Β You can't think your way out. You have to FEEL your way through.
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You know your patterns. You can explain exactly where they came from. You've spent years doing self development work and therapy. And you're still stuck in them...because understanding an emotion isn't the same as moving it. Analyzing keeps it lockedΒ in your head, where it never actually gets to flow through.
This 30-minute masterclass walks you through the somatic method I use to move emotions in, through, and out of the body...the shift from brain-led to body-led..so you build real nervous system capacity instead of just understanding why you don't have any.
Signs You'reΒ Over-Thinking
and Under-Feeling...
- You spend hours mulling over your problems in your head
- You research, read, and listen to podcasts trying to think your way to a solution
- You feel numb or disconnected from your emotions
- You experience emotions as thoughts instead of sensations in your body
- You're a hyper-intellectual, type A person who can't shut your brain off at night
- You've spent years in talk therapy without feeling like much has actually shifted
- You reach for food, alcohol, scrolling, or other behaviors to take the edge off
Sound Familiar? Enter Somatics...
"Somatic" simply means body. And a somatic practice is exactly what it sounds like...tuning into your body and allowing emotions and sensations to actually move through you, physically, instead of getting trapped in your head.
We were never taught this. We were taught to analyze, rationalize, and think our way through everything. But thinking about an emotion isn't the same as feeling it...and unfelt emotions don't disappear. They get stored.
Somatic practices give you a way out of your head and into your body, where the real releasing happens.
Β We overthink when we underfeel.Β Β
Purchase the Somatics MasterclassWhat's Included in the DIY Somatic Masterclass...
The Class
A deep discussion on the power of somatic practices, why they work better than mentally processing life, and how emotions get stored in the body. I address common questions around how to do somatics so you canΒ become your own practitioner.Β
The Practices
Guidance around how to structure your own somatic practice from start to finish so you can use this skill on your own everyday. I teach and demonstrate movement practices for each emotion so you have tools in your tool kit to tap into no matter what comes up. Β
TheΒ Playlists
As a part of your purchase, you will gainΒ access to 8 of my intentionally curated playlists. There's a playlist for each emotion and phase of a typical somatic session. Simply hit shuffle and begin your practice! (these are my personal playlists I use everyday!)
TheΒ Guide
A downloadable and printable Somatic Movement Guide that lists movements you can experiment with for each emotion. I made this resource for my clients who like to have a bit more structure when they "don't know" how they feel. Takes the guesswork out!Β
How Somatics Changed My Life
I spent years in talk therapy, reading every personal development book I could find, listening to podcast after podcast. I was doing all the "right" things...but I kept hitting a ceiling. The anxiety, the overthinking, the eating issues, the obsessive tendencies...they never fully shifted.
When I discovered somatics, everything changed. Not because I found a new thing to think about, but because I finally stopped living in my head. I learned how to actually feel and release what had been stored in my body for years...and the shifts were massive.
I started to genuinely feel confident and comfortable in my skin, I released excess weight, my health improved, and it even became easier to attract incredible opportunities into my life! All because I learned the art of keeping my body and nervous system clear from emotional buildup.
Purchase the Masterclass HereMeet Your Guide, Ashlyn
Ashlyn is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, holds a BS in Integrative Healthcare, and has extensively studied Polyvagal Theory, the nervous system, and parts work. Her background as a dancer gave her a unique relationship with the body that deeply informs the way she teaches somatic practices...making them accessible, intuitive, and genuinely transformative.
After years of struggling with anxiety, depression, overthinking, eating disorders, and obsessive tendencies, Ashlyn didn't find relief through talk therapy or self help books. She found it by learning to process life through her body instead of her head.
She's a podcast host, coach, and holistic practitioner who has spent hundreds of hours working one-on-one with women ready to stop living in their minds and start feeling at home in their bodies.
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Hear from the humans who have actually taken the classππΌΒ
Ashlyn, I have never in my 25 years on this planet had the capacity to feel and heal traumas of my past and I am honestly in disbelief by how powerful these somatics are. I am so grateful for you and what you have done to heal so many amazing women
#win All in all⦠it was NEVER about the food. It was my nervous system desperately searching for safety.
The nervous system exercises of anchoring and somatics have helped me so much that i have stopped grinding my teeth at night. My jaw would actually feel tight and now i noticed i am so much more relaxed in every part of my body. This is a huge milestone as i tried so many modalities to soothe the teeth grinding
I LOVE SOMATICS!!!!! Dancing again freely like no one is watching and moving this energy through my body is such an incredible feeling. And it FEELS SO GOOD. It's NOT ABOUT THE FOOD!!! gosh I'm a mush ball this morning in the best way β¨π
I have struggled with tailbone pain and plantar fascitis for a few months. Since starting HLE, the pain in both my tailbone and my foot has gradually faded away. I have no doubt the relief has come from releasing stored pain and allowing all emotions (specifically grief, numbness, and anxiety). I am healing in so many ways!
My first instinct is to turn towards somatics to move through tougher emotions, and it really freaking works. It's so simple it's almost unbelievable. Of course I already had ALL the tools I need within me, this whole time
I have so many wins I don't even know where to begin! Beyond the food wins, feeling my body and starting to be able to develop more safety in my daily life in combination with the somatic practices, I feel like I'm unthawing from the deepest darkest winter that I honestly didn't believe would ever end
first time in nearly 20 years, I am able to hold previously overwhelming sensations and feel safe in my body
Now, understanding my nervous system so much better and moving all those emotions through my body has been a total game changer. I feel my body thawing every single day, with every practice, every anchor, every feeling I allow myself to feel. I'm coming back to my real, true, free self
The somatic practices have really helped me! After a year and a half, I finally got a bleed
Ashlyn, I am a changed woman! I finally get what you mean when you talk about experiencing safety in the body, and food is rapidly becoming a genuine non-issue. I literally just eat when I'm hungry and have no problem stopping at balance
When I have a craving I process it, when I have strong emotions I somatically move it through my body
My relationship with food, my body, and myself has changed in ways I never imagined possible. I now feel connected to my feelings again after years of emotional numbness
