Soft Skills for Hard Times
A somatic resource membership for weary humans who care deeply.
Gain access to a curated collection of somatic resources tailored to your perfectly reasonable human needs. New practices of varying length added monthly. Pragmatic yet heartfelt pockets of care to support you through disorienting times. May all bodies receive care and safety.
Are you currently:
Swamped by all your responsibilities?
Frozen with worry about things you don’t have control over?
Weary of the pressure to optimize your life?
Exhaustion is an entirely reasonable response to the incredibly painful things we are witnessing and experiencing in the world.
So is frustration, concern, distraction or withdrawal.
We are giving our all. Living through uncertainty with legitimate concerns for our safety and wellbeing.
Capitalist wellness culture tells us that if we would just optimize our habits, we’d be able to do it all with grace and joy.
But the truth is, a new 6 am jogging ritual, weight-loss plan or file organizing system can’t address the entirety of what we need.
What if, instead of falling into that trap, we decide we’re already worth tending to, just as we are?
Our roles require so much hope. And, with the current state of the world we have countless real reasons to feel hopeless, anxious and unsafe.
If we’re going to find our way through these times, I believe our embodied connections—with self, nature and each other provide us with a path we can follow.
What people are saying
“I want to share how unique and healing your approach is and how clearly you embody the principles you are sharing.”
— Naome/ Course Participant
“I love that we are not trying to solve things, but we share our grief, our challenges, and our bittersweet love for the world. It's like we are holding each others' hands.”
— Robin/ Course Participant
I’m Annie Bray (she/her)
I’m a Trauma-Informed Somatic Practitioner and Registered Massage Therapist.
My somatic approach to massage therapy is informed by 20 years of manual therapy and concurrent work and study in trauma recovery, community mental health, applied polyvagal theory, meditation, yoga and somatic coaching.
It takes resilience to be here. The wear and tear is real. The reasons to check out, reasonable and plenty.
Exhaustion is normal. All of us are living in an unjust system that asks us to bypass our physical and emotional needs, disconnecting us from our bodies.
Somatics can help us reclaim the experience of feeling reliably well-met, relatively safe and capable of engaging with life meaningfully.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.