Amanae

Amanae

‍Somatic journeys for a deeper, more powerful experience of life.

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Amanae is a powerful form of bodywork that changes you.

It often comes in waves.

This feeling that there is something else, something deeper, something more powerful to be experienced here.

We catch glimpses of it

We dance with it

We long to embody it.

Feeling the deeper thing is a practice.

Opening to the more powerful self can be slow.

And takes a tender unravelling of all the layers we have wrapped around us.

To keep us in familiar territory.

To keep us from the unknown of the deep

Or from the fear of the powerful

Amanae sessions are a somatic journey into these realms.

So we can unravel the layers

Feel the deeper thing

Access the power.

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Amanae is deep work

It is honestly best suited to people who are willing to take/continue taking responsibility for their life, their impact in the world and ultimately their power.

It creates space in your system so you can hold a more solid space for others in your communities without collapse or resentment.

It supports you to understand, allow and express (so you don't get sideswiped by) your complex emotional landscape and learn to be guided by it, and in turn support your people to do the same.

It is intelligent and wise.

It helps you access clarity.

It illuminates your blindspots so you can begin to work with them.

It helps you access range, so you can be nimble, pivot and choose differently when you need to.

It creates space in your nervous system so you can work in situations with increased complexity.

It gives you tools to surrender when you need to an be resilient when you don't.

It helps you connect with, express and hold boundaries.

It supports you to receive.

It helps you identify and unravel the patterns that get in the way of powerful leadership, such as overthinking, procrastination, perfectionism, people pleasing, imposter syndrome, self doubt, self pity and martyrdom.

It helps you access deep deep compassion for yourself and therefore for others without bypassing fierce self responsibility.

It is not done to you, it places you at the centre of the work.

It works well alongside talk therapies.

It supports you to connect deeply to your body

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Amanae is for those who know that change happens within.

A dynamic blend of bodywork, breathwork, coaching + fierce self responsibility, Amanae supports you to live a deeper, more powerful life.

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Click play, and watch this video, for a flavour of how I work.

But how does it work?

You do life with your body.

You move with it, create with it, express yourself with it, feel emotion with it, connect to others with it.

It carries your story, your biography, your choices, your ancestry, your DNA.

It holds your mind, your ego, your conscious and unconscious.

It is much more than just a physical thing so Amanae works on all the layers.

Through touch and breath and coaching we explore the cells, tissues and bodily structures and give them space.

We access physical patterns, tension, gripping, softness and work with those.

We access the places where unexpressed emotion has created tension and work to give these space to be felt and expressed.

We work with the fascia, fluids and connections that exist in the body to help things flow.

We work with energy centres and the energetic field of the body

Amanae works to open up space in the body and gives a pathway to any sound, movement and energy that is ready to move.

So you can access space. To do things differently.

To access your power

To bring the change.

What happens in a session?

First we talk, we chat about what is going on for you and any focus/intenton you have for the session.

Then we move to the body-centred part of the session.

I make a range of movements on the body (we work directly on the skin) with you on a massage couch.

I might press, move or massage certain points (the doorways) whilst coaching you to breathe into the area, identify how it feels, be ‘present’ with that feeling and allow the body to respond however it needs. to- there may be sound, movement, sensation, it is all welcome.

The breathing really helps you connect to the area being worked on and allow things to open.

Areas are worked several times over if need be with gentle support in between.

At the end of the session you have time to rest and then we debrief before you head off into the world again.

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And then what?

The work has a way of bringing you into a clearer relationship with the present and with truth.

I walked out of my first session knowing I was in a different relationship to the world. Clearer about what was my responsibility. I stepped outside of the drama triangles I was in and into the centre of my life. I felt relief, relaxation and a powerful sense of clarity that stayed with me for month.

Many people feel very calm and centred after a session, some feel clearer about things that have been confusing for them.

Some feel tingly, energised, alive.

Some feel strong / powerful / inspired.

Some feel like they have been meditating (which in a way they have)

Everyone who receives the work expresses how deep the sensations can be and how direct it is as a therapy.

The work continues to unfold as you interract with your life.

We all need plenty of water afterwards.

How do I find out more

This work is for you if you are ready to get to it.

If you recognise it is your responsibility to work on your stuff.

And you may have some questions about whether it is a fit for you.

Book a call with me if you want to talk it through first or book now if you already know this work is for you.

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Cat x

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UPCOMING  DATES 2024

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BRISTOL

27th + 28th April - 4 spaces
25th + 26th May - 4 spaces

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