Joy Somatics

06/06/2026

Cozy upgrade in The Breathe Room.

We bid farewell to the 'big comfy blue couch' that's held space for many heartfelt conversations and provided support at your back & a place to just be (and some handy secret storage for me).

With the help of my 'design team' .onyschak we've found a 'chair to transform despair'.

Meet 'The Island'...where according to Olivia, all our cares just drift away. 🤣

In all seriousnness, physical comfort & a felt sense of support is truly part of the nervous system repatterning process here .

Pssst (back to silly)...You might have to nudge Oliver off it. He's been practicing his skin breathing so he can stay here longer.

06/01/2026

Shaped by experience.

You don't need to re-hash your life story & share every awful thing that you've been through to begin to heal. Your story matters & what I tune into even more are body cues things like;

💚 The speed & tone of your voice,
💚 The way your shoulder rises each time you mention them
💚 The bracing thru your ribcage & shallow breath
💚 Where your body trembles
💚 The deep sighs you use to create space

At Joy Somatics, we focus on recognizing PATTERNS in your breath & your nervous system while:
💧Staying compassionately curious about predictions your brain has learned
🌀 Exploring ways to reshape
🫁 & Breathing new patterns into being

How have you been shaped by experiences?

"Shaped by experience"
Mile 10 near Snowflake, MB

☆☆Thanks to hubby Matt for stopping on 'prairie date night' so I could run out into the windy field & capture what I was in awe of: that bin still standing after some fierce blows.

05/31/2026

Still points.

Sights, scents & sounds that bring you into quiet connection with yourself, nature & Source?

These were some of mine over the past 24 hrs at our rural retreat space...
~ Before we busy-bees planted our garden & whipped up a meal & conversation with good friends.

Where are your still points?

05/28/2026

05/26/2026

Life is full of teachers.

Just when we think we've learned the thing, digested the lesson, along comes circumstance and provides yet another layer.

That Universe, she never dissapoints.

Life is full of teachers.

05/25/2026

Does it feel dangerous to rest?

Resting can feel 'unproductive' and downright dangerous to a nervous system used to being in mobilization. Especially to a solo-preneur.

It's actually very productive inner work.
~Dismanteling perfectionism
~Releasing responsibility where it doesn't belong
~ Practicing checking in on 'honest capacity' (the no coffee helps with that honesty part)
~Offering space & Grace to oneself
~ Acknowledging & fear of falling into a hole or worse, falling behind.
~ all the things
~ all is well

Who's making breakfast?

05/25/2026

Full Body No

The last couple months have been beautifully full on. My internal 'spring prancing horse' got right out of the barn this Spring with 5 presentations in 6 weeks.

Not enough recovery time built in. It happens. I said YES to the things.

My adrenals started wagging a finger at me over a month ago.

Knowing & doing are not the same thing folks.

I coach nervous system & listening to your body for a living. I even give clients a 'Burnout Recovery' tip sheet.

So it was a little humbling to hit a 'full body NO' 2 weeks ago at the gym. Zero gas in the tank. Hello late stage burn out.

So I've been listening.

Grateful we own a rural retreat space that I can retreat to MYSELF. The last couple weekends I've been prioritizing:

~ Quiet: less people, less tech, more birds
~ Slow: taking foot off gas - on the highway & my breath
~ Checking my capacity: declining, doing less
~ Getting great body treatments: letting others take care of me.
~ Really nutritious & nourishing food.
~ Sleep & light hygeine,
~ Eliminating coffee (I know, booo!)
~ The right kind of company
~ Did I say food?

Burnout is real. Do yourself a favor & listen at the 'wired & tired stage' instead of waiting to be 'out of gas'.

Cause really, who wants to give up coffee?

How has youf body been signaling you? How are you letting it know you are listening?

05/14/2026

What are you unconsciously picking up?

These balls get used for more than increasing connection to felt sense...

Last week there was a 'Spring Overwhelm' theme with woman after woman walking in the door reporting:
~ early stage burnout - wired & tired
~ chest pressure & tightness
~ heart palpitations & panicky breathing
~ 3 am wake-ups
~ diarrhea
~ exhausted, shutdown in late burnout

From having picked up & juggling too many balls:
~ this season
~ this phase of life
~ since (name age you started picking up more than was yours)

We dumped the balls on the floor.

They picked up and named what they were carrying- things like:
~ caregiving elderly parents
~ work, deadlines
~ laundry
~ chauffeur
~ making & rescheduling family appointments
~ groceries, planning meals cooking
~ course load
~ tending to grief
~ healing childhood trauma
~ planning vacations
~ parenting
~ emotional labour for this & that person

Trying to pick up & balance all the balls while
chuckling about the size & shape chosen for each. Unrealized burdens surfacing. Longing for space.

"That's a lotta fu***ng balls", "I need space to grieve, I have to set these others down in order to do that"

Oof.

Dumping them back on the ground.

Consciously choosing what they are picking up for this season, this phase of life.

What are you carrying? Overwhelmed & needing support to feel the truth of it? Try my somatic pick up game with some toys or objects at home.

When you bump into something surprising or hard & need a container to explore,
Book a 15 minute consult with me & begin the process of provessing & unloading.

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05/10/2026

A woman who was raised by a strong woman.


And was lucky to have other women who were like mom's at times in my life when I needed them.


Val
Sandy

Be that woman.


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