Motherhood: Rediscovering Your Body on the Journey of Becoming a Mother
Embodiment in motherhood is a profound yet often overlooked part of the transition into parenthood. This blog explores how pregnancy, birth, postpartum and past trauma can deeply impact a mother's connection to her body. It shares my personal insights and research around body image, disconnection, fatigue and emotional overwhelm. And a path to reconnection and healing.
Welcome to The Soft Ground: A Space for Sacred, Embodied Transitions
In this first post on The Soft Ground, I share the story behind this space. From 11 years of infertility to the overwhelming beauty and unraveling of early motherhood, I invite you into the raw, honest journey of sacred and embodied transitions.