Somatic Movement Therapy for Women
Somatic Movement Therapy is especially powerful for women moving through perimenopause and menopause because it supports the whole person—body, mind, and nervous system—during a time of profound hormonal, emotional, and identity transition. Somatic movement helps women reconnect to their intuition, inner rhythms, and authentic voice—qualities that often awaken or intensify during midlife.
It honors menopause as not just a biological shift, but a rite of passage and powerful re-alignment phase.
Hormonal shifts during perimenopause and menopause can heighten the stress response, causing anxiety, overwhelm, or emotional volatility. Somatic movement helps regulate the autonomic nervous system through gentle movement, breath, and awareness, shifting the body from fight-or-flight into calm and connection.
Many women experience muscle stiffness, joint pain, headaches, and chronic fatigue during midlife. Somatic therapy focuses on slow, mindful movement that re-educates the neuromuscular system, releasing held tension and improving mobility, posture, and energy flow.
Perimenopause can stir up unresolved emotions, life transitions, or grief.
Somatic movement creates a safe, embodied space to process these emotions nonverbally—through the body rather than the mind—allowing for deep emotional release and resilience building.
Woman can feel disconnected from their bodies or struggle with changes in body image during menopause. Somatic practices invite curiosity, compassion, and deep listening, helping women rebuild a relationship of trust, respect, and love with their changing bodies.
By calming the nervous system and improving vagal tone (via Polyvagal-informed practices), somatic therapy supports better sleep, restorative rest, and can contribute to hormonal regulation—which are key for managing hot flashes, night sweats, and mood changes.
Somatic movement therapy offers gentle, body-centered tools to help women navigate menopause with more ease and resilience.
Mindful movement, breath awareness, body listening, emotional release, nervous system regulation and restorative practices.
Together, these somatic tools empower women to embrace menopause as a time of healing, self-care, and transformation.