1:1 Somatic Sessions
Rebuild steadiness. Grow capacity. Reconnect to what really matters.
What these sessions are
These sessions combine the intuitive depth of BodyDreaming with somatic coaching, offering a unique blend of approaches designed to support meaningful, (doable) and sustainable change.
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Ultimately, a Somatic session supports your nervous system to gently rewire old patterns—so you can stop defaulting to shutdown, stress, or overdrive, and start meeting everyday life with more steadiness, clarity, and creative responsiveness.
In these sessions, we let your body take the lead, supporting it to reorganise it's autonomic nervous system responses.
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Why somatics?
Because real change doesn’t just happen in your mind—it happens when your body has capacity to do things differently.
We work together to create the just noticeable difference —a careful, incremental approach that respects your body's limits and avoids overwhelming your nervous system.
This supports your capacity to remain present, grounded, and open to new ways of responding to life’s challenges.
Together, these practices create a container to reconnect you to your innate wisdom, build steadiness and responsiveness, and navigate life in a more robust, creative, and resourced way.
This is a space to grow your internal capacity—so you can show up for what matters most, from a place of sturdiness and self-trust.
1:1 Somatic Session, 60 mins, $120 AUD
(online only)
What Somatic Coaching and BodyDreaming Can Help With
​Managing stress and anxiety: Learning to soothe and regulate the nervous system.
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Healing burnout: Recovering energy and joy by reconnecting with bodily signals.
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Navigating life transitions: Supporting clarity, confidence, and grounded decision-making.
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Improving relationships: Enhancing emotional responsiveness and authentic communication.
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Re-organising trauma responses: Developing capacity, re-organising habitual patterns, and reclaiming personal agency.
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Enhancing creativity and performance: Moving through blocks and fostering embodied self-expression.
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Building inner resources: Cultivating emotional stability, self-trust, and intuitive connection.
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Who it’s for?
These sessions are for women who:
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Are highly capable but often feel flat, irritable, over it, or secretly overwhelmed
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Struggle to relax, even with rest or "self care"
Feel stuck in patterns of over-giving, avoiding support, or blankness around their own desires
Want an approach that meets them where they’re at—body, mind, and heart
Are seeking to feel steady, responsive, and alive again.
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What happens in a session
Each 60-minute session is led by what your body brings forward on the day.
We begin by orienting to your current circumstance.
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From there, we take a somatic approach through:
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Nervous system tracking
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Breath and movement
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Sensation language
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Working with dreams and images
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Titration, pendulation, and orienting
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Sometimes it’s about being with experiences that hold charge from the past, or challenges that require support in the present. Other times it’s about following an image or dream.
Somatic coaching is a practice of reconnecting to your body's innate wisdom—and learning to trust it.
FAQ's
​Do I need to be in therapy to do this?
No. Somatic sessions complement therapy beautifully but also stand alone. You don’t need to be doing any other work to benefit from this.
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How is this different to talk-based therapy?
Unlike some traditional talk-based therapy, somatic coaching and BodyDreaming focus on the body's felt sense and nervous system responses, rather than relying primarily on conversation or cognitive insight. This is a body-led approach, in which you are learning the skills needed to titrate emotional overwhelm helping to deepen your sense of rootedness in your body and our surroundings.
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What if I don’t know how to feel things in my body?
Totally fine. Most of us were never taught how. That’s part of what we’ll explore gently together. You don’t need to be able to name everything—just be curious.
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Where does this type of coaching come from?
BodyDreaming offers a unique combination of the psychology of C.G. Jung, BodySoul Rhythms® of Marion Woodman, the trauma therapy Somatic Experiencing of Peter Levine, neuroscience, attachment and developmental theory. This integrative approach helps you develop a deeper awareness of your own nervous system, triggers, and habitual response patterns. It’s practical and intuitive.
What will I get out of it?
Most women leave feeling clearer, more grounded and energised. Over time, clients report more clarity around decisions, increased emotional range, more ease in relationships, and the ability to catch patterns (like people-pleasing or pushing through) before they hijack the day.
Vive has a natural ability to approach coaching with true compassion. She is open and authentic, making you feel at ease whilst not shying away from any of the feelings that may be visiting.
Vive is intuitive and skilled at guiding you to your own version of a solution. She also has a wonderfully creative mind and is an inspirational energy to be around.
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Her courses are well put together and centre around you finding true joy in a way that feels gentle yet full of satisfaction.
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I am grateful to know her. You will be too.
Jennifer Birkhead