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Estrella | Somatic Therapist for Women

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✨ For the woman who’s tried everything—except listening to her own body.
Somatic tools to understand your patterns, & rebuild self-trust.
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What is somatic therapy?

Somatic therapy is a body-centered approach to understanding the relationship between our lived experiences, emotions, thoughts, and physical patterns, essentially recognizing that they are all intertwined.

The way we see ourselves can show up in our posture.

The way we relate to others can influence how we move, hold tension, take up space, or respond to the world around us.

Our bodies can reflect patterns we may not even consciously recognize.

Through developing awareness of our sensations, movements, emotions, and habitual responses, somatic therapy helps us explore these patterns, understand how they shape our experiences, and cultivate new ways of relating to ourselves and the world around us.

Because understanding ourselves isn’t just about what we think. It’s also about how we experience ourselves in our bodies. #somatictherapy #dancetherapy #mentalhealth by @somafemme

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As mothers, it’s so easy to get comfortable with pushing through.

The exhaustion.
tension.
irritability.
numbness.
The feeling that you haven’t really been in your body all day.

Somatic practices aren’t about adding another complicated wellness routine to your life.

They’re about learning to listen to your body again.

Sometimes that looks like 5 minutes of slow movement.
Sometimes it’s breathing.
Sometimes it’s shaking it out.
Sometimes it’s simply asking:

“What do I need right now?”

That’s the work I share here—helping women rebuild trust with their bodies through movement, somatics, and compassion.

Follow @somafemme if you’re ready to feel more at home in your body. 🤍

#somatichealing #somaticmovement #motherswellness #bodyconnection #womenswellness by @somafemme

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Yesterday, 800 of you joined this little corner of the internet. 🥹🤍

And I realized… I should probably tell you who I am.

I’m Estrella — a somatic therapist, dancer, mom, and a woman who has spent a LOT of time learning how to come back home to her own body.

I created SomaFemme because I believe so many women have learned to live from the neck up.

We overthink. push through. ignore signals. take care of everyone else.

And then wonder why we feel disconnected from ourselves.

Here, we talk about body connection, nervous system regulation, movement, strength, rest, self-trust, and what it actually looks like to feel at home in yourself again.

And I’m not here to teach you how to become a “better” version of yourself.

I want to help you remember that you were never broken to begin with.

So if you’re new here — hi. I’m so glad you’re here. 🫶🏽

Tell me in the comments: what brought you to SomaFemme? by @somafemme

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I wish every woman knew this one thing.

You keep looking for the perfect program, the right diet, watching YouTube videos to learn more.

You don’t need more information from the outside. You need the information that is WITHIN YOU.

You hold the answers. Stop looking outside yourself.

Much love,
Estrella ❤️ @somafemme (somatic therapist) by @somafemme

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For all the women who are accommodating, people pleasing and wanting to feel their own boundaries again… this one is for YOU ❤️

This will release all that wasn’t said but needed to be said…

This will release repressed expression and stress that has been trapped in your body.

Save this, follow along in your own safe space and notice what happens to your body after.

As a somatic therapist and a recovering people pleaser, it saves me every time! by @somafemme

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You can be the person everyone relies on… and still feel completely exhausted.

People pleasing can look like being kind, dependable, and understanding. But sometimes, underneath it is the fear of disappointing people, being misunderstood, or not being loved if we stop being so accommodating.

And somewhere along the way, we can become so good at reading everyone else’s needs that we stop listening to our own.

Let’s talk about it. 💛

What’s harder for you?

A) Saying no without feeling guilty
B) Asking for help
C) Disappointing someone
D) Knowing what you actually need

Drop your letter in the comments. You’re not alone in this. 🤍 by @somafemme

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3 proven somatic techniques to help release stress and bring you out of fight/flight.

1. Utilize deep touch pressure to stabilize the nervous system

2. light abdominal tapping to stimulate the vagus nerve

3. rhythmic Sufi grinds to systematically release tension from the psoas muscle and regulate stress.

Follow @somafemme for body practices to release stress and connect to your body ❤️ by @somafemme

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Filling your own cup doesn’t mean you sacrifice caring for others.

And I want every woman to recognize how precious her energy is, because our world needs the light of women ✨

I feel like I wasted alot of my younger years comparing, criticizing myself, and feeling like whatever I did, it wasn’t enough.

So now at 40, these are the things I am holding unto…

1. My energy and body is more precious than I ever gave it credit for, now I treat it like it’s gold.

2. I don’t need to stress over the things that are not in my control, and even the things that appear to be - could be gone tmrw. My happiness is everything.

3. My energy is not on loan, anyone who has access to it must respect it.

4. I don’t need to push myself to exhaustion in order to feel like I deserve rest. Rest is also the work of healing and caring for myself.

5. My body is precious and perfect and the vessel where I discover the wisdom of my soul.

I feel like I wasted alot of energy comparing, criticizing myself, and feeling whatever I did wasn’t enough.

I want every woman to recognize how precious she is, because our world needs it.

@somafemme by @somafemme

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Girl, your people-pleasing might be keeping your body stressed OUT.

When you’re constantly scanning for who needs you, avoiding conflict, saying yes when you mean no, and putting yourself last…

Your nervous system may never get the message that it’s safe to stand down.

And that can contribute to prolonged cortisol activation.

You don’t need to stop caring about people.

You need to stop abandoning yourself to keep everyone else comfortable. 🤍

Your body has been listening. @somafemme by @somafemme

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This morning routine saves me every-time ❤️

Follow @somafemme for support with the body

#nervoussystemregulation #overstimulation #stressedmom #cortisolcontrol #morningroutines by @somafemme

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Listening doesn’t need to be complicated, you can start slow, and in short increments, this is not a race, your body is your lifelong companion - be gentle with yourself and your body ✨ by @somafemme

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