We get to be a part of many wonderful people’s book journeys—whether through book coaching, editing, publishing—or all of the above, which is how more practical dharma, came to exist.

This week, we’re so excited to share a chapter from our client Dr. Jeffrey Fracher’s recently published second nonfiction book, More Practical Dharma: Pragmatic Strategies for Everyday Challenges. This post is an excerpted chapter, originally titled “Are We Bound By Our Stories?.”

When it comes to exploring the embodied lifestyle, a coaching relationship is a great way to begin or deepen your practice. But there are so many “trailheads” and ways to explore somatic experiencing, trauma healing, embodiment, and more—and the best way into any new realm of exploration is by picking the trailhead that most interests and excites YOU. So, I'm sharing 12 different ways in to your next exploration of embodiment. What speaks to you?

Whilst you’ve likely heard the term thrown around on your Instagram feed, in wellness circles, or even during a therapy session, ‘somatics’ is the kind of word that can feel intimidating; overly technical, generally vague, and therefore easy to file away in the brain under “forget”.

But I don’t want you to forget! Because, to put it bluntly, somatics saved my life.