Reconnect with your body. Restore your nervous system. Reclaim your life.

Reconnect with your body.

Restore your nervous system.

Reclaim your life.

Step by step, practical body based tools and nervous system education to help you recover from anxiety, chronic stress and trauma.

Step by step, practical body based tools and nervous system education to help you recover from anxiety, chronic stress and trauma.

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Are you tired of anxiety, stress, & feeling disconnected?

Are you tired of battling with anxiety, stress, & feeling  disconnected? 

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✅ You’re often in a state of anxiety and overwhelm.

✅ Your body holds tension, aches, or heaviness you can’t shake.

✅ You struggle to feel calm or safe, even in moments that “should” feel relaxing.

âś… Your past stress and trauma is effecting your daily life.

✅ You are tired, exhausted, and overwhelmed by self-help advice... and don’t know where to start.

âś… You want to feel more resilient, grounded, and in control of your nervous system.

 + you might have tried therapy, followed medical advice, read all the books...but you still feel stuck. 

Discover Somatic Self Healing for anxiety, stress & trauma recovery

Somatic Self Healing is our revolutionary signature method designed to help you move out of overwhelm, anxiety, and chronic stress. It combines body-based practices like breathwork, somatic yoga and mindful movement with somatic therapy techniques like applied polyvagal theory and somatic parts work, self-compassion and reflective exercises - all grounded in trauma-nervous system education. You’ll learn how to calm your nervous system, feel safe in your body, release tension, and reconnect with your body with kindness; so you can feel resilient, grounded, and more in control of your life.

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Regulate your Nervous System

Learn body-based, practical tools to help you feel safer, calmer, and more grounded. Start retuning your nervous system to safety and healing from day one. 

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Release Tension + Process Emotions

Explore polyvagal informed breathwork, movement and somatic awareness to gently release stored stress and trauma, and process difficult emotions with ease. 

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 Build Resilience & a Kinder Relationship with YOU!

Discover a compassionate way to relate to your inner world through trauma-informed nervous system education, self-compassion and reflective exercises.

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How It Works

Your healing journey doesn’t have to be complicated... we’ll follow a simple, supportive process together:

1) Learn

Start with clear, nervous system education with your weekly module videos that help you understand what’s happening inside your body. Knowledge brings clarity & understanding; you're are not broken and your symptoms make sense! 

2) Practice

Use guided somatic tools tools from our library of over 75 audio and video movement, breath, and awareness practices to gently release tension, shift patterns, and reconnect with your body in a safe, sustainable way.

 3) Integrate

Bring what you learn into daily life with reflection, journal prompts and self-compassion, and our optional (but highly encouraged) somatic yoga series to embody your learning & practice; building resilience that lasts.

 

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Healing Begins in the Body:

'Somatic' comes from the Greek word Soma, which means of the body. 

Stress and trauma don’t just live in the mind; they’re stored in the body, shaping how safe, calm, or connected we feel each day. That’s why effective, lasting healing must involve the body.

Traditional approaches often overlook this, focusing only on thoughts or behaviours. Somatic healing is the missing link; offering practical, body-based tools that help you regulate your nervous system, release stored tension, and restore a sense of safety from within.

Our mission is to make somatic healing simple, safe, and accessible. Through step-by-step, trauma-informed practices, we empower you to move beyond survival, build resilience, and create a kinder, more connected relationship with yourself.

Why Somatic Healing Works:

As Bessel van der Kolk explains in The Body Keeps the Score, the body remembers what the mind may try to forget. Your symptoms tell the story of a body that feels unsafe; shaping how you feel, think, and respond every day.

Leading trauma experts like Gabor Maté and the latest neuroscience research show that true healing happens through the body, not just the mind. Somatic healing works directly with your nervous system to release tension, restore a sense of safety, and help you feel grounded. By learning to listen to and care for your body, you can finally move beyond anxiety, chronic stress, and overwhelm and reclaim your calm, resilient self.

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Why Somatic Healing Works:

Women somatic healing her nervous system regulation

As Bessel van der Kolk explains in The Body Keeps the Score, the body remembers what the mind may try to forget. Your symptoms tell the story of a body that feels unsafe; shaping how you feel, think, and respond every day.

Leading trauma experts like Gabor Maté and the latest neuroscience research show that true healing happens through the body, not just the mind. Somatic healing works directly with your nervous system to release tension, restore a sense of safety, and help you feel grounded. By learning to listen to and care for your body, you can finally move beyond anxiety, chronic stress, and overwhelm and reclaim your calm, resilient self.

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Meet The Somatic Project founder:

Claire Sankey - somatic healing and therapy - The Somatic Project

Claire Sankey is an integrative therapist, trauma-informed mindfulness and yoga teacher, and somatic educator. She has trained with leading experts in somatic trauma healing and now guides both individuals and groups in body-based practices for recovery and resilience. Her work has taken her to speak at events and conferences with domestic abuse survivors, charities, military personnel, and medical professionals as well as appear on TV. 

Drawing on years of experience working with hundreds of individuals and groups, Claire developed the Somatic Self Healing method, based on the processes and practices she has seen transform lives.

At the heart of her work is a simple mission: to help people reconnect with their bodies with kindness and compassion, and to rediscover the innate wisdom and healing capacity within themselves.

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Join our Somatic Self Healing Community!

Sign up to receive free guided micro-practices, tips, and exercises to help you release tension, calm your nervous system, and reconnect with your body. Gain simple tools to feel grounded, resilient, and supported in your daily life.

Join our Somatic Self Healing Community!

Sign up to receive free guided micro-practices, tips, & exercises to help you release tension, calm your nervous system, & reconnect with your body.