embodiment for when your body is saying no

And ways to help it say yes again...
with love for us women.

It's already so busy in the world, it would be really nice if it were calm and tidy in our heads!

But how can we do this, if we're living in a world that moves at the speed of light? I know it can feel very overwhelming.

Everywhere we look, there's something asking us to do something, to give it attention, energy, emotion...Where do we find calm then to enjoy life?

And the craziest part is, the world is not the same as it was 20 years ago, not even 5! But because we haven't been taught better, we're still trying to grow old in a globalized world acting as if it weren't?

AND WE'RE LEFT HOPING WE'LL FIND:

supportive communities to feel at home.

a healthy lifestyle.

"our traditions" and a sense of family.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

What if we were meant to look for something else?

for example a world based on more authenticity and self-expression

I mean that feeling of being so weirdly, funny and confidently yourself that no matter what you dedicated your life to, you'd be super excited to be alive and feel like you make the world a better place.

And off course I wish for us to have strong communities, health and a world to leave to our children, but I'm inviting you to do this finding your own well being first.

Yes, it's possible and takes less than you imagine. Yes, it means digging deep into "your stuff" AND yes, it takes time.

BECAUSE IT MEANS:

Cultivating instead of extracting.

Together instead of alone.

Softening instead of stiffing up.

your Body is just as valuable as your mind

Bring life to your creations by balancing opposites.

The mind needs the body and it also goes the other way around. What I invite you to focus on is on bridging the two of them.

Playing the globalization and "new era" game is all about inclusion. And inclusion starts with ourselves... recognizing the parts we've neglected in the hunt for safety, belonging, love and growth.

THOSE PARTS EXIST IN OUR BODIES WAITING TO BE HEARD:

Body as in emotions and sensations.
Body as in breath and cycles.
Body as in joy and pleasure.

This tool is pretty useful to win a bigger perspective of the topics that are playing in your life at different times and what they're here to teach you.

You can imagine it as the language to read a clock of energetical cycles.

Astrology is an intuitive and very extense source of knowledge that many pre-colonial cultures still gift us with. It focuses on making sense of life's development in relation to the many dimensions of being a human.

It considers the conscious and subconscious; the actions, the sensations and the mind; the relational ways we have with others, with nature and the universe at large.

Astrology

This is where we work with the body to move stuck energy, so you can get past habits that no longer help you.

And it is bodywork based on trauma-sensitive neurobiology. It means we focus on allowing yourself to get into a "meditative state" where you feel safe, seen, soothed and supported.

With this tool we may access and transform subconscious energies that influence your life when you are "out and about".

Some somatic tools we use are:

Somatic Alignment
Channeling
Ecosomatics

Somatics

As women we have four different phases (in an ideal life, around every month) of our internal state before going into menopause.

This might interest you, because it will help you know how to manage your energies to make an empowering use of stress.

The routines you experience cyclically will shape your overall state of health.

Working together we can focus on creating ones (eating, movement, production and social habits) that are not only aiming for a daily basis, but the different phases of your cycle.

Feminine Cycle

As a method of implementing new routines in your life, the Habit Change Coaching Method uses sequences of questions, input and exercises to help you live the things you desire.

Habit Change is about supporting you to experience regularly the things you want, so you keep coming back to them.

It's all about joy and pleasure, which in the end makes the habits go away that no longer fit you...all by themselves (without you having to think about it).

Habit Change

feminine embodiment tools

“She intuitively sensed what I needed and lovingly guided me to discover a lot of clarity and confidence!”

She is incredibly caring, has a wonderful way of connecting with people, and she takes particular joy in successful moments, and I can definitely recommend her work!!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart ♥️

- Stephanie Schröder

1:1 Coaching

Here we meet in private to work through personal topics and give empowering movement to dreams you wish to make true.

BREATH SENSATIONS MOVEMENT CYCLES EMOTIONS

Women's Circles

This group setting is all about practicing how to remember joy, pleasure and the confidence of expressing your true emotions.

Workshops

On this educational path you may find resources on topics around body-work, feminine neurobiology, spirituality and a creative life.

I'm Maria, training you to love being the woman you are, here and now

My aquarian sun, scorpian moon and taurus rising mean...

I've personally experienced and been trained on ways to transform challenging situations into creative energy. It's my passion to sustain depth and authenticity at the same time, which I know how to do thanks to being an avid astrology and neurobiology learner, as well as my trainings as a Somatic Alignment Practitioner and Holistic Health and Life Coach.

All of this is focused on helping you integrate habits, emotions, joy, pleasure and connection that fit your real needs and cycles.

why i do this –

Having changed my residence country over five times, I very well know what it's like having to adapt to new languages, cultures and ways of being. But most importantly I know all it takes to finally feel at home.

I created these offers for the women who feel like they "don't belong", no matter where they live or what they do. They are meant to support you in different ways to bring you more energy, self-agency, fulfilment, connection and belonging (first and foremost, to yourself!).

Knowing that this is not the typical conversation you have everyday, with just anyone, anywhere, I offer you a very chilled option for you to get a clearer feeling of what working together would mean... Just two real humans getting to know each other with interests in common. No matter the outcome.

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FAQ

I hope these Q & A's give you more clarity and confidence to decide if you want us to meet :)

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OMG, TRAUMA! Sensitive? It sounds kind of over the top. What do you mean, when you say you work in a "trauma-sensitive" way?

What this type of work means is, that no matter your history, I focus on ways of communicating and working together that make you feel held in a safe and relaxing environment, so you can "lower your walls" to process things you've been holding by yourself for so long.

How do you work like that?

Working in a trauma-sensitive way, means a lot of empathy, active listening, body-cueing, as well as opening room and acknowledgement for your verbal and non-verbal expression. It could be seen this way: emotions are welcomed, even when the logic has no explanation for them.

Why do you like working in a trauma-sensitive way?

Because no matter the person, this approach brings into consideration that everyone has a history of their own, which includes many other histories beyond their own (ancestral work). This is so important, because it helps us uncover the behavioural patterns that are stored in the body generation after generation, so we can acknowledge what they have been trying to teach us. This way we set them free and recover more energy and health for ourselves.

How do I know if I am experiencing trauma or it's only stress?

When you experience a stressful situation that doesn't trigger a traumatic response, you are able to use that stress to grow (e.g. when you are studying for a test... when your life doesn't depend on it). However, a traumatic response will often have you feeling in an unmanageable state of either fight, flight, freeze, complacency or hopelessness. The first is to feel truly seen and acknowledge, so you can process the stuck emotions.

How does a "somatic therapy session" look like?

Usually it starts by setting the space so you feel relaxed. Sometimes it can even start with play or movement, so you get out energy that is bothering you. Then we help you get into a meditative state and depending on the type of work, we would use either touch, guided imagination, sounds, smells or nature-sensing, so you can feel these inputs at a deeper level. By the end of the session, I'll bring you back to a state of full consciousness and we'll have a chat.

What is the difference between "Somatic Alignment", "channeling" and "ecosomatics"?

Somatic Alignment is a method that includes movement and touch for you to process stuck emotions at different levels.
Channeling uses a meditative state to bring into conscious awareness the interpretation of internal states.
Ecosomatics focuses on connecting with local nature at deep awareness to foster grounding and presence.

Why do you trust working with somatics and astrology?

Because these are tools that incorporate the differentiation and management of our personal, social and environmental energies through acknowledgement of our states (through neurobiology, endocrinology and cycles), so that we can return to balance, or better said, health thanks to frequencies and rhythms better suited to our own nature.

I've seen videos of Somatic Alignment. Do I also have to scream, cry or move during a session?

Not at all. Your session can perfectly look like a very calm one and it would still be a very powerful one. It's all about building trust within yourself to feel what needs to be felt. During that path we will also build a deeper relationship of trust, where I fully respect and acknowledge your pace to feel the moment when I am safe enough for you to be held at deeper levels.

How do you work with cycle sync'ing?

Whenever you would like to focus on naturally balancing your feminine cycle, we would use cycle and hormone tracking to implement habits that are better suited for each one of your cycle phases. Think about types of food, levels of movement, type of activities and productivity, goal and cycle strategy setting, as well as social contact. All guided towards allowing yourself to feel and balance your internal states.

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How does the Habit Change Coaching Method work?

This is a series of sessions that are built to address the why, what, how, who, when and where to be of the person you are and want to become. It gives you just the right and necessary amount of input and exercises, but also the safe space for you to undergo your desired transformation at the rhythm that is right for you.

11.

Do you only work in presence or do you also work online?

For most of the work, you can decide how would you prefer us to work.
In case you choose the online option, you would need to make sure you can provide a comfortable and safe space to hold the sessions.
Due to the nature of the Somatic Alignment Therapy, I'm currently only certified to hold the sessions in presence.

12.

I would really like working with you, but I'm not sure how I can work my financial situation to do it.

If you feel this is the right type of work for you, but you're not sure you have the means to do it, you can still send me a message. We would call each other, so you can explain your situation to me and we can work out a type of arrangement that suits us both and you are also happy with :)

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13.

I have other questions that are not listed here. Could I still ask you without any commitment involved?

Sure! No presure at all. It's important that you clear off your doubts before you make any decision. Whether this is the right type of work for you now, in some months, a year or maybe never, you still have the right to see whether this approach could help you out.

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that creates the life everyone sees.

It's what we do, when no one is watching

Today could be the day when you started doing "that something" for yourself, which led to something new.

All calm, no rush, not having to post it anywhere... just for yourself and me to read.

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