Hello lovely ones,
How are you feeling today? How is your heart?
I am so excited to share this podcast conversation with with you today but before I do, I wanted to share a little announcement about an upcoming free experience I am sharing…
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On to the show…
I have been observing and enjoying Sara’s work for several years now, I am fascinated with movement and the link between nervous system and our body and the work that Sara does merges these two together so beautifully and accessibly.
I always find such solace in her words here on Substack, her invitational practices and also her wider perspective of the unfolding world and how we can exist as humans within it.
I truly hope you receive insight and wisdom from this conversation. It certainly gave me much to contemplate and be with.
“For me, somatics and embodiment are about welcoming the full spectrum of ourselves without having to reject the parts of us that feel challenging to hold, or the big, intense, deep, wide emotions that feel like they might knock us down. It's an invitation, through practice, of meeting ourselves. To be alongside everything.”
— Sara Duigou
This conversation is a rich tapestry of threads around somatics, the body, the nervous system, our current world realities and so much more.
“We're in this period of descent. We're in this period of polycrisis — as Francis Weller calls it the long dark. This period of massive dramatic shift in every single system that we have known for most of our lifetimes, if not all of our lifetimes. There is seismic things changing and it's undeniable.
We can't turn away anymore.”
—Sara Duigou
In this episode we discuss…
Sara’s current season of life - raising neurodivergent teens alongside following her soul work and going through peri-menopause as a neurodivergent person herself.
What somatic work is and what it means to come back home to the body and why Sara was called to go down the coaching route after years of teaching movement in different forms.
Why this work is so crucial at this time on the planet and how community holds the key to the onward path.
How Sara takes care of herself as a practioner, and some of her favourite ways of coming back to ourselves when we have lost our way.
The importance of safe space, and what it means to be trauma-informed in the world of coaching and space holding.
Ways we can hold ourselves through intense emotions and how to manage our stress response when we are in fight, flight or freeze.
And so much more…
***You can also listen to the episode on Apple here and Spotify here.
“If something doesn't feel good, we're allowed to speak up and hopefully the spaces we're in build in the permission for you to engage with something or not engage with it. And I think that's the most important thing. It's this part about consent, whatever space you're in, that the practitioner reminds you that you are in choice with everything that happens in that room and that the person that's leading — just because they're the practitioner or the person at the front of the room — they're not the boss of you.
They don't get to decide how you feel or receive anything that they offer.
The offering back to somebody that they have absolute agency and autonomy over their bodies is a massive place where we all where we begin with the work of somatics and embodiment because that is how we begin to feel safe in our bodies”
— Sara Duigou
Sara is a Somatic coach and movement practitioner. In her work she helps people who are feeling stuck navigating major life events to reconnect with their body so they can experience more self-trust, increased capacity and a renewed sense of possibility.
Connect with Sara here on her website, here on Substack and here on Instagram.
Thank you so much for being here to listen to this conversation of Unravelling, I would love to hear in the comments if you enjoy this episode and if there is anything that surfaces for you when you listen.
Until next time…
With so much love,
Lauren
xxx
PS… if you are interested in deepening your experience within this space through Human Design, self tending practices such as Yoga Nidra, Sacred Business workshops and circles, and community connection, I would love to invite you to take a look at my membership space The Balm…
The Unravelling Podcast is a sacred space for you to come to when you feel the need to be nurtured, inspired and witnessed in all the beautiful messiness of life. You can expect an eclectic mix of topics that include Motherhood, Womanhood, Soulful Business & all that is Sacred. The episodes are intended to be soothing and gentle, yet powerful and impactful, weaving the beautiful art of storytelling together with life lessons, practical tools and a little bit of magic too. The journey of unravelling has many, many layers, and each of us are on our own unique path. My hope is that the words shared in each episode will offer a spark of curiosity and a moment of resonance, and help support you in your own beautiful explorations.
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