Somatic Groundwork
somatic movement practices for rest, recovery and renewal
With Somatic Groundwork, apply somatic processes to basic movements and improve tissue health, nervous system capacity and motor skills. Discover a gentle and natural movement patterning approach that provides therapeutic effects. Restore relaxation as a basic state of being and learn to move with ease and support from the inside out and ground up. Boost function and creativity. Diminish symptoms of overload and underrecovery like persistent pain, chronic stress and repetitive injury.
HOW WE PRACTICE
Somatic Groundwork is a gentle and developmental movement approach that provides therapeutic, creative and functional benefits. The movement system helps improve self-regulation, coordination, mobility/stability and feeling states. Yielding Practices, Unwinding Methods and Patterns of Connectivity are applied to basic movements in every Somatic Groundwork class. These Approaches influence sensory processing related to interactions between the nervous system and tissue architecture/ fascial matrix.
Listen & Notice
listen with awareness, slow down and notice what happens
Relax Here
relate with resources of support, pay attention to direct experience and return to the present moment
Practice Your Body
follow intuitive movement, cooperate with your limitations and track the effects
Explore Novelty
enhance motivation by experimenting with movement options and specific constraints
Somatic Relating
participate with tensegral forces, the surrounding environment and your own felt-state
Hi! I am Kaila June Keliikuli
I am the Director of IMSomatics and developer of Somatic Groundwork. I offer somatic movement education and coaching. I help people use movement for tonic healing and recovery and to enhance function and creativity. I teach other movement teachers and wellness practitioners the art and science of guiding somatic movement and inquiry. My public classes and workshops help people re/learn how to move with ease, support and relaxation. In 1:1 Somatic Movement Coaching, my clients learn how to apply movement techniques for pain relief and soothing discomfort. We also work together towards sustainable pattern change to improve movement quality and variability. My movement approach comes from the performing arts, personal training, corrective exercise, developmental movement and somatic research. Read more
“Kaila’s expertise in the field of movement science is the hard-won result of cumulative years of interdisciplinary study and hands on work with hundreds of clients and students. As a teacher, there is no one I would trust more with the hearts and bodies of students. She brings a dedication to working collaboratively, and an acute sensitivity and ability to respond valuably to whoever she’s with.” ~ Sarah Dawn Hartman (cranial sacral therapist and embodiment teacher)
VISION | to participate in healing and repair processes with ourselves, others and our planet so that we may cultivate good relating on all size scales
MISSION | to guide embodied movement experiences in participatory and inclusive spaces with teachers, therapists and enthusiasts for therapeutic, functional and creative outcomes
CORE VALUES | emergent learning + collective liberation + practice as play
testimonials from past members
“Learning with Kaila has provided confirmation that being in and living from an embodied sense of self is an act of love. That to be at home in the body and to invite students and clients to be at home in their bodies is how we affect the change we want to see in the world.”
Antonia Small
Integrative Movement Educator
“I highly recommend Somatic Groundwork to anyone with an appetite for exploring and developing a deeper sense of themselves. This is a profound journey and I continue to evolve.”
Janet Steeves
Yoga Teacher
“I taught hatha yoga for several years and found I was unable to teach or delve deeper than offering a physical movement practice. Somatic Groundwork has helped me to find what was missing – the bridge from movement into the nature of ourselves and all that is…life, connection, relationship.”
Vanessa Brumby
Somatic Movement Teacher