What is Somatics?
"Soma" means "body".
Still, Somatics is more than simply working with the body - it’s about creating enough space and safety for the body to express itself - its needs, its creativity, its joy… you name it!
The body holds a wealth of wisdom and potential and something begins to unfold when we give it time, space and attention.
Through conscious movement- sometimes free, sometimes gently structured - we explore what comes from within. We listen, we play, we notice, we discover, and little by little the conversations between the mind and the body become clearer.
With practice, new possibilities can emerge - new ways of sensing, moving, responding, relating.
This is where the fascinating capacity of the brain to adapt and create new patterns - neuroplasticity - comes into the picture.
The way we move is the way we move through life.
- Moshé Feldenkrais
Benefits of Somatics
Aliveness
Fluidity
Structure
Creativity
Can movement reconnect
you with your Aliveness?
Can safety and structure
invite you to greater
Fluidity?
Can your connection with the ground support a sense of Stability?
Can movement or rest reconnect you with your Creativity?
Ether
A space where all these life qualities can coexist, in balance and harmony.
What if the body already knows the way?
Somatics offers a space to listen, explore and discover what becomes possible when these qualities have room to move through you.
Meet Velina
I’m Velina, a somatic facilitator.
After many years in the renewable energy sector, I found myself drawn to a different kind of energy — the renewable energy within me.
Since 2019, I’ve been exploring what becomes possible when we begin to listen to the body in a different way.
Somatics became my way - a way to listen, move, play and explore, allowing the body to express itself in its organic language.
Somewhere along the way, the body and mind began to reconnect and re-connect and re-discover their joyful dialogue.
First, I explored through my own body during individual explorations and my first facilitator program. Then, I became curious about the science behind the potency of this work. Right now, I’m deepening my practice by attending my second and third ISMETA recognised facilitator trainings.
What started as a personal exploration has become a calling- to share the joy, curiosity and the depth of somatics with more people.
Voices of Exploration
It was so powerful and at the same time-relaxing for body and mind.
Ecosomatic by the river gave me new way of exploration.
Thank you, Velina, that I met you
Чудесно изживяване! Предизвикваш себе си и излизаш от границите си на комфорт, но ако си го позволиш, ще отлюспиш още една люспа от обвивката и ще си дадеш повече свобода и лекота. Може да откриеш и неподозирани неща за себе си. Както казва Велина, "изследваш себе си", това е много ценно. За пръв път се отпуснах на подобна практика и съм радостна, че реших да опитам. Благодаря!
I experienced a session with Velina due to severe back pains and I highly recommend. I felt so relieved after the session and it was very professional and pleasant. I booked 10 more sessions...
It was a new experience for me. I gave space my body to show me how it wanted to move:) Incredible discovery. Everyday we always tell our body what to do, in that session you can pause and observe what the body will tell you. It is like a meditation, but different.
