About These Resources
These learning resources are designed to support your learning about somatic practices. They add to the information on this website and can be downloaded for personal use.
All resources are provided free for learning purposes. Please respect copyright and do not share without permission.
Understanding Somatics Guide
A complete PDF guide covering the basics of somatic practices, their benefits, and how they're used.
Getting Started with Somatics
A beginner-friendly guide with simple practices to try at home, tips for choosing a teacher, and what to expect in your first session.
Conversation Starter Cards
Prompts to spark honest conversations about somatic awareness, body experience, and nervous system states. Can be printed on Avery 28371 business card stock (10 cards per sheet, standard US business card size).
"What am I experiencing?" Sensing, interoception, and body scanning
"What is happening and how does it move?" Noticing patterns, mindful movement, and sensation tracking
"How do I find ground and safety?" Breathwork, grounding, and nervous system regulation
"What does this make possible?" Embodied decisions, cultural body awareness, and integration
Sensory Awareness Guides
Three short reference guides, one for each sensory stream. Each covers descriptor words and everyday examples to help you notice and name what you are experiencing in your body.
Videos & Documentaries
Films that bring somatic concepts to life through real stories and research.
Follows Ian Waterman, who at 19 lost his proprioception after a viral infection, leaving him unable to sense where his limbs are in space or whether they are moving. Doctors said he would never walk again. Through extraordinary willpower, Ian developed conscious visual strategies to function in daily life, making his case one of the most studied in neuroscience. A vivid illustration of the bodily sense we rely on without knowing it.
A full-length documentary exploring how the body knows where it is in space, covering the biology of proprioceptive signals from muscles and joints, what happens when the sense is lost or disrupted, and why it is foundational to movement, balance, and the felt sense of self.
Follows real people through extraordinary physiological challenges (an ultramarathon runner, fasting study participants, a figure-skating duo) while explaining how the body's internal signaling systems work. Episodes 4 and 5 are most relevant to interoception, covering the gut-brain axis, the enteric nervous system, and how internal body signals shape emotion, mood, and decision-making. The closest equivalent to the Waterman film for interoception.
Follows three children in the US, Norway, and Germany born with congenital insensitivity to pain, a rare condition that removes pain from the body's outer-sensing repertoire while leaving touch and pressure intact. Their stories reveal how much of daily life depends on pain as a protective signal, and what the loss of that signal means for the body and the people who care for it.
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Recommended Books
These books go deeper into somatic practices, trauma healing, embodiment, and social justice. Links go to Bookshop.org, which supports independent bookstores.
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