Space to slow down, listen to, and honour your body
In a Somatic Practice session with Jem, you are invited to gently explore how your body responds to life — to stress, trauma, and the demands of a complex world.
Through awareness of sensation, movement, breath, and nervous-system education, each session offers a guided inquiry that supports safe reconnection with your body’s innate resilience. This process cultivates regulation, grounded presence, and a renewed sense of aliveness.
Rather than “treating” trauma, this work focuses on supporting your body to remember safety and expand its capacity for ease and connection.
FEES:
Individual session | 60 min | $100 (Concession $75)
5 session package | $500 (Concession $300)
LOCATION:
Online or in-person (including outdoor nature-based sessions around Castlemaine).
What we might explore…
Clients come to me seeking support for many different reasons — here are a few common threads we might explore, always shaped by your unique needs and rhythms:
Stress + Nervous System Support
Stress shows up in the body in subtle and patterned ways — tightness, fatigue, looping thoughts, a sense of always being “on.” In our work together, we’ll notice how stress lives in you and explore somatic practices, nervous system education, and micro-shifts to support regulation, rest, and reconnection.
Trauma Recovery
Drawing on Somatic Experiencing® principles, we explore how the nervous system holds the imprint of overwhelm. At your pace, we build safety, restore trust in the body, and expand your capacity for presence and connection. This process doesn’t involve re-telling trauma stories, but learning how your system can settle and orient toward support.
1:1 Trauma-Informed Yoga + Somatic Practice
These sessions blend somatic mindfulness, breath, movement, and deep rest.
There is no fixed sequence — only space to experiment, notice, and return to your body with curiosity. All practices are offered through a trauma-aware lens where choice, pacing, and agency come first.
Somatic Ecotherapy
For those drawn outdoors, sessions can take place in quiet natural settings where your system can co-regulate with the living world. We invite slowness, reverence, and the possibility of restoration through relationship with land, weather, and place — using the same somatic awareness we cultivate indoors.
About the Work
This is educational and body-based support, not psychotherapy or clinical treatment.Sessions are guided by Jem’s training in Somatic Experiencing®, trauma-informed yoga, and eco-somatic practice, and grounded in consent, pacing, and nervous-system integrity.
FAQs
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Somatic therapy supports you to gently reconnect with your body’s natural rhythms and responses. When life becomes too much, too fast, or not enough for too long, our nervous system does its best to protect us—bracing, shutting down, or staying on high alert. These survival patterns often linger, even long after the threat has passed.
Rather than focusing on retelling your story, somatic therapy works with the subtle signals of your body—tracking sensations, movements, and shifts in breath or posture. We move at the pace your system can safely handle, honouring the body’s wisdom and protective strategies.
Over time, this process helps widen your window of capacity—the zone where you feel grounded, present, and able to engage without overwhelm. From this place, the body can begin to settle, soften, and trust that it no longer has to live in defense.on text goes here
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Somatic therapy focuses on the body’s felt experience, rather than just thoughts or stories. While talk therapy often helps us make sense of what happened, somatic therapy attends to how our body has held those experiences — through tension, numbness, restlessness, or shutdown.
By tuning into these patterns gently and without judgment, we begin to restore a sense of safety and choice in the nervous system. This body-first approach can be especially supportive for trauma, chronic stress, or moments when talking alone doesn’t bring relief.
Many people find that somatic therapy helps them feel more grounded, present, and connected — not just understand their experiences, but live differently within their bodies.
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For most people, coming weekly or fortnightly provides the consistency and momentum that supports meaningful change. That said, I understand that everyone’s circumstances are different — we can find a rhythm that feels supportive and sustainable for you.
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If you need to reschedule or can’t make your appointment, that’s completely fine. I kindly ask for at least 24 hours’ notice to avoid being charged the full session fee. This helps keep the schedule fair and flexible for everyone.
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Yes. I can work with self-managed or plan-managed NDIS participants under the category of therapeutic supports. If you’re not sure whether somatic therapy can be included in your plan, feel free to reach out and we can discuss your situation.
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Somatic therapy is not currently eligible for Medicare rebates under a Mental Health Care Plan. However, some clients choose to engage in this work alongside a psychologist or GP-supported care. I’m always happy to collaborate where appropriate.
My service fees are similar or cheaper than service fees after the rebate is applied when visiting a practitioner under a MHTP.
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Feeling overwhelmed can sometimes happen, and that’s okay. We work slowly and attentively, with your safety as the priority. If things feel too much, I’ll support you to come back to a place of calm and safety before continuing or pausing the session.
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If you’re looking for a gentle, body-based approach to stress, trauma, or wellbeing — one that honors your pace and builds safety and resilience — somatic therapy may be a good fit. If you’re unsure, feel free to reach out for a chat to see if this approach feels supportive for your unique journey.