Depression & Anxiety – Understanding The Two States

Hello! How has your week been so far? I hope it is going well. xx Thank you so much for your wonderful messages in recent weeks. I am also very appreciative of your feedback. Something that has been a recurrent theme in recent weeks is the overwhelming positive feedback about the content created from Total Somatics and the respectful frequency of my emails. I am very well aware that in the era of online marketing, people [...]

Raising Awareness to Men’s Mental Health with Special Guest, Simon Rinne

Hello! How are you? I hope you are having a brilliant week so far. xx Recently, on Saturday 19th November 2022, it was International Men's day. A day to appreciate men and how they have enriched our lives with their positive and proactive traits. It is an ideal opportunity to focus on men and in particular their wellbeing. So I decided to celebrate International Men's Day by inviting Simon Rinne from Mindful Men to Somatic [...]

Why Movement is Medicine

Over the years whilst teaching clients about Somatic movement I have often use the expression “Movement is Medicine.” It is an expression I use often within my social media posts too (Instagram: total.somatics and Facebook: @totalsomatics). In today’s blog we are going to look at why movement is medicine. Mental Health Awareness I am sure you would agree we live at a time where mental health is being discussed openly and barriers are being broken down. However it is always good [...]

Mindful in May – Week 4

I hope you have had a good week. This week we are going to consider another aspect of Total Somatics' Mindful in May theme. Check out my video below as I discuss this week’s theme. Our mindset and self-talk play a huge role in the area of our Somatic (mental, emotional and physical) health and wellbeing. The way we view the world around us, interpret events, scenarios and interactions with people all comes down to our perception. We have two [...]

The Power of Somatics with Stress, Anxiety & Pain Relief

During the last week I have had a lot of emails regarding my recent blogs discussing emotion and back pain. The questions and queries have come from people who suffer with anxiety, stress and depression. Also many partners of depressed/anxious loved ones have reached out to me. The common thread with their questions links back to muscular pain and tightness associated with dis-empowering beliefs and overwhelming feelings. In today’s blog I am going to discuss with you how Somatics is [...]