Somatic Expression

CONNECtion, COMPASSION, RESTORation



"Your body has a language of its own. An inner wisdom that already knows how to heal is awaiting your permission to express its natural capacity to release and restore."
-Nancy Duhamel
Somatic Expression
These are highly nurturing guided sessions where I use my training in Somatic Stress Release™ to help you reconnect with your body’s wisdom, release stored stress, and process emotions in a safe, supportive space. Through a combination of guided meditation, body awareness, and intuitive self-exploration, you’ll learn to listen to your body’s signals, create safety within, and gently release what no longer serves you. These sessions are for those seeking to process stress by deepening their connection to themselves, uncovering inner answers, deactivating stored stress responses, and building emotional resilience for a greater sense of inner grounding.

⫸ People who struggle with emotional numbness, overthinking, or feeling "stuck" in their stress responses (fight, flight, freeze, or fawn).
⫸ Those who experience uncomfortable bodily sensations due to stress responses.
⫸ Individuals who feel emotionally overwhelmed but don't know how to process their feelings.
⫸ People who want to deepen self-trust and intuition.
⫸ Anyone looking for a nurturing way to process and release emotional and somatic tension without traditional talk therapy.







Your Body Has a Language of Its Own

Long before words, our bodies knew how to communicate through sensations, tension, breath, and impulses. Every flutter in your chest, tightness in your throat, or heaviness in your limbs is a message from within, signalling what needs attention. When we suppress emotions or push past discomfort, these signals don’t disappear; they become stored in the body, get louder, and shape how we move, feel, express emotionally, and experience the world.

Reconnecting to Your Body’s Wisdom

Years of ignoring the language of the body through stressors and unprocessed emotions can create a sense of disconnection between mind and body. Somatic Expression is a mind-to-body approach that helps you tune back into your body's wisdom, allowing you to feel, process, and release emotions that may be stuck. Instead of pushing through or ignoring, you will learn to listen and approach your body’s signals with curiosity, not resistance.

Creating Safety and Trust

Before the body can release what it holds, it must first feel safe. Healing doesn’t happen through force, it happens through trust, connection, and a sense of internal safety. In Somatic Expression sessions, we create a supportive space where your nervous system can shift from protection to openness. As you develop a relationship with your body built on trust and compassion, the deeper layers of tension and emotion begin to naturally unravel.

Softening, Processing, and Inner Knowing

When the body feels safe, it naturally begins to soften and release. The emotions, memories, and sensations that were once stuck begin to move, giving you access to insights from your inner knowing and clearing space for new vital energy to emerge. Your body isn’t just holding onto stress, it’s holding onto wisdom, clarity, and answers. By working with your body instead of against it, you create space for profound healing and a return to balanced vitality.





Somatic Expression
What to expect in a session
 
🌿 Set the intention for what you want to work on, release or discover
🌿 Light trance guidance to deepen you into a calming state
🌿 A gentle, guided meditation to explore the emotions or sensations that arise
🌿 A collaborative process to uncover what you feel and express in the moment
🌿 A focus on safety and trust, allowing your body to release at its own pace
🌿 Restoration and groundung to anchor you into your wholeness

The Benefits of Somatic Expression

✨ Release stress, stored emotions and past experiences
✨ Build emotional resilience and self-awareness
✨ Increase emotional balance and grounding
✨ Reconnect with your body's intuition and natural ability to heal



 1-on-1 session info
Private sessions that are focused on your well-being.
Sessions are in-person in Red-Deer, Alberta, Canada.

✨ SESSION

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Investment: $75 + tax
  • Payment is required at the time of booking.
  • No refunds are available, but rescheduling is possible in case of unforeseen circumstances.

✨CURRENT AVAILABILITY

My current availability is influenced by my university studies and is as follows:
March 24th - April 8th, 2025
  • Mondays & Tuesdays: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
April 14th - August 31st, 2025
  • Mondays & Tuesdays 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

READY TO BOOK?

Click below to be redirected to my booking calendar and intake form. 
Payment is due at the time of booking.
I look forward to guiding you on your journey toward ease and resilience!


✨Kind Words✨

"I had the pleasure of going to the Find Your Wild Retreat where I was moved by Nancy’s workshop. Her ability to help guide my stress and trauma where it was no longer serving me was amazing. 
I knew I needed more. Having what seemed like a lifetime of talk therapy, I just felt I was called and aligned with this form of therapy more. Nancy helps by giving a non-judgmental presence, soft-spoken words and the tools to help you maintain the stress in your life on a day-to-day basis. She helped me release what was no longer serving me in my body from years of trauma. I know moving forward Nancy will help guide me as I make this journey to connect my body, mind and soul."

Christina Lebacq
Survivor & Cycle Breaker



"I’m not one to let my emotions out, I’ve suppressed them and stored them away for so long that I reached a breaking point. It’s often that we are ashamed of these emotions and will do anything to ignore them. I needed some help, I was recommended to see Nancy and I’m so glad I did. Not only did Nancy reassure my feelings are valid and normal she helped me recognize my emotions, breathe through them and let them go. It was such a calm, stress-releasing experience that I needed. I still use the breathing techniques I was taught when I’m feeling overwhelmed and just need a moment. I highly recommend you to see Nancy if you too need some emotional release!" ❤️ Jelayne

“I had heard a lot about somatic sessions and a lot of great things about Nancy’s session. I knew I wanted to experience it for myself, but as always I had all the excuses and reasons why I couldn’t book in. It was finally time when I began experiencing some extra stress in my life. The session came at the right time. Nancy guided me into an extremely peaceful state with some breathwork and calming words. She helped me bring up some things that I was holding onto and guided me toward being able to release them. I hold a lot of other people's stress and worries and I was able to learn some new tools to help release energy that isn’t mine. I told her at the end of the session she blasted my heart chakra wide open and I could feel the difference and I can still feel it weeks later! I highly recommend a session with Nancy, the work she is doing is so important to our overall health and well-being.”

Joelle - Self-love Photographer

Nancy does amazing work.

I've done 4 weeks of one-on-one somatic coaching with Nancy. I thought all these years I got this and I thought I was coping OK. But I was stuck and feeling lost. After a few sessions with Nancy, I realized what I was holding onto all these years and was blocking my true self. I've been able to better understand myself and release so much of what was tormenting me. I wish I hadn't waited this long in life to learn my little sabotaging ways that I didn't want to admit to myself. Eye opener for me and I can't wait for my next session.
 
Rosalie Breadon
Mother, grandmother, health care aid in generational cycle breaker