Coming Home to Yourself After Birth: Somatic Healing for New Mothers

After giving birth, emotions can feel intense, raw, and overwhelming. In somatic therapy, we focus on feeling emotions through the body, not overthinking them. Healing begins when we allow ourselves to sit with what’s real — with compassion and patience.

Matrescence — the profound transformation into motherhood — is a journey of coming apart and coming together again.And you don't have to do it alone.

A Space to Come Home to Yourself

In our sessions together, I offer you a space where you are fully seen, fully heard, and deeply supported. A space where you can soften, unravel, and simply be.

As you navigate the waves of matrescence, I will gently hold space for you, guiding you back to your own body, your own voice, and your own truth.Through somatic therapy, we’ll honor your emotions, nurture your nervous system, and help you reconnect with the woman you are becoming.

Here, you are supported, nurtured, and held — always.

How to Sit with Your Feelings

• Find a quiet moment — even just five minutes.

• Notice sensations — describe what you feel in your body (tightness, heaviness, fluttering).

• Allow emotions without judgment. Remind yourself: “It’s safe to feel this.”

• Breathe into the feeling — slow, soft breaths into areas of tension.

• Close with gratitude — thank your body for holding you.

You don’t need to fix or force anything. Simply being with yourself is powerful enough.

Gentle Grounding Tools for Postpartum

When feelings feel too big, try these quick somatic tools to come back to the present:

5-4-3-2-1 Senses Exercise

• 5 things you see

• 4 things you can touch

• 3 things you hear

• 2 things you smell

• 1 thing you taste

Barefoot Grounding

Stand on grass, dirt, or sand. Let the earth hold you.

Self-Holding

Wrap yourself in a hug. Feel your own support..

Vocal Toning

Hum softly to activate your body's calming response.

Postpartum is not just about healing the body — it’s about rediscovering yourself. Through sitting with your feelings, grounding yourself, and allowing your story to unfold, you create a beautiful, living bridge between who you were and who you are becoming.

You are not alone on this journey.You are doing beautifully — one breath, one feeling, one moment at a time.