Somatic Alignment
by Hannah Reich
I sense. I pause. I align.
to the highest potential in time
Coming back home…
Arriving back home in our bodies, arriving here at this place, where we are – now…
The work begins here. In this connection to the Earth, to our place & to our sensing body. In this sense felt within our body, we find our presence and discover our innate voice & impulse.
Somatic Alignment is an invitation to return to the living intelligence of our body and our authentic self. Honouring the incredible technology of the body, perceived as a living process, a field through which life moves, remembers, and expresses itself.
Over time, we learned to separate…
mind from body,
heart from brain,
human from nature…
Me from you, us from one another…
We compartmentalised…
This gave us knowledge, diversity, experience…
Yet also fragmentation, as in the process we have forgotten where we are from, our origin, our source. So we got lost, creating things without meaning, without orientation, without connection to the source.
Somatic Alignment is an act of calling ourselves back.
Back into the body.
Back into our rhythm and authentic expression.
Back into the meeting point of inner pulse and outer time.
Placing us within this planet as part of a greater Whole.
Returning. Returning inwards to our inner compass and guidance.
Listening to the wisdom
of the Apple Tree
You are everything you wish to be, inside of you is the whole tree…
So often we struggle, try to fix something, work hard to arrive somewhere, to get something… searching outside & thereby loosing our inner connection. Yet, what if the process of realizing our vision actually is much easier, if we recognize, honor & connect with that part within us, which has that already, is there already, is whole already? Then the quest changes from searching outside towards looking inside, esablishing a strong connection within. In doing so, we can acknowledge the path we come from – our stories, our patterns & habits – and remember our origin and the truth of who we realy are. Here we connect with our power & our purpose. And we find this inner compass, orientation & guidance.
Returning back, inwards, attending the constant rhythm and flow of our breath. And by attending, we calibrate, we sense, we connect more and more with our deeper knowing and our innate wholeness, the truth of who we are. Coming back home. Into our bodies, fullfilled with this knowing.
Re-turning to the stillness, the silence, the void, being fully present, summoning all our energies into the HERE & NOW. Can you sense it?
Somatic Alignment offers guidance on this path…
It unfolds a space and a process to strengthen our connection to the deep knowledge and guidance from within. A path built on the choice to calibrate distraction and noises into a coherent signal and unique expression. A path to take our own power back, to connect with our embodied wisdom and the cyclical rhythms of time. A path that invites listening to the intelligence of our bodies, the inner impulses. Closing unfinished stories, re-writing (his)story and thus bringing our full potential into action & co-creation.
Slowly enough
to be sensed, experienced & profound.
Connected
to be transformative, collective & real.
Playful
to be liberating, futuristic, joyful & free.
Somatic Alignment opens a way to experiencing life fully, with all our senses, embodied and meaningful, placed into the greater context of the Whole. It opens spaces to explore the incredible potential of our beingness together, discovering new ways of thinking, feeling and relating, collectively, co-creating a New Earth.
If this rhythm speaks to you, I invite you to choose to explore the Somatic Alignment Compass or to meet me at the Apple Tree.
THE SOMATIC ALIGNMENT COMPASS
Seed
The Calling
Plant
The Exploration
Fruit
The Celebration
Flower
The Integration
The Seed
The Seed
Listening to our inner truth
The Calling
Pausing into the embodied listening, deep within, discovering our inner truth, our dreams, visions, purpose – the Calling. Connecting with our inate beingness, beyond habit, role & mental narrative and foster our somatic awareness in our bodies, our presence to establish the connection to our inner guidance and compass.
The Plant
The Plant
Acting to become
The Exploration
Our truth is tested through action and relationships, using interactive theatre to develop discernment, boundaries and responsibilities. Learning happens through embodied experimentation, where feedback is treated as information rather than judgement.
The Flower
The Flower
Leading from within &
the power of the witness
The Integration
Inner coherence lived through authentic expression outwardly, with embodied presence, concrete creations and accountable leadership. Here we acknowledge the power of witnessing to support authentic expression, qualitative relationships and the unfolding of life in its full potentials.
The Fruit
The Fruit
Honoring & letting go
The Celebration
Celebration honors what has been created through acknowldgement and distribution of the fruits with the wider community. Letting-go, what was and allowing the new to come. Mourning and joy coexist within this phase, recognising both as part of the process of completion of one cycle. This phase restores rhythm, balance & harmony.
Orientation
Somatic Alignment offers formats to practice inner alignment in groups. It supports processes of liberation, discovery, inner connection and empowers to step into our full potential. The Somatic Alignment Compass visualises the cyclical nature of life and of this work based on a strong believe in the sacredness of our bodies and the power of inner alignment.
It offers orientation in this work, re-connecting to rhythm, coherence & harmony, grounding it in the lived intelligence of the body & the rhythms of life. It offers a symbol for remembrance to connect in moment-to-moment alignment with our innate knowing, co-creating a new version of us and the world.
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Meet me at the Apple Tree
The Apple Tree offers her wisdom as a tree of knowledge, and invites us to sit beside her, to pause, to contemplate, to listen to her wisdom… Here, I invite you to connect with me, Hannah, a somatic practitioner and facilitator.
If you feel called to practice and experience embodied presence with me, you are warmly welcomed to get in touch below.
Also, if you are already holding spaces — in communities, families, organizations, or creative fields — and sense resonance with this work, I invite you to connect so we can explore collaboration, co-creation, and shared inquiries together.
Or click to write me a note…
