Somatic Movement & Therapy for Women
Somatic Movement Therapycan be 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 can help us reconnect to our intuition, inner rhythms, and authentic voice—qualities that often awaken or intensify during this midlife realignment.
Hormonal shifts during perimenopause and menopause can heighten the stress response, causing anxiety, overwhelm, or emotional volatility. Somatic movement and yoga can help regulate the autonomic nervous system through gentle movement, breath, and awareness, shifting the body from fight-or-flight tendancies into calm and connection.
Many women experience muscle stiffness, joint pain, headaches, and chronic fatigue during this midlife time. Somatic movement focuses on slow, mindful movement that re-educates the neuromuscular system, releasing held tension and improving mobility, posture, and energy flow.
Nourish in Nature Reatreat for Women. Portugal 2018.
Perimenopause can stir up unresolved emotions, life transitions, or grief.
Somatic movement or therapy can create a safe, embodied space to process these emotions non-verbally—through the body rather than the mind—allowing for deep emotional release and resilience building.
We can feel disconnected from our bodies or struggle with changes in body image during menopause. Somatic practices invite curiosity, compassion, and deep listening, helping us rebuild a relationship of trust, respect, and love with our 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 therapy can help us process unresolved emotions from our past, which can help us to calm and better regulate our nervous system.
Somatic Therapy in combination with Somatic movement therapy offers gentle, body-centered tools to help us 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 us to embrace menopause as a time of healing, self-care, and transformation.
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