An Online Mentorship in Somatics & Embodied Space Holding
A live training for people who work with people — where the wisdom behind the practice becomes something you feel, live, and lead from. Build a body ready for real leadership: powerful, alive, and grounded enough to hold space for others.
You've done the trainings, the retreats, "the work" — and still don't quite feel there. Tired of fixing, tired of performing wellness, tired of circling the same "almost there." This is where the fix-it cycle ends: the tools that shift how you show up in your own life are the same ones that let you truly hold someone else in theirs.
It starts with your nervous system — the map of your own body's patterns, practiced together in community, until it becomes something you live, as well as something you deeply understand and know.
Only when you're truly connected to your own body can there be depth in your connection to others — the depth that lets you meet people where they are, truly hold what they bring, and feel alive and confident within yourself and your life.
Powerful. Alive. Ready.
The Language of Our Soma | Nervous system & body awareness
𖦹 Deep dive into the Nervous System, know what your working with and talking about.
𖦹 How stress and survival responses show up in the body, and in our lives.
𖦹 Regulation and dysregulation, beyond the trend.
𖦹 Polyvagal theory and window of tolerance.
𖦹 Building somatic capacity, what this means and how to FEEL it.
𖦹 Fight, flight, freeze & fawn response.
𖦹 How to hold others with nervous-system awareness and tools, that actually work.
Homecoming to the Soma | Somatics & Embodiment
𖦹 Somatics & Embodiment - and what that really means beyond the trend.
𖦹 Interoception and inner sensing
𖦹 Exteroception & proprioception, pillars of a somatic practice.
𖦹 Resourcing and grounding.
𖦹 Somatic movement and tracking
𖦹 Body patterns and how to apply the awareness into practice.
𖦹 Embodiment vs Disembodiment
𖦹 Integrating somatic tools into daily life
Relational Safety | Trauma-informed & ethical space holding
𖦹 Trauma-informed teaching, holding & facilitation — attunement from a grounded place.
𖦹 Consent, agency, and boundaries — held without breaking connection.
𖦹 Guiding vs holding, and knowing which the moment calls for.
𖦹 What it means to hold safe space — the radical truth that no one can promise everyone will feel safe, and how to work with that.
𖦹 The ethical landscape of healing spaces, without the bypassing.
𖦹 Reframing healing, beyond the fix-it cycle. Living the integration.
𖦹 Conscious communication, from presence, not performance.
Integration & Leadership | Living and serving from the body
𖦹 Integrating the teachings into your work and life — lived, not just learned.
𖦹 Embodied leadership — powerful, alive, grounded in who you are.
𖦹 Capacity and self-care for space-holders — you can't hold others from empty.
𖦹 Living and working from an embodied place, not a performed one.
𖦹 Integrity and feminine leadership, how to live and work for your energy type and own who you are fully.
“This mentorship has been such a beautiful container for me. Learning so much about the nervous system, understanding in any sort of space you’re holding to hold it from a very body sensitive lens, understanding what’s happening in the body, having the tools to navigate what can come up in the body and what people are holding in any given situation. I think there’s so much that you get in this mentorship. There’s so much knowledge, there’s so many tools and practices you can take into your work, whatever the work is that you do. I feel like it’s an amazing place to go to for support.
Susanna is such a beautiful, grounded human being who lives this work. You can really tell she has done so much work and she knows what she’s talking about, and it comes from such a natural place of carrying that wisdom. And I love that I feel really held as a student, and I know I can really trust who’s teaching and holding the training."
- Paula
“I don't even know where to start in describing how Susanna was one of the best encounters in my life. She's a wonderful teacher and a super space holder. In addition, she brings her humanity into everything she teaches & does, which is rare to find. Susanna is welcoming in the sense that she never has pretensions and expectations about people, she creates a comfortable environment in which each person can simply be themselves. Her practices are special and her somatic knowledge enriches the practice allowing you to go even deeper. There are few precious people like Susanna in the world, so if you have the opportunity to work with her don't hesitate for a moment, DO IT!”
Loredana Bedoni
“Working with Susanna during the Sensual Soma training was truly transformational. She holds space in a way that feels so rare and refreshing because she does it by showing up as her full, authentic self, and she gives everyone else permission to do the same. There’s something so beautiful and inspiring about learning in her presence, because as she teaches, she also reflects you back to yourself in the most loving way. Throughout the training, I felt completely supported. Susanna’s guidance is both gentle and powerful, rooted in a deep inner knowing that creates a sense of safety and trust. I never felt rushed or judged, just deeply seen and lovingly held. Her ability to meet each person where they are and honor the many ways we learn made the experience feel not only accessible, but also deeply personal and thoughtful. Susanna doesn’t just teach…she witnesses, she nourishes, and she reminds you of your own wisdom. She truly sees you, and helps you grow from exactly where you are. If you’re considering working with her, know this: Susanna is the kind of guide who helps you come home to yourself in the most loving, embodied, and empowering way. ”
Jade
“Susanna is a force of truth, courage, and deep authenticity. In her presence, you are gently guided to remember the boldest, most expansive version of who you truly are. She meets you soul-to-soul, attuned to every thought, feeling, and expression with profound compassion and wisdom. Her words alone carry a frequency that lands directly in the heart and allow for an embodied experience. She moves you through and past the "story" and into the embodiment where healing can take place. It is a true blessing to be held in her guidance. The sacred space she creates invites healing on all levels — a space where your spirit feels seen, safe, and free to awaken your true self. ”
Tracy Parreira
“Susanna is a fiery, yet gentle somatic coach who’s authenticity creates a safe space where you can show up as your most vulnerable self. As a somatic coach Susanna softly transforms lives without pushing you. Her presence feels like a safety blanket under which you can explore at your own pace. Through our journey together I felt loved, seen, and heard like never before. I learned what it is to find home, safety and peace within my own body. Before our time together, I had a lot of unprocessed emotions in my body. With Susanna I learned to release them in a powerful way. The transformation didn’t happen only during our journey but the ripple effect has continued as an on-going integration process. Susanna has a powerful and very gentle way of presenting and sharing her wisdom. It is truly uplifting. Her depth of knowledge is mind blowing and yet she finds a way to put it in a simple and understandable form. The way she guides somatic movement experiences took me to meet parts of me that I’ve had forgotten or couldn’t reach by using my logical mind. I can highly recommend Susanna for anyone who’s looking for gentle, safe but powerful somatic coaching. Thank you for changing my life for forever. My appreciation and gratitude for Susanna and her work is beyond words. ❤️”
Anna-Mari Frolov
“Susanna has this amazing ability to make every inch of you, literally every part of you feel incredibly seen and heard. She lays a platform to allow you to explore yourself, your thoughts, your everything, and to feel completely safe doing it. She helped lead me toward unlocking a whole other level within myself as a teacher, woman, and human being in general. She’s like the coach who calmly and gently walks you down the diving board and has you 1,000,000% confident that you’ll jump into the perfect thing when you reach the end. Thank you Susanna for being an incredible inspiration, a phenomenal teacher, a magical space holder, an overall lovely person, and a new friend 💕 ”
Susanna B Gatz
“Susanna’s coaching has helped me better understand my own being and helped me better connect with my body. Susanna has been incredibly insightful in our discussions. She has a natural ability to communicate with you and thoroughly understand your situation and offer unique, in depth and useful insights. Susanna has shared with me in our coaching many practical tools. Her wealth of knowledge is invaluable!”
Rachael
“Spending an intensive week with Susanna during the Sensual Soma training was a deeply transformative and nourishing experience. From the very first moment, I felt completely held, seen, and supported by her warm, motherly presence. There is something incredibly unique and grounding about the way she holds space – it’s tender, safe, and empowering all at once. Susanna carries a profound wisdom, not only about the body, anatomy, and the nervous system, but also about life itself. The way she shares her knowledge is infused with deep care, clarity, and embodiment – making it not just informative but truly alive. I left our time together feeling inspired, softened, and more connected to myself than ever before. I am endlessly grateful that our paths crossed. Susanna is a rare gem – a true guide and a radiant inspiration. With all my heart, thank you. 🤍”
Angela
“I have attended Susanna’s classes and I can say that I really have not been to any other class with such a genuine teacher who is sensing the atmosphere of the class and is fine-tunning her teaching accordingly. As a stiff Crossfitter, her classes helps me listen to body and mind without any pressure of performance.”
Victoria
“I have been fortunate enough to be a student of Susanna's, as well as to have benefited from her guidance over the course of many years. Susanna holds a unique space unlike anyone else I have encountered. Her teaching style and ability to create a nurturing, safe space have profoundly impacted me over the years. She possesses extensive knowledge across various areas, and what truly resonates with me is her deep presence and commitment as a fellow learner, without professing to be flawless or have all the answers. Her authenticity, vulnerability and genuine nature deeply resonate with me. I find it immensely valuable to be led by such a relatable, loving, kind, and straightforward individual when navigating life's challenges. Her heart is immense, and I wholeheartedly recommend no one else more suitable to embark on a transformative journey with. Personally, she has brought numerous positive challenges in my life, and I know, my life is better off for our paths crossing.”
For the facilitators and space holders, the coaches, yoga teachers, bodyworkers, healers — or simply someone who feels called to guide and support others, even if you don't yet know exactly what that looks like.
You're drawn to the nervous system, to somatics, to shifting the pattern, the energy, to becoming genuinely powerful — not performed, not fixed, but built from the inside out.
Through my own experience and years of training others, I've noticed that real, embodied understanding of the nervous system and somatic wisdom is often missing from wellness spaces — taught as concept, rarely as something lived. If you're ready to build that foundation for yourself, you're in the right place.
This isn't about bypassing or fixing. It's about creating real space inside the body, building the vessel that has real capacity to hold what you desire. For yourself first, and for everyone you're meant to hold.
We are done. We are over it.
Because real growth & real evolution isn't about chasing peak experiences, over-processing, or "healing" to become someone else. It comes from building the capacity and the vessel to hold all that you desire, and to truly live. To be with life's complexity and what's present in each moment — in your body, your emotions, your life — so you can create transformational space for others to do the same.
This is a training, and you're being mentored — learning through practice, through tending to yourself, through your own patterns, wants and desires, because you deserve to feel confident in yourself and what you do — and to gain real tools to offer your students from a place of feminine leadership.
I'm here to teach, guide, support and hold space for you as you experience, question, practise and integrate the work for yourself.
This is an invitation to renewal — to recognise your gifts, and know that all that you want and desire is desiring you. Build the vessel that believes this. Learn what is ready to be let go of.
This isn't another fix-yourself program, not another bunch of information you don't know what to do with. This mentorship calls you to be the empowered leader you deserve to be — because no one is like you. There is only one you in this world.
You will walk away with:
A deep, embodied understanding of the nervous system and how this knowledge gives you power. Where awareness meets tools to work with the body. As well as the ability to recognise stress, safety, and trauma responses, and how to work with this knowledge and tools when holding spaces and processes for others.
A deep understanding of what somatic work really is, somatic practices you can do and share that really shift your life, plus practical everyday somatic tools & greater capacity to stay present in the waves and complexity of this mysterious life. The capacity you build here creates ripple effects for those you hold.
A grounded and deeper understanding of trauma-informed facilitation, teaching, guiding, holding & learning the art of relational safety. While building a stronger sense of self-trust, human-sensitive understanding, boundaries, and embodied leadership.
This is a live, trauma-informed somatic mentorship, designed to truly land and be integrated — not rushed, not forced, but felt and lived.
𖦹 Live 2-hour sessions. These sessions will be extensive interactive lectures - NO boring learning.
𖦹 Opening & closing ceremony - with beautiful insightful somatic practices.
𖦹 Practice Sessions with Susanna to integrate in real time - some longer, some short.
𖦹 A beautiful full extensive manual - The Somatic Mentorship Book, something you can return to for the rest of your life.
𖦹 Community space for ongoing support and real time connection 24/7.
𖦹 2 x bonus Q&A sessions with Susanna, anything related you want to personally ask.
𖦹 Some pre recorded classes & practices throughout, as a bonus.
𖦹 Lifetime access to the replays
𖦹 Certification of completion (YACEP 25 hours for the Yoga Teachers if they need)
𖦹 A mentorship and training in one 10 week container.
Your Mentor
𖦹 A dedicated container to ask your questions, share openly about your integration process, and be witnessed in your unfolding throughout the training.
𖦹 Ongoing, loving guidance and support from Susanna — steady, present, and devoted to your growth.
Absolutely not. This knowledge is valuable for anyone, in their own life and embodiment, regardless of whether they ever hold space professionally. This mentorship is for those already established in their work, those who want to hold space in some form in the future, and those who simply want this for themselves — the only real requirement is a genuine willingness to be self-responsible, with an open, curious mind.
Both — you're mentored through real, structured training in nervous system knowledge, somatics, and embodied leadership. There will be a certificate of completion given once we can see you have completed all the live classes, if you are in all live classes you will recieve your certificate after closing ceremony.
Yes. As a long-time yoga teacher and YACEP provider, Susanna can offer 25 hours toward Yoga Alliance continuing education for those who want it — though what you'll actually walk away with, and how you apply it in your own life and spaces, matters far more than any certificate or anything on Yoga alliance.
You'll have 2 bonus live Q&A sessions with Susanna across the 10 weeks — optional, and to be utilised by showing up live. They can be questions on the content, how it applies to your life, or support as it connects to this work and your personal inquiries.
Susanna gives real time and attention to every student in this container — but this mentorship is a group space. If you want ongoing 1:1 support, you're welcome to apply for coaching separately at www.susannasoma.com
When you invest in the Somatic Mentorship, you are responsible for how much you show up for yourself. You will have the content, support, practices and invitations — how you choose to utilise them is 100% on you. So it's important you're genuinely ready to show up self-responsibly and make the most of what's offered. If you are really ready for this mentorship, we know you wont regret it.
