Hi, I am Emily Hughes, Somatic Coach and Conscious Parenting Coach
I help sensitive overthinkers to listen to their body’s wisdom and work towards a greater sense of felt safety, alignment and authenticity.
Somatic coaching is an invitation to come home to yourself. In a world that often asks us to push through, perform, be productive and override our inner signals, Somatic coaching is a gentle practice offers space to slow down and soften our nervous systems. By reconnecting with the wisdom of your body, you begin to feel more authentic and at ease, able to move through life with a sense of peace and presence. Boundaries become less about walls and more about clarity and self-respect, allowing you to honour your needs and feel into your personal power and integrity. As you soften into alignment, you may notice a deeper steadiness — a way of being that feels natural, grounded, and true to who you are.
Typically people are drawn to somatic coaching after experiencing traditional talk therapy or being very self aware but finding they are still stuck. Just knowing hasn’t helped because the head might know but the body might not be there yet. The aim in somatic coaching is to get unstuck and gently explore what else is possible.
What is Somatic Coaching?
Embodiment And Empowerment
Learn to feel safe and empowered with your body. Practice being with the body, listening to it’s wisdom and letting the body lead.
The Nervous System
I help clients develop nimble nervous systems so they can move more easily from fight/ flight/ freeze back to feeling safe in their bodies.
Transform Trauma
As a trauma informed practitioner we explore with gentle curiosity what the body might be holding onto from past traumas.
Wholehearted Living
I help clients tune into the blocks and barriers that are holding them back from their potential and purpose.
Emotional Stress in the Body
We explore areas of the body where you might be carrying emotional stress or trauma and invite in more ease.
Boundaries and Authenticity
Develop stronger boundaries in order to live more in alignment with your authenticity.
What Clients say about Somatic Therapy with Emily
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How Does Somatic Coaching Work?
Somatic coaching can be done in person in Leytonstone, East London or on Zoom from anywhere in the world (there is no touch involved). It’s a space for you to let the body lead and tune into its innate wisdom. This is a gentle trauma informed modality where I help clients to softly nudge towards feeling safer in their body and nervous system, more embodied and more empowered. Each session lasts 1 hour. I work with clients ideally in a block of 6 Sessions or by pay as you go (see Prices below). Book a call with me to see if this is the right fit for you.
The Three pillars of Somatic Coaching I work with are:
Deshaming- all of you is welcome in the sessions
Resourcing- bringing more capacity to your nervous system
Soothing- Bringing a lot of soothing to the nervous system so the body knows that change and growth are safe
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Starting from Intention
In Somatic coaching we start each session with an intention to explore an area of your life where you feel stuck - relationships, anger, anxiety, purpose, patterns of behaviour, sex, better boundaries, kinder relationship with your body, finding clarity on a big decision, exploring fear or anxiety related physical symptoms. We tune in to what the body is holding onto in relation to this issue.
About Me
I am a Conscious Parenting Coach, Breath work teacher and Somatic Therapist (I work with anyone for Somatic Therapy not just parents). My interest in Somatic Therapy came from finding talk therapy limited as so many of my issues manifested in strong physical sensations. I find working with the body fascinating and richly fulfilling as I see how quickly things shift and integrate for myself and my clients. I trained with the Focalizing Institute, a model of Somatic Therapy Pioneered by Dr Michael Picucci.
When I am not working you can find me with my two children pottering about in the garden, walking in the forest, taking baths and doing climate activism.
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£80 for one off/ pay as you go
6 Session Block £450 ( Equivalent £75p/h) Book a call with me
My working hours are Monday- Friday 9-3 pm
I can occasionally offer spaces out of these times.
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Talk therapy from a trained psychotherapist should always be the first option if you are in a state of crisis. Somatic Therapy is not a substitute for mental health intervention.
For those not in crisis, who are wishing to explore a different modality, Somatic Therapy can be a powerful practice.
Our body is giving us signals and cues all day long. We experience emotions first in our bodies and our body holds on to experiences of trauma, grief and feeling like we don’t belong. In somatic therapy we explore what the body is holding onto in a non linear way. Clients report feeling a strong sense of clarity and empowerment but in a way that is abstract beyond words and analysis.
For some people talk therapy can be hard. For some it can be retraumatising or they can get stuck in over-talking and make limited movement towards their goals. Sometimes the body is holding onto experiences from infancy which predate language and can thus be transformed more effectively by tuning into the body.
Sometimes talk therapy can feel power over in that one is being analysed by the therapist. In somatic therapy the power is with the body. We err away from analysis and stay in the realm of sensation, image and movement, trusting that the body knows how to work through our blocks if we allow it space to do so. My role as the somatic therapist is to co-regulate with the client and to offer questions to guide the client not to analyse or attribute meaning.
In my training as a coach sometimes we might bring a little bit of coaching into the practice to help integrate the experience but often clients have quite transformative experiences quite swiftly simply by being with the body.
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I am a qualified Somatic therapist through the Focalizing Institute.
I am a Qualified Breath Coach through Yoga Body
A Qualified Conscious Parenting Coach through The Jai Institute of Parenting
Contact Me
Book a free 20 min Zoom Chat to discuss Somatic Therapy or contact me via the form.