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One of the most important things to understand about body or somatic based healing is that, your body already knows how to heal. You're not teaching your body how to heal from trauma or nervous system dysregulation, it knows how to do this automatically. And...most people don't know how to let it. When you work with someone who can help you process things through your body, what they're actually doing is helping you access the innate wisdom that lives within your body. Somatic practitioners and yoga therapists give you guidance, support and clarity to help you move through things in a lasting way - with your body, inner knowing and most empowered Self leading the way. Once you learn how to do this for yourself, it's a tool that you can return to over and over again. If you know your body holds the key to your healing, but aren't sure how. Subscribe to my newsletter to learn more and to get loads of freebies delivered right to your inbox to support you. 💜
While working with Keri, you'll feel embraced in warmth, calmness and a powerful intuitive approach that will help you find clarity in your life, heal through your body and soak in the love of her unequivocal mama energy.
Based in Greenville, SC serving people in-person and online.
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One of the MOST helpful skills you could ever learn is to understand your nervous system and how to regulate it. Your nervous system is KEY to growth and healing work. You can do all the mindset work in the world, but if you leave out your nervous system you're going to keep repeating the same patterns, feeling stuck and frustrated because you are aware of the issue, but can't seem to move beyond it in a lasting way. Watch this video for a quick info to learn about your nervous system, find out the state of your nervous system is in now and learn how to help yourself feel more at ease, joyful and whole. Want easy to use support to help you broaden the range of your nervous system and move forward in a lasting way towards more self-confidence, balance and authenticity?
Join the waitlist for my on-demand yoga, somatic healing and nervous system balancing library and community or consider 1:1 coaching with me to dive deep and make progress fast.
While working with Keri, you'll feel embraced in warmth, calmness and a powerful intuitive approach that will help you find clarity in your life, heal through your body and soak in the love of her unequivocal mama energy.
Based in Greenville, SC serving people in-person and online. My friend Lauran used to raise chickens and she taught me a lesson about them one early Fall afternoon. When a chicken is hurt, they hide it from others to their own detriment. In the chicken world, vulnerability is a weakness and it’s dangerous to share it. Two things are true… 1. We've come a long way…we’re more open than ever collectively about mental and emotional well-being, inner and nervous system work, trauma and more. It’s AWESOME. 2. Most people still act like chickens when it comes to our most vulnerable inner shadow Self. We’ve got a ways to go collectively in not letting shame hold us back from getting the support and connection we need. As Brene Brown, says “you can’t selectively numb.” So avoiding your uncomfortable feelings, cancels out the ones you long for. Let’s pause and check out shame for a minute…Shame is, it’s one of most misunderstood human emotions I know of. What you might think of as guilt, is typically shame. Shame is what makes us feel not good enough, that we don’t belong or that something is wrong with us. So any questions around your self worth - are shame on some level. I see it all the time, the deep heart calling to blossom into a more free, joyful and whole expansive Self. Paired with shame, nervous system imprints rooted in trauma and other shadow aspects of Self restricting the bloom. This is where healing work comes in. Healing work is about becoming WHOLE. Yogic philosophy teaches us that we are already whole, and healing work is about returning to that innate wholeness. It's liberation. In order to heal, you have to have the courage to embrace, accept and become aware of the full range of yourself. You heal by becoming a gentle witness to your inner dialogue, emotions, thoughts, beliefs, body sensations, desires and more. When you tune in and ask yourself important questions like, "What does this part of me need right now?" or "What does my body want me to let it express right now?" Healing requires you to not be a chicken...because like for them, hiding your shadow comes at a cost. Most people don't realize the cost avoiding healing work...is missing out on relief, joy, bone deep pleasure and contentment. Keep in mind, not every person or every outlet is the appropriate channel for you to unearth your darkest truths. Choose wisely, there are trained professionals and good hearted people who love you who can support you in this. I may be able to help you if you with that. What it's like to have a 1:1 session with me...It’s a dedicated space for supported growth and healing.
Where you can share what’s on your heart, liberate what’s being stored in your body and build the skills to live the most magnificent, spacious version of your life. I weave together yogic philosophy and therapeutic practices, inner work coaching, emotional intelligence, nervous system resiliency, somatic healing, neuroscience, inner child, trauma recovery, practical spirituality, health coaching and more. Yoga, is everywhere now! It wasn't like that back when I started. If you're like many people, you probably feel on some level that yoga is powerful in a good way (or might be!) Now, we have more options than ever for how to access yoga (free videos, yoga memberships, local classes, yoga therapy, etc). One important thing to think about when you look for someone to lead you through yogic explorations is what you hope to receive. Watch this short video to find out what you get when you work with a yoga therapist compared to a yoga teacher. By the end you'll have a clearer idea of which one is a better fit for you! Thinking, talking and mindset work are only part of the story. You have a body, mind and spirit. 💡
The things that weigh you down and hold you back like unprocessed experiences, emotions and pain (trauma) still impact you because of nervous system. These things get imprinted on your nervous system. The state of your nervous system dictates body sensation, thoughts, feelings, creativity, behavior and so much more. Your nervous system develops patterns (default settings) that is wires to and will continue to operate from that baseline unless you work on it. Meaning you keep repeating patterns, mind spirals and feeling stuck despite the mental work. If you are putting in the work to grow and heal, but leaving out your nervous system. Its like driving a car with flat tires. It won't get you to where you want to be past a certain point. Here is what you can do about it... 💡Learn about your nervous system and make the conscious decision to love on it. 🧘♀️Do yoga and somatic healing work to process and recalibrate your nervous system. 🛑 Stop replaying the trauma stories and start imagining a better reality. If you are a woman, I would love to show you how in an easy to do but powerful way. Join the Soulful Stretch On-Demand, a membership app designed to help you heal your nervous system through yoga, somatic practices and inner work. You can only join through August 31st, but you can start helping yourself today. Here is what you can do about it... 💡Learn about your nervous system and make the conscious decision to love on it. 🧘♀️Do yoga and somatic healing work to process and reset your nervous system. 🛑 Stop replaying the trauma stories and start imagining a better reality. If you are a woman, I would love to show you how in am easy but powerful way. Join the Soulful Stretch On-Demand, a membership app designed to help you heal your nervous system through yoga, somatic practices and inner work. You can only join through August 31st, but you can start helping yourself today. One of the number one things that I hear from you is that you are busy and it's hard to find time to practice yoga. Or that you're struggling to do it on a regular basis.
I get it on so many levels, life is fullllll. And, there is a reason you feel drawn to these practices and I know it's possible to find a way. Let me show you how...
Want home practice support from me designed for busy women that will help you make lasting progress in your self-worth, health and wellbeing? Join the Soulful Stretch On-Demand before doors close on Saturday August 31st, 2024 or sign up for the waitlist to be notified of the next opportunity to join! Curious about my on-demand yoga and somatic healing membership? Here's what you need to know.8/26/2024
Doors are open through August 31st, 2024.    I created the Soulful Stretch On-Demand for women on a mission to love themselves and their lives more. 🎤 Because I know how much growth, healing, time and support it takes to live as the most unapologetically expressed version of yourself. This is not a one & done. It's something you do over and over again... The Soulful Stretch On-Demand is not a course, it's a long term judgement free container you can use as much or as little as you want and need. It builds the resources within you that help you expand.🌞 Shifts the baseline of your nervous system so you can hold the bigness of your hearts desires and feel more balanced. 🧘♀️ It gives you room to process and a community of women who are on a similar path. 🫂 Soulful Stretch On-Demand gives you two main things:
You can join the community right now for just $47/month (but the doors close soon!)  Oftentimes we want growth and healing to be big, fast and dramatic. I get it, you are ready to feel differently.
Sustainable growth and healing are mostly about slowing down, getting curious and accessing the wisdom inside you. Your nervous system needs time to balance and recalibrate. So take the pressure off and see the magnitude of the small, gentle progress you are making. Celebrate the baby steps, which are actually monumental quiet shifts inside you. These are the moments where you see possibilities to nourish yourself in some way... Whether through slowing down, drinking a glass of water or an emotional check in. Rolling out your yoga mat, doing a guided meditation or pausing before answering someone. Prayer, a text with a friend or stepping out amidst the trees. These small things, are the big wins. It's enough...you are doing enough. Somatic yoga is the yoga for people on a growth and healing journey.If you're walking the path of growth and healing, it's important to know that not all styles of physical yoga are good for you. Some are super fast contributing to nervous system dysregulation, others try to help you relax but leave you feeling anxious instead and some simply aren't trauma informed so they unintentionally perpetuate trauma responses that you're trying to recover from. Somatic yoga is the answer to all of this, especially if it's being offered by a Trauma Informed Yoga Therapist or seasoned Yoga Teacher. Somatic yoga combines yoga and somatic healing principles. It's designed to balance your nervous system, improve your self-awareness and resiliency with a purposefully focuses on improving your wellbeing physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Some ways of approaching yoga focus on mastering physical poses, Somatic Yoga is about mastering body, mind and spirit. It helps you build skills to navigate life with more authenticity, grace. Brings you home to your body and helps you process what you've been through to make space for the way you want to show up and life - from a place of empowerment, freedom and clarity. Feel the Difference Challenge Want to experience it? Join me for the FREE 5 day Feel the Difference Challenge that starts next Monday. You'll have access to 15 minute yoga and somatic practices to balance your nervous system so you can show up as the best version of yourself.
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