Soma means body.
To lead is to cross a threshold.

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Somatic leadership coaching invites change
through lived practice in the body—
where new responses can truly take root.

Neurobiology shows you cannot think your way into a new pattern. New ways of being must be practiced under conditions similar to the ones that trigger them.

So, we don’t wait for high-stakes moments to see what happens.  
We practice new responses — safely and deliberately.

In somatic sessions, we:

• practice being regulated and develop embodied self-awareness (tracking what our body tells us through impulses, sensations, & tensions)

• bring real leadership situations into the room with experiential practices and imaginal imagery

• slow the moment down enough to notice what’s happening

• track bodily impulses like urgency, tightening, or withdrawal

• practice small, precise shifts while staying regulated

• repeat these experiences so new responses become available outside the session

Somatic coaching works because imagined and rehearsed experiences activate many of the same neural and autonomic circuits as real-life experiences — at lower intensity — creating the conditions for change.

When we practice inside real leadership situations — at a slower pace, with awareness and regulation — the nervous system learns new options at the same level where the old ones formed.

It’s like a flight simulator for leadership.  
You’re not talking about what you’d do differently — you’re training your system to respond differently before you’re in the air.

Over time, you don’t just understand how you want to lead —  
you can have a different response when it matters.