Wellness Coaching
Wellness coaching is part of Ann’s work as an integrative somatic practitioner. Coaching with Ann is integrative somatic wellness coaching. Integrative somatic wellness coaching aims to empower people through connecting to their body in a way that builds inner awareness, trust & compassion. It aims to support people in reconnecting to their true selves and being able to hear their inner wisdom more, and to be able to live in a way that is aligned with their values & true self.
Somatic coaching means noticing what is present in your body (how your experience is showing up through your body) which builds awareness and guides making changing. Noticing what’s present in the body also creates possibilities for building nervous system capacity and working with it to embody what’s helpful. When we are aware of what’s present and if this aligns with who and how we want to be in the world, for example to be present with compassion, we can take action that steps in this direction
Integrative somatic wellness coaching is bespoke for each person, it is tailored to meet each individuals needs and what they wish to explore working with. Ann offers this service for anyone wanting to make changes that support their health & wellbeing and don’t need to work with her in her pain and fatigue specialist physiotherapy capacity. Ann has often worked with people with anxiety, chronic stress and trauma. Integrative somatic coaching with Ann is offered in a trauma-informed way, like all of her work. Ann combines all of her training, except physiotherapy into the integrative somatic wellness coaching she offers, this includes being a trained life coach, yoga teacher, meditation teacher, trauma-sensitive mindfulness practitioner & NLP practitioner. It also includes knowledge and skills from compassion and compassion focused therapy, somatic and embodiment practices, acceptance & commitment therapy and trauma. Coaching with Ann is grounded in compassion, mindfulness, somatic & embodiment.
What Would You Like?
- Increased self-compassion
- To be less self-critical
- Increased self-awareness
- Understanding of your nervous system and improved regulation & increased capacity
- To befriend your body & listen to your inner wisdom
- To be able to live in a values aligned way
- Improved self-care
- A better balance in life
- To change your habits, including overthinking and the thought patterns you take action on
- Increased clarity, or a change of focus
- Less stress
- Improved fitness
- Less anxiety/less impact of anxiety
- Better sleep
- To be able to relax more easily
- To understand your core values & how living aligned with them can help your wellbeing
- Or something else?
Integrative somatic wellness coaching with Ann at Unity Physiotherapy & Wellbeing can help with all of the above and more.
Many Things Impact Our Health & Wellbeing
Our health & wellbeing affects all aspects of life and vice versa and we can influence some of the factors that contribute to our health & wellbeing. Some of the many factors that affect our wellness include stress, habits (including thinking habits), physical activity/exercise, sleep, beliefs, behaviours, mindsets, our self-talk, what we eat, connection with nature, connection with others, disconnection from our body, and the way in which we relate to ourselves. There are many things in life that we can’t control, focusing on what we can control/influence along with having a toolbox of strategies is important. This can help us to navigate the difficult times in life, look after our health & wellbeing and it’s part of creating the conditions that help us to thrive. All weathers are present to varying degrees each day, noticing them and choosing which to focus on is part of looking after our wellbeing.
Whole Person Wellness
Mental health & physical health cannot be split, body & mind (bodymind) are inextricably interlinked and part of the whole person. This is why Ann integrates the knowledge and skills from the many bodymind therapies and practices that she has studied into her work as an integrative somatic practitoner to create her own unique somatic/embodiment coaching model. Ann is a trained physiotherapist, life coach, neurolinguistic programming (NLP) practitioner, meditation, trauma-sensitive mindfulness practitioner & yoga teacher. She also has a certification in functional nutrition & chronic pain, myofascial & integrative fascial release, has done training in acceptance & commitment therapy to intermediate level. She has done extensive training in compassion & compassion focused therapy, embodiment/somatics & trauma. Working with Ann helps you to explore different aspects of wellbeing in an embodied way (creates a body based understanding), and discover what changes could support your wellbeing & help you to thrive. Ann tailors offerings to meet your individual needs and works in partnership with you to explore what will help you to reach your desired health & wellbeing goals.
Ann has developed her own wellbeing framework, called the PACE’s & SIM’s, which is part of her book ‘Dancing Through Life: A Guide to Living Well.’ Aspects of the PACE’s & SIM’s, or all of them, are explored as part of individualised tailored care. Here’s the PACE’s & SIM’s image from Ann’s book (nature also needs to be on there but wasn’t included in the PACE’s & SIM’s, so remember to include that).
What To Expect
We all have the ability to help ourselves, you understand you best, coaching empowers you to make choices with greater knowledge and understanding. Integrative somatic coaching offerings will deepen your understanding through questioning and compassionate embodied exploration. We usually explore your values as these guide, inspire and motivate us and they are a compass for living a meaningful and purposeful life, they guide us to move in the directions that are heartfelt and meaningful. When we are living out of line with our values it often affects our wellbeing, and ability to thrive.
As mentioned already Ann takes an embodiment/somatic approach to coaching and all her work, which basically means noticing how our experience is showing up in the body. This can include, for example, noticing how anxiety is showing up in the body, compassionately exploring this and then making helpful changes. Connecting to our body is really important especially as we commonly disconnect from the body due to, such as trauma, anxiety, stress, not feeling good enough, persistent pain and many more reasons. As part of exploration a variety of practices are used to help you create what would be more nurturing, make helpful changes and helps you to achieve your goals. You can choose which practices are most helpful to engage with on a daily basis to support your wellbeing and the changes you are aiming for.
Who We See
Ann sees anyone wanting to improve their health and wellbeing and/or who wishes to make some changes in life, she has often worked with people with chronic stress and anxiety. Appointments can be offered in person in North Hykeham or remotely (online/phone) and can be offered online worldwide. Ann always works within her scope of practice, sometimes it’s identified the it would be more appropriate for you to see another professional, like a psychologist, if this is the case it will be discussed with you and Ann can work alongside them with you if this is helpful.
Other Related Services We Offer Include:
Wellness workshops
Yoga
Meditation
Location
You can arrange a virtual appointment for anywhere in the UK or an in person appointment in North Hykeham, Lincoln.
Get in touch
If you would like to find out how Ann can help manage and change fatigue, do what you love, live well and thrive again get in touch to book your appointment, or a free 15 minute call to help you decide if working with Ann is right for you.