Somatic Alchemy
The Lost Art of Healing
Body-based learning space for the curious and highly sensitive changemakers.
Two modules, one course. An entrance into foundational somatics and a doorway towards the depths of your being.
Not just a course
For whom?
You are a highly sensitive changemaker, someone driven by a strong belief and a desire to make meaningful impact in your area of expertise.
Either a professional in the healing space, or just a fanatic looking for personal expansion.
You are a naturally curious person, open for growth and body-based healing approaches.
You have learned a lot, but you feel deeper layers want to be discovered.
You long for a space where every part of you belongs, especially the parts you’ve been told are weird, different or too much.
Familiar (trauma) patterns might be pulling you down, asking for a way to embrace them instead of pushing them away.
In this container, we create a space in which…
- You simply allow your body's natural healing abilities to unfold effortlessly, at your pace, in your own way.
- Trauma isn't something to fix, but a beautiful and intelligent doorway to unlock and deepen your intuitive wisdom.
- You build a stable foundation of emotional resilience in order to hold space for yourself AND others.
- Your highly sensitive body is not an overwhelming burden, but the healing power that will change your world.
Practical information
The online course is divided into 2 modules, approximately 8 weeks each. Every two weeks we have a 2-hour class via Zoom. The sessions always include some theory, practice time and discussion time. In between classes there will be enough things to practice with, believe me :).
The first module is called Foundational Somatics, including topics like somatic awareness, using the body as a portal, movement is the way and rewiring the nervous system. More in depth information about every topic is found below.
The second module is called The Dance of Alchemy and Embodied Healing. It will cover some deeper layers of the human experience, including how to work with freeze instead of against it, shadow work, the cycles of long-lasting transformation and embodied healing.
The first module is mandatory, since it is the foundation of life and everything else this course is build on. The second module is optional, for the enthusiasts that seek to deepen their relationship to life :).
The course description below acts as a framework, not as a strict guideline. Since change is inevitable, within this framework, the space is open for intuitive topics and sessions to arise.
Module 1: Foundational Somatics
In the first week we will create the space together, set our intentions, learn more about orienting, pendulation and attunement to different fields of life.
Some questions that we will discuss/practice:
- What does it mean to observe without judging?
- How do we welcome ‘what is’, how present can we become?
- How do we pendulate between presence and distraction in a way that grows our capacity to heal?
- How do we attune to the complexity of life, while at the same time, making it very simple?
In week 3 we further unlock the door towards our body’s natural intelligence. Going deeper into perceptive capacity, nuanced sensing, resourcing through body, nature and other available support.
- How nuanced can we feel? How wide can our internal space become?
- How can we receive support from our breath, body, gravity and other parts of nature?
- Can we find ways of sensing that are maybe unfamiliar, but opens a door towards nourishment and support?
- Can we trust that the amount of support we receive is exactly the right amount we need?
In this session we explore movement, thresholds and boundaries. Some topics that especially highly sensitive beings struggle with. We tend to overstep thresholds without even knowing we have them, resulting in sensational overwhelm, exhaustion, distraction, numbness and/or isolation.
- How can we move with life instead of against it?
- How can we intuitively feel a ‘yes’ and a ‘no’? Not only from the mind, but as a felt-sense experience of the whole body?
- How do we build our capacity to be present with certain thresholds and difficulties?
- How can we naturally align our sensations and movements with the intuitive flow of our body?
- How do we dance with tension in a way that is not only doable, but expands our being?
Patterns of tension, fight, flight and freeze are often seen and approached as something that has to be ‘regulated’. In other words, subconsciously, it isn’t welcome, it should be pushed away.
Not only in society, even in the modern healing space this is a very common thing. A very simple example is a breathing exercise to calm you down. Yes it may help to create some space temporarily, but as it often comes from the mind, it is also used as a way to suppress the natural flow of life. Certain states of fight and flight don’t want to be calmed down, they naturally want to find ways of expression.
In addition to that, the resistance against ‘what is’ only reinforces the loops of familiar trauma and freeze. We keep talking about it, feeling the feelings and in essence opening up the old wounds again and again.
Poking the trauma IS the trauma.
The interesting questions for this week are:
- How do we truly step out of familiar nervous system patterns, even if they have been stuck for a very long time?
- How do we generate a wide base of support for long-lasting healing, instead of poking the trauma and keep looping the same patterns over and over again?
- How do we deal with the tension between ‘old’ and ‘new’?
- How do we grow our capacity to be present with our trauma, not to push it away, but to expand our internal space and carry life like we have the Hulk on the inside?
Module 2: Alchemy and Embodied Healing
Freeze can be a challenging state to work with, either in yourself or in your clients. We learn how to be present with freeze, how to find movement in isolation and receive life changing wisdom from this beautiful human state.
Growing your capacity to work with freeze will completely change your life, plus that of the people around you. Either in your personal or professional space.
Your skills as a space holder for yourself and for others will grow wildly and expansively.
Here comes the spooky part :).
Shadow work is an essential part of healing.
- We learn how to effectively use triggers as fuel for transformation, how to safely work with states like shame, fear and more.
- How to consciously move away from external validation, hyper-individuality, the lie of productivity and other collective and cultural patterns.
- How to move dark to light and step into your authentic power.
And most importantly, do this in a way that is sustainable, nourishing and supportive instead of breaking you down.
It is like Carl Jung said:
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
Durable transformation is a form of art.
A natural dance around all the elements of life, including physical, mental, emotional, energetic, relational and spiritual.
We will have a closer look into the phases of transformation, gain more awareness around them and use the 4 elements (air, fire, water, earth) to guide us in every phase of this healing process.
What does it mean to be on the path of embodied healing?
No bypassing, no fixing, but embracing and allowing.
Being able to truly say YES to life, to be present with every moment of the day.
To go beyond good and bad, even beyond suffering.
- How to stay grounded and true to yourself in a world that is so messed up sometimes?
- To experience the interconnectedness of life and see the beauty in each and every part of you and the people around you.
- To be able to carry all parts of being human, feel whole inside and find the place that we call home.
Feel welcome to join:
- Start Date:
- Time: (can be changed on request)
- Location: Online via Zoom (recordings will be available)
- Language: Session will be held in English
- Max. 10 participants to keep it intimate and personal
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
No, in principle you don’t need any experience to join. All the things I teach are based on a fundamental human blueprint that everyone has access too. I do have to mention these practices generally work best for the people that have some experience in these fields, since they are somewhat advanced. If you are curious, but not sure, I would recommend to plan a support call with me. I can help you with any questions or unclarities.
This course isn’t just for professionals, it is also for anyone enthusiastic about healing and growth. If you’ve already done some inner work already and would like to deepen your understanding and expand your awareness, this course is for you.
It is especially valuable for those who work with others. By unlocking and building foundational skills about what it truly means to be human, you’ll naturally grow your capacity to understand and connect with humans in meaningful ways.
Things can always come up, like they will in every other part of life.
This course is carefully made to make sure we are NOT overloading ourselves. There will be NO new injury and NO new trauma, so you can expect to feel safe with whatever comes up.
This course will increase your capacity to be human. What I mean with that:
Every human has an internal space to be present with what is. During this course we widen this space, resulting in more awareneses, aliveness, stability and resilience to deal with whatever comes into your life.
A skill that in my opinion modern humans cannot practice enough.
You will become the embodiment of you, in which you not only help yourself, but also become the healing power that has the ability to change the world around you.
???????????????????????????????I want to be very open about this. With every cell in my body I believe this work is life-changing, but I also understand that it might not be the right fit for everyone.
This is not a traditional school where you have to sit tight and wait until the bell rings.
If you start the journey and realize it’s not for you, you’re free to leave at any time. In that case, you’ll receive a refund for the remaining portion of the course, calculated based on the percentage of hours you’ve completed (pro rata).
You are so welcome. Hit the button below to plan a free 30 minute call with me, I will support you in whatever way possible.
