1:1 EMBODIED CREATIVE COACHING
The Lineage of This Work
This is not just coaching.
It is a practice, rooted in a rich lineage of embodied wisdom — five decades of study across yoga, somatic movement education, dance movement therapy, body-mind centering, the Halprin Life Art Process, and nature-based and ecstatic dance traditions.
Distilled into a methodology that is both ancient and immediately practical.
It is a path of coming home to the body as the source of your deepest wisdom and creative power.
Read more about the roots of this work here
What Might be Showing Up
You may be highly aware and sensitive to what’s happening around you — in your work, your communities, and in the wider world.
You feel things deeply. You care. You are paying attention. You want to stay connected to your heart and values without becoming overwhelmed or withdrawing
Your work feels competent, even accomplished. But you haven't felt the electric current of your own creative fire in a long time.
You are so attuned to holding the space for others that you have forgotten how to hold space for you.
You carry the weight of your vision as a physical ache in your own body — a quiet dissonance between the scale of it and how you are currently living it.
You've become the person who does the work, not the person the work comes from. And you can feel it.
Why Visionary Somatics?
Insight alone doesn’t create action. It becomes real when it’s embodied.
There's a subtle contraction that happens when we're not fully honouring ourselves.
When we’re grounded in ourselves
our presence deepens
clarity sharpens
and courage becomes natural.
This work supports you to remain grounded and responsive —
so that what you feel can become something you can work with, express and act from.
This is not surface level coaching.
It’s embodied leadership for those ready to feel fully alive in how they lead.
Not about becoming more.
About standing your ground — and no longer holding yourself back.
The Journey
Embody
Reconnecting with your body as a source of clarity, stability and inner authority.
Alchemise
Transforming patterns held in the body that affect how you relate, create and lead.
Express
Developing your voice, presence and creative expression so you can lead and communicate with depth and integrity.
Each 1:1 journey is tailored, but guided by this arc.
This Is For You If You Are
A creative professional — a writer, musician, designer, artist, filmmaker, or founder with a creative soul — who feels the slow dimming of the spark that made the work feel alive.
A changemaker or activist whose passion for the world is real, but demands a deep resilience and whose own body and inner life have been quietly neglected in service of the cause.
A leader, facilitator, or practitioner who holds space for others with great skill, but who longs to be held themselves — to be seen, to be moved, to be fully present in their own life.
What Shifts in This Work
The river returns. Ideas move more freely. Your voice lands with clarity. Decisions feel cleaner. Have increased confidence expressing ideas and leading conversations
You tend your fire. You reconnect with the authentic, passionate aliveness that made you want to create and lead in the first place. Have a deeper connection to your creative direction
Your heart opens. You stop softening your truth to maintain harmony, and learn to hold the creative tension of real connection — with compassion for yourself and others.
You come home to your body. Regain a stronger sense of grounded presence in work and relationships — a feeling of being fully, unapologetically here.
The Work Beneath the Work
Beneath our conversations, we work with breath and nervous system regulation, with the aliveness of the endocrine system, with the natural rhythm of expansion and contraction — restoring creative flow through embodied practice.
How We Work Together
This is a deep, intimate, and powerful 1-2-1 container, held over three or six months, and is offered from £3000.
Each session integrates movement, somatic practice, creative exploration, and reflective dialogue — meeting you wherever you are and working with the intelligence of your whole body, not just your thinking mind.
Sessions are held online via Zoom, and can be adapted to suit your schedule and circumstances:
• weekly or bi-weekly sessions • personalised practices between sessions • voice and movement integration • ongoing support via message (optional)
Why 1:1
This space allows for:
• deep personalisation
• focused support on your specific challenges and context
• accelerated integration
• space to explore both creative and leadership edges in real time
Ready to Close the Gap?
A Note From Helene
I have spent five decades studying the body as a map of the soul — in movement studios, in sacred spaces, in the wild, and in the quiet of my own practice.
What I know, more than anything, is that the body reveals what the mind edits.
It holds the stories we have forgotten, the truths we have been afraid to speak, and the aliveness ready to return.
This work is not about becoming someone new. It is about remembering who you already are — and giving that person the space, the permission, and the movement to fully arrive.
Ready to Step Out of the Wings?
This work is for creatives, founders, and changemakers who are ready to stop waiting and lead from the fullness of their being.
If something in you recognises this — I'm fully ready to support you. Book a complimentary conversation below, and let's see if we're a good fit.
What clients say
I love your way of working with me. You have got such wisdom, humbleness and congruence about you that I feel very honoured to have these sessions with you...this is coming from my heart!'
Satu
Esalen Therapist
Helene gave me four one-on-one sessions using somatic explorations and exercises.
The first three sessions were characterised by a feeling of being stuck or trapped and wanting to open out. The final one was more like a release into something new.
Susan Brown
Yoga Teacher
I now feel more in touch with my body and what it needs and will start experimenting with moving in different ways.
Thanks Helene for your wisdom and insight. You've definitely opened up possibilities to me that I'd been wanting to move towards but didn't know how to!
Josie Cowgill
Nutritionist
I really love the way in which you ran each class, giving us pointers and guidance, it gave the whole experience so much more depth than just dancing freely or 5 rhythms.
Zoe Maughan
Publisher
I was lucky to find Helene. She encouraged me to feel my way to accessing movement in my locked elbow.. I felt not only increased mobility, but a freedom to be in touch with my wildness and aliveness. Thank you, Helene.
Annaliza Thomson
Holistic Therapist and Sleep Coach
Helene holds a really safe space. Her solidity based on her own life wisdom and willingness to dance into the unknown helped me to gain real insight....I learnt to move my body in new ways which opened me up to different places to move into in life.
Katie Rowan
Gardener and Space Holder
Frequently Asked Questions about Somatic & Creative Leadership Mentoring
How is this different from regular coaching?
This isn’t mindset-only coaching.
Visionary Somatics works at the level where leadership actually lives — in your body.
Through movement, voice, breath, and embodied awareness, we work beneath overthinking and hesitation so your clarity, expression, and presence become natural and grounded.
The shifts don’t stay conceptual.
They integrate — and become visible in how you speak, decide, and relate.
Do I need dance experience for somatic movement mentoring?
No.
This work isn’t about technique or performance.
It’s about developing a more intelligent, responsive relationship with your body so your expression and leadership feel aligned.
You don’t need to “be a dancer.”
You simply need to be willing to move, explore, and engage somatically. Sessions are invitational and tailored to you.
The focus is integration — not performance.
How do I know if this is right for me
This work is for you if you sense there’s more available in your leadership and creative expression than is currently showing up.
If you notice yourself overthinking, holding back, or playing smaller than your vision — and you’re ready for embodied refinement rather than surface-level strategy — this space will meet you there.
It’s also for you if leadership can feel isolating, and you’re ready to feel more internally supported and connected as you grow.
What kind of shifts can I expect?
While every journey is unique, clients often experience:
Clearer decision-making without overprocessing
A voice that lands with steadiness and conviction
Creative work that feels aligned with their true vision
A stronger sense of inner support and self-trust
Greater connection — with themselves and in their relationships
The ability to soften protective patterns without losing strength or presence
This work integrates at the level of the body — so the changes aren’t theoretical.
They become visible in how you lead, create, and relate.
Is somatic & creative mentoring suitable if I have trauma history?
All practices are invitational rather than forced, and you’ll learn tools to self-regulate, set healthy boundaries, and feel safe in your body. It is designed to meet you where you are and honour your nervous system. Having said that, this is coaching, not a replacement for clinical trauma therapy. Whilst we have all suffered trauma to varying degrees, if you have specific or severe trauma related symptoms, then it is your responsibility to inform me, and I can refer you to trusted clinical therapy support if appropriate.
How does online somatic coaching work effectively?
Zoom sessions are highly effective for embodied work. Using breath, voice, gentle movement, and somatic awareness, the practices translate beautifully to the online format. Many clients find the comfort and privacy of their own space enhances the experience, allowing a deep experience.
Let your leadership match your vision
