Somatics
Somatics classes allow you the space to slow down and FEEL your body instead of just inhabiting it. In today's fast world, this is a chance to feel what's going on internally and learning some new strategies and tools.
Trauma and stress
One of the coping mechanisms for trauma is to dis-engage from your body and live in your head. Chronic stress does this too: running thoughts, fast breathing, feeling jittery and over-reacting to things. Somatics classes are another way to slow things down, get to know your body, make friends with it and get to feel the good part of having a body!
Chronic Pain & chronic fatigue
Somatics can be useful for those with chronic pain and chronic fatigue.
Chronic pain is usually a symptom of an over-active nervous system. Somatics can teach you to re-boot it and, in time, reduce your pain levels.
Chronic fatigue is complex and makes it difficult to exercise. Somatics is a gentle alternative to exercise that can give you a feel-good feeling from that tired body. see my blog here on fatigue.
Blogs and classes
If you want to know more, read my blogs on the origins of somatics, what a class feels like, what to expect etc ( click on somatics category, or scroll down for 5 posts)
I run classes in Somatics and somatic yoga on Monday nights at 6.30.pm in Limerick City.
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Next Somatic course: Feb 24th 2025 for 6 weeks
See booking site for more details.
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