Somatic healing for anxiety, stress and trauma
Your body isn't broken. It's been protecting you.
If you feel anxious, exhausted or stuck in survival mode, it isn't because you haven't tried hard enough. Your nervous system has simply been doing its job a little too well. Somatic healing gently teaches it that it's safe to stand down.
Free, takes 10 seconds, and comes with a gentle 5-day journey.
Regulate with me
Follow the circle for a few rounds. In as it grows, and slowly out as it softens.
Breath 1
Notice anything? Perhaps your shoulders dropped a little, or your breath slowed. That's your nervous system, listening.
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What is somatic healing?
Why you can't think your way calm
You can know you're safe and still not feel it. That's because anxiety, stress and trauma aren't only thoughts. They're states your nervous system moves into, faster than thinking, to protect you.
Talking and insight help. But lasting change happens when your body learns, through experience, that it's safe again.
That's somatic healing. "Somatic" comes from soma, the Greek word for the body. It works with your nervous system directly, through breath, gentle movement and body awareness.
So calm becomes something you can feel, not just something you know.
Discover your nervous system stateFeeling overwhelmed? Start here.
Not sure where to begin? Tap the one that sounds most like you. In 10 seconds I'll show you which survival state your body is in, and one simple thing that helps right now.
Free10 secondsInstant result
"Your body isn't stuck because you're doing something wrong. Let's invite curiosity instead of judgement, and find out what it needs together." Claire
Step 1 of 2
Which feels most like you lately?
Choose the one that feels most familiar. There are no wrong answers.
Step 2 of 2: your result
Your body is mobilised for a threat that isn't actually here right now. It isn't a flaw. It's protection that has got stuck on, which is why "just relax" never works.
Free guide and 5-day journey
Understand your body. Then help it feel safe again.
- A clear guide to your nervous system states. What each one feels like, why it happens and what helps.
- Five days of gentle practices. A few minutes each, no experience or yoga mat needed.
- Trauma-informed and kind. You're always in choice, at your own pace.
Which state does your body get stuck in?
Take the 10-second check-in and I'll send you the guide that fits you, plus your 5-day journey.
Take the free check-in Rather not choose? Get the guide to all five statesWhen you're ready to go deeper
Somatic Self Healing: a complete healing system
My signature online programme for anxiety, chronic stress and trauma recovery. Everything you need to understand your nervous system, release what it's been holding and build resilience that lasts, in one simple, supportive path.
- 1Resourcing
- 2Regulation A
- 3Regulation B
- 4Expanding capacity
- 5Mapping and processing A
- 6Mapping and processing B
- 7Somatic parts work
- 8Integration and growth
Practice toolkit
- Bilateral Fight EnergyVideo
- Pushing into ResistanceVideo
- Meeting fight stateAudio
- Somatic Shake OutVideo
- 1
Learn
Clear nervous system education in weekly video lessons, so you understand what's happening in your body. You're not broken, and your symptoms make sense.
8 modules over 10 weeks - 2
Practise
Guided breath, movement and awareness practices that gently release tension, shift old patterns and reconnect you with your body, safely.
75+ audio and video practices - 3
Integrate
Bring it into everyday life with reflection, journal prompts, self-compassion and a somatic yoga series, building resilience that lasts.
Online, at your own pace
See all 8 modules
- 01
Resourcing
Feeling safe in your body
- 02
Regulation A
Harnessing your vagus nerve
- 03
Regulation B
Breathing and movement for resilience
- 04
Expanding capacity
Pendulation and titration
- 05
Mapping and processing A
Fight, flight and shut down
- 06
Mapping and processing B
Freeze, fawn, boundaries and pain
- 07
Somatic parts work
Protective parts and Self energy
- 08
Integration and growth
Carrying your healing forward
What people say about Somatic Self Healing
"Your course has been extraordinarily helpful, probably life changing. I have sought help from different sources, but nothing has come anywhere near the help you have gifted me."
"You have made me feel proud of how I have coped, rather than inadequate. I feel I profoundly understand what 'the body holds the score' really means and how to live more somatically."
"This has been the most helpful thing I've done to help me overcome anxiety. Now I understand what's happened in my body, and I have so many practical tools to use whenever I need them."
"Your tone, in all your materials and throughout the course, has been so calm, so kind, so empathetic. This has played a really important part in helping me feel safe and valued."
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Meet the founder
Hello, I'm Claire
I'm an integrative somatic therapist, a trauma-informed mindfulness and yoga teacher, and an educator. I've spent years helping people find their way back to feeling safe in their bodies: in one-to-one therapy and groups, speaking at conferences, running workshops with the military, and working with medical professionals, charities and ITV.
I created The Somatic Project so this work could reach you wherever you are, at a pace that feels kind. You don't need to push, perform or get it right. You just need to begin.
We're currently supporting
1,649
people with somatic healing
as of November 2026
Your questions, answered
What is somatic healing?
Somatic healing is a body-based approach to recovering from stress, anxiety and trauma. Rather than only talking things through, it works with your nervous system directly, using breath, gentle movement and body awareness to help your body feel safe again.
Can somatic healing help with anxiety?
Many people find it does. Anxiety is often a nervous system stuck in protection mode, and somatic practices give you practical ways to signal safety to your body, alongside understanding why you feel the way you do.
Is it safe if I've experienced trauma?
Everything here is trauma-informed and gentle, and you're always in choice about how far to go. If you're in crisis or living with severe trauma symptoms, please also work with a qualified professional. This work can sit alongside that support.
Do I need any yoga or meditation experience?
Not at all. Every practice is guided step by step, and you can start exactly where you are.
How much time does it take?
A few minutes a day is enough to begin. Somatic Self Healing runs over 10 weeks across 8 modules, and you can move through it at your own pace.
You've been holding on for a long time
Take one more slow breath. Then, when you're ready, let's begin softening, together and gently. I'll be with you every step.
Take the free check-inFree, takes 10 seconds, and comes with a gentle 5-day journey.
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Not sure where to start?
Take the 10-second nervous system check-in. Youβll see what your body tends to do under stress, and get one gentle practice to try straight away.