integrative somatic coaching

Integrative Somatic Coaching blends the most recent breakthroughs in neurobiology, ancient spiritual wisdom, and mind-body therapeutic techniques. By integrating traditional top-down coaching methods with body-based (somatic) techniques, it taps into the subconscious mind (the subcortical brain), the nervous system, and the body’s innate healing abilities. This approach aims to achieve profound and long lasting changes and sustainable embodied transformation. All the somatic practices and techniques are grounded in the latest developments in stress and trauma theories, emphasizing a contemporary understanding of the Autonomic Nervous System.

Integrative Somatic Coaching combines different holistic (mind-body-spirit) modalities, theories, and approaches such as Somatic Parts Work (IFS), Mindfulness, Trauma Sensitive Yoga, Polyvagal Theory, Attachment Theory, Somatic + Depth + Humanistic Psychology, Gestalt, Focusing, Therapeutic Art Process, Hakomi, Heart Coherence, and Pleasure Activism.

In this coaching container, YOU are the expert in both your own life and bodily experience. This journey starts with the belief that you are creative, resourceful and that your body is resilient and fully capable.

Integrative Somatic Coaching is a partnership in which I support you in compassionately shedding patterns that may no longer serve you and moving towards somatic healing, embodied transformation and the life that you desire and deserve.

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“The body has been designed to renew itself through continuous self-correction. These same principles also apply to the healing of psyche, spirit, and soul.” — Peter A. Levine

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Akiva A

somatic coaching

I had the pleasure of being held by Olga in Coaching.

She brings together compassion, a strong sense of perception and accuracy.

I felt very safe being guided by her into my body and gathering the insights and understanding of my next steps each time.

Olga has a strong presence, big heart and knowledge in many fields of work that comes together into the coaching practice.

1 month ago

Sara

a great somatic coaching experience

I recommend coaching sessions with Olga, she works in a very interesting trend that helps us connect with our body, emotions and the information it brings us. Moreover, she radiates peace and sensitivity, everything that happened during this session was a tender invitation to explore specific questions and spaces in the body, paying attention to the fact that I only enter what I want, there was a lot of attention to my boundaries and emotions. Already during the first session, I discovered something very important for myself, which is a signal that Olga knows how to guide another person 🙂

2 Days Ago

Alina H.

I'm grateful for this somatic coaching session

A rare gem. Olga is taking communication with customers to a whole new level: she is extremely polite and empathetic. I felt very comfortable during somatic coaching sessions with her. I am grateful to her for helping me discover some valuable ideas. And, this is big plus for me, Olga speaks perfect English.

2 Days Ago

Melania B.

A greater connection with myself

I recommend sessions with Olga, thanks to our meeting we went very deep into meeting my parts, my awareness of what I feel in my body has increased, which means I have gained a greater connection with myself, this meeting I feel has initiated greater awareness of myself, I recommend.

7 Days Ago

All of you is welcome here.

how I work

I always start by meeting you where you areat and with the deep belief in your potential, resourcefulness, creativity, and your body’s resillience.

As an integrative somatic coach, I am here to support and accompany you in befriending your body and tapping into your own inner wisdom, to create embodied transformation and move towards the life you truly desire! I invite you to experience the felt sense of your body ( bringing the mind into the body’s inner world) to uncover wisdom and solutions to issues you may be facing. I’ll also invite internal dialogue and to get to know the different parts of YOU that may be causing g internal conflict, pain, protective patterns or other issues in your life.

My approach is solution focused and PRESENT and FUTURE orientated.

We don’t have to talk about the past to see and FEEL how it still informs our present- through implicit body memory and the subconscious mind. The content and stories from the past can be importnat for creating meaning, but we don’t need to keep retelling our story to grow and heal And actually studies show that this can sometimes hinder us as it creates UNSAFETY in our nervous ssytem

Often all we need is to focus on what it is we truly care about, where we want to go, and creating new somatic experience in the present moment. This is how we can create new patterns and embody new ways of being in the world by rewiring our subconscious brain and repatterning the nervous system. When we see it we don’t have to be it, we can CHOOSE how to respond on purposely cultivating an unshakable core and felt sense of enoughness, wholenss, resource and safety in our bodymind system.

My adverse and profound life experiences as well as my background as an integrative somatic coach + practitioner, and trauma healing yoga TCTSY facilitator working with embodiment, psychology, spirituality, as well as the impacts of trauma on the nervous system and our psychobiology, has equipped me with the experience, skills, training, regulation, attunement, and empathy to support and create a SAFE ENOUGH space for you as you embark on this journey. I get it, I have walked this path and I know it is not easy , and at the same time investing in your intimate relationship with your SELF it the greatest investment you could make!

In this coaching partnership the focus is always on your intention, on what you want to embody, and how you want to BE in this world – with presence and on purpose, instead of by accident.

somatic coaching is NOT psychotherapy

As a somatic coach who is trauma-informed, I don’t diagnose or treat mental health disorders.

We will not be working through big or small mental health crises.

We focus on the emergent wisdom coming up from the body, in other words the felt sense of the inner lasndscape of the bodymind system, the nervous system, emotions, feelings, sensations, and images .

The focus is NOT on talking about or making sense of past trauma content, but rather creating somatic awareness, attunement, resilience, regulation and a safe enough container which supports your body to return to it’s natural HOME. In this state of connection, balance, coherence, and homeostasis, that healing, growth, autoregulation, and transformation happen organically. Your body already knows how to do this.

Demo of what an integrative somatic coaching session could look like

Lina discusses feeling resistance and insecurity about taking on a new coaching client, who is older and more experienced than her. She expresses concerns about not being competent enough and worries the client will doubt her expertise. Lina explores the roots of this impostor syndrome, recognizing it stems from past experiences working with more senior colleagues when she was younger.

With the support of her coach Olga, Lina connects with a deeper, wiser part of herself that encourages her to trust the process and let go of the need to control. She realizes she needs to balance her excitement and confidence with flexibility and an openness to learn from the client. Lina decides to gently challenge the client’s more rigid tendencies in order to uncover his underlying fears and insecurities.Lina reflects on the powerful insights that emerged during the session, particularly the voice of wisdom and the mix of joy, excitement, and resistance she experienced. She expresses gratitude for being able to work through these feelings and gain a deeper understanding of herself. Lina is now feeling more empowered and ready to approach the coaching engagement with an open, trusting mindset and embodied presence.

Somatic coaching isn't about becoming the best version of yourself, it's about integrating and loving on all those parts of Self you may not like, deny, or once buried away to feel safety, belonging, and dignity. It's about connecting to the wisdom of your body and your True Self. You are not broken and you don't need to be fixed.

topics you may want to explore, during our somatic coaching partnership:

finding meaning or purpose in your life
remembering how to speak the language of your body (the felt sense)
connecting to your inner compass (intuition, instinct, and emotions)
soothing your inner child
feeling safer in your body (moving from protection to connection)
getting unstuck
support in a big decision
setting embodied boundaries
deepening intimacy with your Self and others
befriending your nervous system to support autoregualtion
cultivating self attunement to tend to your needs
understanding and befriending parts of you you may not like or deny
releasing stress organically
restoring emotional wellbeing
finding your authentic voice
reclaiming your comfort and pleasure
reconnecting to your deep wild aliveness and unhinged sparkle
staying true to your values and vision while under pressure
psychoeducation about the mindbody connection and how it impacts our wellbeing/dis-ease
releasing conditioning and narratives that aren’t yours
compassionately shedding old automatic patterns and embodied shapes that no longer serve you
unwinding and untangling trauma somatically
moving towards your heart’s deepest longings
embodying your Authentic Self

a normalizing, pro-human, resilience based approach

As humans, we are all complex living systems so for transformation to be sustainable I believe we have to take into consideration that we are not just our conscious mind, thoughts, and behavior, but also a body, nervous system, heart, and spirit, with many different parts, layers, and systems that are constantly working behind the scenes without our awareness in relation to the world around us.

All the ways you have adapted to life aren’t things that need to be “fixed” even if they seem really unhelpful, they have served you and protected you the best way they knew how, otherwise you wouldn’t be here today.

You are NOT broken, your body is capable and intelligent.

I believe in your potential and that your body can be your greatest resource, friend, and teacher.

What informs our coaching partnership together:

Integrative Somatic Coaching

Integrative Somatic Coaching, or mind-body coaching, refers to a way of coaching that is holistic and sees you as a whole person, not just your mind, stories and goals. The body-mind is thought to be a living organism that is shaped by all our life experiences and is made up of our sensations, emotions, internal narratives, relational stances, actions and non actions. It is influenced by modern science and ancient and indigenous wisdom from traditions and lineages like: Somatic Psychology, Mindfulness, Gestalt, Taoism, Yoga, Focusing, Aikido, Hakomi, Humanistic + Depth Psychology, Art Therapy, and the latest research from Neurophysiology, Polyvagal Theory, Trauma-Informed care, and Interpersonal Neuro-biology. This body-centred approach guides you to connect with yourself and create impact and transformation on all levels – body, mind and spirit – far beyond the term of a coaching contract. A trauma-informed approach means we are aware of the nuances of working with folk who might still hold implicit traumatic memories in their body. So understanding the prevalence of trauma in our culture, how that past wounds might still affects our present day experience, and how to reframe it as a superpower and future focused solutions.

Somatic Parts Work

Humans are complex with many layers and parts. This has been addressed by different schools of thought like Carl Jung’s shadow working to a more contemporary take by Dick Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems model of parts. Generally the parts that live in the shadow of our psyche, body, and nervous system are the parts of us we’ve orphaned, denied, or hid away since childhood to get our needs of safety, belonging, satisfaction, and dignity met. They are automatic and live in our subconscious mind and autonomic nervous system, starting out as adaptations and survival, and end up as our prison of conditioning and embodied protective habits. There are younger more vulnerable parts that may be frozen time holding to wounds, unprocessed emotions, and left with a desperate need for soothing, compassion and healing. To protect these younger parts from being triggered, there are the more vicious and controlling protective parts that adapted in genius ways to keep us safe. These protectors act as our armour of thought patterns and behaviours that will do anything (even if it may seem destructive) in their power to not feel that pain, shame, grief, or loneliness from the past. Integrating our shadow self means acknowledging and honoring all parts of Self, both the beautiful and the nasty ones, and seeing their innate goodness. We can compassionately shed these ways of being and we don’t have to keep reliving or talking about the past to do so, we can help these parts feel seen, heard, safe, loved, and worthy in the PRESENT MOMENT. When we integrate and befriend these parts we step into our embodied authenticity, wholeness, enoughness, personal authority, agency, and a deep wild trust and intimate relationship with our own Self.

Polyvagal Theory

Polyvagal theory is the science of feeling safe. Developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, the theory focuses on internal experience and the nervous system, and emphasises how our feeling of safety or danger can color our perception and affect our thoughts, behaviours, emotions. If our body is “stuck” in this survival stress of perceived danger, wether real like a tiger or “in our head” like deadlines or financial debt, our nervous system could become dysregulated – meaning it could remain in a self-protective mode of fight, flight, freeze, fawn, shutdown. Knowledge is power and using PVT as a framework we can start to understand and even befriend our nervous sytem, becoming more aware of your physiological states and what you may need in the moment, more connected to Self and others, mores resilient, more self-compassionate and regulated (meaning having more capacity to be with life and come back to baseline, aka your HOME in homeostasis where the body rests, digests, and heals).

Trauma Healing Yoga TCTSY

TCTSY (Trauma Center trauma sensitive yoga) is the original yoga for trauma. It was developed based on studies by world renown trauma-expert Dr. Bessel van der Kolk. In TCTSY elements of traditional hatha yoga are modified to maximise experiences of empowerment, and to cultivate a more positive relationship to one’s body. The emphasis isn’t on the external expression or appearance, or receiving approval , rather, the focus is on the internal (somatic) experience and making choices based on those sensations – this allows fold to restore body-mind connection and cultivate agency which is often compromised by trauma. It’s the first yoga-based empirically validated, clinical intervention based on trauma theory, attachment science, neurophysiology of trauma, yoga philosophy and intersectionality.

Integration

Integration means bringing together all our insights, learnings, complexities and parts and making space for them to coexist together in the present moment. Knowing that the pain of the past doesn’t define who we are as a person, we are so much more than that! It can still hurt and show up sometimes, but we don’t have to continue living in the past. Integration is a process of learning how to live with all the pain as well as the pleasure, the sadness and the joy, the courage and bravery, in a sustainable way. By integrating all these parts we are “whole-ing”, or becoming whole, and creating a life that feels better than before. It’s when our body catches up to our mind, and perhaps even spirit. When the transformation happens not just by understanding and knowing, but also by embodying, sensing and feeling. We might integrate through words, sounds, images, art, dance, or movement. There’s no one right way to make sense of and incorporate all your insights, emotions, and changes into your everyday life.

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Somatic Trauma Healing

An integrated somatic approach to trauma healing that combines insights from Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal Theory, Neuroscience, Attachment Science, and HeartMath Institute’s Heart Coherence to offer a holistic, body-centered framework. This approach recognizes that trauma isn’t just an event but a disruption in our body-mind’s capacity to adapt, thrive, and flourish. It acknowledges the body’s relationship with social, environmental, developmental, relational, spiritual, and cultural factors, offering a deeper understanding of how trauma impacts us on multiple levels. Trauma can manifest when we experience too much too soon, too much for too long, or not enough for too long. It often involves a loss of power and agency, where our primal protective instincts are thwarted, and there isn’t enough time, space, or permission to heal. Symptoms can surface immediately or emerge over time as the body and mind struggle to process and adapt to these overwhelming experiences. These symptoms may include physical tension, emotional distress, psychological challenges, and relational difficulties. The combination of these frameworks provides practical tools that help access the innate wisdom within the body, guiding the healing process. By integrating somatic practices with an understanding of the nervous system, attachment dynamics, and heart coherence, we can foster profound and lasting transformation. This approach allows us to not only heal from trauma but to reclaim our power, restore our connection to the present moment, and rediscover the resilience and wisdom inherent in our bodies. When we listen deeply to the body’s messages, we coming home to our body, transforming our lives and the world.

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My mentors and teachers

I am passionate about this work of mind, body, heart, spirit, nervous system growth, healing, and transformation and I don't stick to one discipline or methodology because I believe there's no one size fits because we are complex living beings. My embodiment practice is integrative and nuanced. I believe there is wisdom in the science, soma and spirituality and I’m constantly learning and being shaped by the teachings and work of my mentors: Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, Staci Haines, Peter Levine, Eugene Gendlin, Dave Emerson, Bessel Van der Kolk, Dr.Stephen Porges, Heartmath Institute, Alan Watts, Wilhelm Reich, Gabor Maté, Kai Cheng Tom, Manuela Mischke Reeds, Dick Swartz, Dr. Rae Johnson, Carl Jung, Dr. Scott Lyons, Irene Lyon, Deb Dana, Fran D. Booth, Dr. Albert Wong, Rick Hanson, Gabrielle Roth, Starhawk, Dr.Dan Siegel, Pat Ogden, Arielle Schwartz, and Licia Sky

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Mindfulness

the Buddha taught something profound that's at the heart of what it means to become embodied, that being mindful of the sensations that arise in your body without clinging to them or pushing them away is essential to spiritual practice. New science is also telling us that it is also essential for our physical, psychological, and emotional wellbeing. Mindfulness is the opposite of this wandering, chatty, anxious, automatic brain ( the default mode network ) It invites us to welcome the felt sense of our internal landscape (embodiment) and to start to notice more and become more connected and attuned to ourselves and then out the Outer world. Default network is responsible for our rumination, our ego sense of self, and all the THINKING… it creates our virtual reality in a sense. WIth embodied mindfulness we start to see the things that are brain has been filtering out that wasn’t important to our survival to getting our needs met and all these automatic instinct… There is evolutionary intelligence to all of this, and it’s the reason our species has dominated the planet and at the same time this is also the source of the destruction and suffering on our planet… Because if we’re just up in our head and disconnected from our body, we also disconnect from our hearts, spirit, and what makes us human: our ability to care and share with other humans and all other living beings on our Earth. When we start here, in the home our body, we begin to rest in our heart. This naturally relaxes the contraction, the craving, the self’ing, and creates a felt sense of safe enoughness, resource, wholeness, and wellness to start to take off the armour we’ve been wearing.

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Bożena W.

I feel really inspired and and grounded

I was feeling really inspired and grounded after having a 50-minute coaching session with Olga. I feel really grateful for her questions, her guidance, her wisdom and making me feel like my conclusions were important, sacred. It is not easy to dive into yourself when you're a ball of hormonal mess but sure it is possible and it gives tons of hope and motivation! Thank you once again. BTW. Check out her instagram, it's really inspiring 🙂

5 Days Ago

Angelika P

The session drew my attention in an important direction

The session drew my attention in an important direction that I will continue to develop. I felt well understood, Olga made sure there was space to acknowledge everything that appeared. Thank you.

3 days ago

all of you is welcome here.

I promise to follow the ethical guidelines set by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). You can check out those guidelines at www.coachingfederation.org/ethics if you’re interested. I believe in your ability to attune to yourself, learn the language of your body and embody your FULL aliveness and potentia, and at the same time, it may sometimes be difficult to recognize it in ourselves. That’s why it can be beneficial to have a supportive, attuned, regulated, and empathetic person who knows just what it’s like guiding and walking with you, as you come home and embody your authentic Self.

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integrative somatic coaching

“The body has been designed to renew itself through continuous self-correction. These same principles also apply to the healing of psyche, spirit, and soul.” — Peter A. Levine

love notes

All of you is welcome here.

how I work

somatic coaching is NOT psychotherapy

Demo of what an integrative somatic coaching session could look like

topics you may want to explore, during our somatic coaching partnership:

a normalizing, pro-human, resilience based approach

What informs our coaching partnership together:

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all of you is welcome here.

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integrative somatic coaching

“The body has been designed to renew itself through continuous self-correction. These same principles also apply to the healing of psyche, spirit, and soul.” — Peter A. Levine

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All of you is welcome here.

how I work

somatic coaching is NOT psychotherapy

Demo of what an integrative somatic coaching session could look like

topics you may want to explore, during our somatic coaching partnership:

a normalizing, pro-human, resilience based approach

What informs our coaching partnership together:

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all of you is welcome here.

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Subscribe to my mailing list to stay up to date on virtual yoga sessions, free resources, inspiration for growth, healing, embodied transformation and more!

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