Events, Workshops & Classes
WEEKLY ONLINE GROUP Meditations
to Specifically Soothe The Nervous System and the Physical body
from it's reactive Fight, Flight or Freeze state
Regularly discharging the nervous system is crucial to being able to maintain a present day, here and now balanced state of Homeostasis. The place where we can do our most rational thinking and are
better able to cope with what life brings us.
Groups because the power of group energy can bring about more powerful collective healing, it also gives the message that you are not alone.
Location:
Online via zoom, so no need to travel and more ability to keep costs low to allow people to attend
more regular sessions, whilst also making it more affordable for those on lower budgets.
Sessions run on Tuesdays: Current Dates:
2024: November: 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th; December: 3rd, 10th, 17th;
2025: January: 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th;
Time: 8.30pm to 9.30/9.40pm
(enough time to put wee ones to bed & make this time your time, finishing in time for you to do last minute
things before heading off for hopefully a good night's sleep)
Investment in You:
£4.00 as minimum payment (per session) - which could be affordable even as 1 session per month
£7.50 standard payment; £10.00 if you are able to gift a little
your choice whether Weekly, Fortnightly or Monthly
To book:
email me via susan.roberts46@btinternet.com to reserve a place, saying which dates you are reserving for
I am also considering offering some small group (4 to 6 people max) low cost mind/body/mental-emotional-exploring the self on a deeper level sessions (weekly, fortnightly and or monthly). These would be a firm commitment to attend over a longer term to really build the group community,
a place where it feels safe to be seen and heard, supported and not alone.
If this interests you please reach out and let me know - I am building a list!
Comments from clients:
- I feel slow, heavy legs but they feel stronger too
- I feel more awake but very Calm
- Got clarity on a situation, I was able to switch off from the story
- The recording was good to get - I played it again today and it helped again!
- I feel more connected, back to my usual Happy Self
- Feeling of Freedom in my Body, like I'm moving like water, I feel very dancey
- Lost the feeling of panic from an earlier incident
- Had a good sleep after the session, had a dream that was very relevant to my life right now, I will definitely be listening to the recording again
MONTHLY IN PERSON SOMATIC EXERCISE MOVEMENT MINI WORKSHOPS:
@ Lymm Sanctuary Hub
Lymm Library, Davies Way, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 0QW
2024 Dates: Saturdays: December 14th
2025 Dates:
Saturdays: TBC (usually 2nd Saturday in the month)
Time:
10.30 to 12.30 Investment in you is just
£20.00
Numbers are limited so places do need to be pre-reserved, to check for availability
Contact Susan on susan.roberts46@btinternet.com or via my online contact page
If you can't make these dates but would like to attend a workshop (or have a 1:1 session) - please do make contact and let me know.
Further information about Somatic Exercise Movements can be found on the SEM Page
Comments from clients:
- Free, easier movement Sciatic/Back pain gone Taller More energy Shoulders lower
- Wish I'd known about this sooner.
- Feel more in balance, more even on my feet.
- Can garden longer and with fewer aches, can easily free my body up for myself.
WEEKLY ONLINE SOMATIC EXERCISE MOVEMENT CLASS:
Running every Monday evening at 7.30pm for approx. an hour.
Please note: this class is a general class for people who have done at least half of the basic fundamental movements, where we dive deeper into exploration of the movements you already know whilst bringing in more movements that get into places in slightly different ways. (this is NOT a beginners class)
Investment in you: £7.50 per class, paid monthly ongoing or £10 per class ad hoc drop in with no commitment.
Class comments:
- By doing this class I get at least one session in for me in the week.
- I love the explorations you do - I haven't had that in any other class I've done.
- I really do wish I had known about SEM sooner.
- SEM really make a difference to me - I do try and do some every day and this class helps to remind me of what I am doing in my own daily practice.
Somatic Solutions @The Monastery Manchester
SOMATIC SOLUTIONS: WORKSHOPS @THE MONASTERY MANCHESTER
Invited back to The Monastery as one of their permanent therapists and workshop leaders, and expanding my previous massage therapy work at the Monastery in to the bigger picture of the work that I do with my 1:1 clients, my programme of workshops continues with Monthly workshops to:
Inspire You and Support you to step into the Life You WANT to Live ~ Deserve to Live ~
Whilst Exploring tools that can help you to move forward, release the stuck stress that no longer supports
you in life in the present day ~
so that you can BE all that you WANT to BE ~ CAN Be ~ Deserve to BE ~ In Life ~ For Life
WEEKLY ON WEDNESDAYS @The MONASTERY Manchester
Trauma Discharge Massage & PSYCHO-TACTILE sessions
are now available within Monastery hours EVERY Wednesday: 10.30am finishing by 4pm
Offering a mixture of Mini TDM Sessions to discharge Ambient Trauma & build Resilience
- 40 minutes in length; Investment in you: £30 per 40 minute session
(click here for more information on Trauma Discharge Massage)
OR
if you would like a longer session giving time to explore on a more Psycho-Tactile (deeper explorations of stuck stress/sticky Trauma, including discharging the nervous system from what you may be carrying on
a deeper life long level) - please book x2 consecutive 40 minute slots
Investment in you: £60 per 2 x 40 minute sessions
(click here for more information on psycho-tactile treatments)
sessions run every Wednesday - Time slots for each Wednesday are:
10:30 to 11:10; 11:20 to 12pm; 12:20 to 1pm; 13:10 to 13:50; 14:10 to 14:50; 15:00 to 15:40
(double sessions are 2 x consecutive time slots)
Please note because these are a journey through a series of sessions, not quick fix-one off sessions -
I am currently running a fully diary and so taking a wait /cancellation list only for new client appointments.
If you would like to be added to the wait list please email me via:
susan.roberts46@btinternet.com or my online contact form
1:1 sessions are also available at my private therapy room in Cheshire
Sessions there are 1.5 hours in length (I do not offer shorter length sessions at my private therapy room).
MONTHLY AD HOC NO COMMITMENT SESSIONS
As Part of the Monastery's Monthly Health & Healing, Well-being Days
2 classes with no commitment to join a series - just as and when suits -
places must be pre-booked as numbers are limited in the afternoon SEM class
NEXT DATES:
November 17th - mat based class
(this will be last classes of the year at The Monastery due to their full December/Xmas programme)
2025 Dates: Sundays: January 19th; February 16th; March 16th; May 18th; June 15th; July20th
Self Soothing Somatic Meditations to Specifically Soothe The Nervous System & Physical body
from it's reactive Fight, Flight or Freeze state
Time:
11am to 12.30pm
Regularly discharging the nervous system is crucial to being able to maintain a present day, here and now balanced state of Homeostasis. The place where we can do our most rational thinking and are
better able to cope with what life brings us.
Investment in you: £15 per class, pre booking required as numbers will be limited to just 15 people
Somatic Exercise Movement Class Time: 1.30pm to 3pm
Gentle lazy movements to wake up the body from it's contracted state, bring ease to tight muscles,
give freedom to your movement and increase your energy flow around the body
Investment in you: £15 per class, pre booking required as numbers will be limited to just 10 people
No previous experience required. Yoga mat required, clothing that doesn't restrict your movement.
We move at the speed of a Slothe - so warm layers, and extra socks are advisable as you may cool very easily.
If you would like to attend either or both classes please contact me to reserve a place:
email: susan.roberts46@btinternet.com or via the online contact form
Previous class member comments:
- I love the explorations you do - I haven't had that in any other class I've done.
- I wasn't expecting much - but WOW I was stunned as to how I felt with each meditation. Made me want to do more
- I really do wish I had known about SEM sooner.
- SEM really make a difference to me - I do try and do some very day and this class helps to remind me of what I am doing in my own daily practice.
MONTHLY WORKSHOPS:
TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEYS: LIVING LIFE SOMATICALLY
WORKSHOPS with the aim of helping you to understand yourself from a deeper level perspective.
It is my belief that if we can understand ourselves on a deeper Somatic level, we can learn to "work with" our nervous system in order to feel more in control and able to travel through life with more ease.
Exploring: How and Where Stress gets Stuck - Physically, Emotionally, Mentally, the connection with
the nervous system and our subconscious patterning; the impact of all on our energy levels, and how we can
so easily get stuck in a vicious circle as one impacts on the other.
A deeper look at YOUR Nervous Systems reactions to life's experience; ways to de-escalate, step out of them, rebalance, ground and come back into yourself.
Exploring your Resilience tools and what you actually gain from doing them; how to integrate the shifts and changes so you can use them to better effect and better support yourself in life ~ through life.
Explore the Physical Body: how it reacts to stress, tension, trauma. How our nervous systems Flight, Fight and Freeze reactions impact on our physical muscles as much as our postural habits do; How both can become habituated over time. Why tight muscles are not an aging issue, and taking them to the gym is not the answer - but learning how to release them is! You will also learn Somatic Exercise Movements to begin to bring ease to your physical body, which when done regularly help you to become more aware of how it reacts to stressors, and understand your postural habits too.
see below for dates and further information:
2024 Dates: Location: The Monastery Manchester: next dates TBC
A note from Susan, June 2024:
The Transformational Journey workshops are on pause at the moment as I have just this month completed a 4 year
Level 6 Advanced Clinical Diploma as a Psycho-Tactile Psychotherapist, Passed - YAY!
After all the extra added in hours of essay writing etc, whilst also running a very busy therapy practice and classes, I am pausing the Transformational Journey workshops to take those weekends as extra time out to recharge my batteries
and catch up with the new things I need & want to put in place post diploma completion.
If you are interested in them though, please do reach out and let me know and I will keep you in the loop for
any future dates.
Time: TBC
Full Day workshops which will include: A presentation in the morning and some self exploration/group discussion;
Includes some modules of TA (Transactional Analysis) to help with deeper understanding of the self.
The afternoon: I will share a handout takeaway to aid further self exploration to begin to understand yourself on a deeper level; finishing with a closing Meditation to soothe the nervous system and anchor the days outcomes.
The workshops can be taken as stand-alone days, or commit to the whole series as a Transformational Journey
Investment in you:
Standard price for each (full day): TBC per workshop
Early Bird price - booked and paid a month in advance TBC per workshop
Places must be pre-booked, as numbers are restricted.
The cost will include:
A Self Soothe Meditation recording (sent out after each session to Anchor the days outcomes into it)
There will also be an opportunity for attendees to do follow-on 1:1 online support sessions at a reduced cost of just £20.
Places must be prebooked. Please contact me direct
I also run these workshops in Cheshire - please contact me to register for dates there.
I have also been asked if I could run these sessions online - YES I can! please contact me to discuss.
Primal Touch Exchange
Primal Touch uses techniques that, through the latest research, have been proven to directly affect and impact
our Nervous System's Flight, Fight and Freeze responses and bring it back into regulation.
Discharging the Nervous System on a regular basis, means that we are more able to be in a present time-here and now functioning place - able to be at our best, whilst being more able to process times of stress, and regain
a regulated inner state of homeostasis more easily.
Learning how to do Primal Touch Exchange with your partner, spouse, close family member (son, daughter, etc)
is a fabulous aid to supporting a balanced healthy lifestyle.
Life isn't a flat line, and brings with it challenges & daily as well as life stressors -
exams for children - adults too! Death, illness, challenges at work etc etc
Primal Touch Exchange can be taught in groups or 1:1 (come with your exchange partner)
We cover touch protocols, what is safe touch - and what isn't.
Learn to work with "what's right for the receiver" - because what works for them, might not work for you.
The techniques are super easy, and it is a set sequence - just 15 minutes per person -
seated/slumped over a pile of pillows on the kitchen table
Location:
TBC
Date: TBC Time: TBC
If you are interested in this - please let me know. As soon as I have enough interest I will be running the first workshop. OR - learn privately with your "exchange buddy"
Comments:
- As a Touch Therapist of many many years I know the value of touch, I also know the value of giving massage touch as much as receiving! I have also been working with soothing the nervous system since 2007, and as part of the Advanced Clinical Psycho-Tactile Psychotherapy diploma I am currently undertaking, I have now been Certified as a NeuroTouch Provider to teach Primal Touch Exchange - not to other therapists to work with their clients - but to members of the public to do at home on a regular basis 2-3-4 times a week to enable your nervous system to be in a place of more balanced regulation. This is not a massage for muscles - this is touch that specifically soothes and rebalances the nervous system. Think rocking babies, the soothing touch stroking pets - they can also work on you! These workshops & learning sessions will teach you how to do it!
A WORKSHOP/Presentation EXPLORING HOW & WHERE STRESS GETS STUCK
Physically - Energetically - Mentally - Emotionally - Spiritually,
the connection to the Nervous System, our Subconscious patterns,
how they all impact each other, and the reasons we can become stuck in a vicious cycle.
Location:
TBC
Date: TBC Time: TBC
Comments from attendees of a previous workshop:
- This was amazing, the way that you make the links makes so much sense
- I was so fortunate to be in your workshop, it made so much sense to me
- Susan, the way you put that across was amazing. I loved it
- I can't wait to explore more in the workshops coming up. I recognise that to make the changes I want - I have to make the changes.
DISTRIBUTION LIST:
Please contact me if you would like to be added to a list to be informed of future dates, events etc.
email: susan.roberts46@btinternet.com or via my online contact page
Have car, can travel, so if you would like a presentation on the Mind-Body-Nervous System Connection; or would like to explore having regular Meditation or Somatic Exercise Movement sessions or mini Therapy sessions with your group or in your workplace, please do reach out - happy to discuss.
