MY SERVICES
Services
Offered virtually via Zoom or in person in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Coaching
1:1 SOMATIC LIFE COACHING
- Initial session 75 mins
- Following session 60-75 mins
Special 3-session Intro Package available
- 3×60 mins
- Clarify your goals
- Investigate what is holding you back
- Experience the support of your body
Classes
EMBODIMENT
- Group classes
- 60 mins weekly
- Focus on developing body awareness
Bodynamic
STUDY SUPPORT for current students
- Help to navigate the content of Foundation and Practitioner trainings
- 1:1 or group
- Discounted rate
INTRODUCTION to Bodynamic and somatic coaching
- For professionals and prospective students
- 1:1 or group
- 2hr
The coaching process
The somatic coaching process blends cognition, body awareness, and movement.
Sessions navigate between:
talking
tuning in with emotions/sensations
building resources through movement
The INITIAL PHASE focuses on setting the stage:
getting to know each other
establishing a safe space
discussing what you want to change in your life
- investigating what is holding you back
defining a clear contract – my coaching is goal-oriented
NEXT PHASE focuses on building a bodily foundation.
It is about getting acquainted with your ‘vehicle’ and how it operates
This often includes dropping down from the level of thoughts/stories and becoming aware of your sensations and emotions
- You also become aware of your existing skills/resources and learn to use them more consciously
FINALLY, the focus shifts to building the resources that you need to reach your goal. It is time to ‘upgrade’ your ‘vehicle’.
You gain a new experience, relevant to your life goal. For example you feel a new sense of self-worth, get in touch with your power, or are able to set a boundary
- Then you learn to sustain this new experience, by repeated practice, through ‘homework’ and applying it in real life. As a result, the new experience transforms into a new skill that you can access at any time
Throughout the entire coaching process, Mutual Connection and Dignity are central.
They are our core drives as human beings, according to Bodynamic.
When we are in connection with others and in alignment with self we grow.
What people say
Catharina is a gifted somatic coach with expertise as a Bodynamic practitioner. I had the pleasure of engaging in her sessions over the course of many months. She does an exceptional job at creating a safe space for healing and empowering clients to engage in energy shifting strategies resulting in calm and confidence. Catharina’s presence is grounding and my time with her transformative. I am forever grateful to her and for her!
– Ruthie B.
I have experienced a wide variety of healing modalities, and although Catharina held beautiful safe space, the biggest impact from our sessions is that she knew what movements or postures to suggest to create ease in my body, and these would have a direct positive impact on whatever mental or emotional issue I was dealing with. The first session we had, where we were trying to determine whether we were a match for each other, we talked until she had a sense of what my challenge was at that time. She suggested some subtle movements and when I did them, I felt so free and expansive and joyful, I started giggling!
Very knowledgeable about the Bodynamic stages of development, she combines this with her intuition and pragmatic approach so that every session is a discovery process. Thank you for giving me some somatic tools to significantly help with the issues that have been plaguing me for most of my life!
– Carol-Ann M.