Mindfulness is such a buzzword these days. It can be tough to know what it means, honestly. I practice embodied mindful awareness, which is the non-judgemental and caring attention to the here and now. This conscious awareness that is experienced through the body allows us to feel our feelings fully, to sit with difficult emotions and experiences, and to bring a kind and loving awareness to ourselves and those around us. Part of mindfulness is gently training the mind to become less attached to thoughts, especially unhelpful ones, and to grow our attention. In the embodied space, we use mindfulness to reconnect with our bodies and tune in to the wisdom it holds. This isn't simply meditating and thinking or not thinking. It's incorporating our entire beings and holding them in this space of love and kindness. Embodied Mindful awareness is mindfulness and heartfulness combined and expressed through the body with compassion and understanding.

Somatic Stress Release is. A practice that allows moving through our body's natural ability to mobilize and process stress. Stress gets a bad rap, but the word stress means the input we take in daily; however, in this modern world, we are inundated with these outside forces without time to process or release them. Over time we lose contact with this natural ability and innate wisdom of the body, and we forget our ability to move through stress. With Somatic Work, we can remember to tune in to this inner wisdom and move through stress instead of letting it build up. Tapping back into the body in this way allows us to create more space and resiliency, which allows for an opening of awareness.

Parts Work, also known as Internal Family Systems, is a modality that considers our different aspects of personality and listens to them rather than shutting them out. It is a gentle and authentic form of Shadow Work because we show compassion to the parts of ourselves that feel unlovable. Inner Child Work is coming into relation with the childhood version of ourselves that still lives on internally. Significant shifts can occur when we make friends with our shadow parts and listen to our inner child.