Online and In-Person Somatic Offerings

  • Laurie James leading a group of people sitting on the sandy beach and listening to her speaking, with the ocean and ships in the background.

    Restore: A Somatic Yoga Series - In-person at Harmony Yoga In Hermosa Beach

    A Four Session Series to Learn How to Come Back to Yourself.  These sessions are rooted in the neuroscience of the nervous system and the wisdom your body holds. This four-part somatic yoga series takes you through regulation, grief, anger, and boundaries — not as concepts to understand, but as experiences to move through. Feeling is where real healing happens.

    Session One — What Is Regulation, and How Do I Move Toward It?  Your nervous system has been working behind the scenes to keep you safe — and this session is where you finally learn its language. We will slow down and notice the sensations in the body through somatic inquiry and gentle yoga to help you attune to your nervous system and develop a relationship with it instead of against it.

    Session Two — Grief: The Body Knows Loss
    Grief is about any type of loss you might have experienced, not just death.  Grief lives in body: the chest, belly, in your tears, and the heaviness you can't quite name. In this session, you'll use movement, and somatic practices to allow grief to move through you rather than stay stuck inside you.

    Session Three — Anger: The Body's Flame Anger isn't the problem — stuck anger is and it can cause dis-ease and disease in the body. This reclaims anger as biological wisdom: a signal of violated limits and unmet needs that deserves a safe place to express itself. Together, we will express it through intentional yoga and somatic discharge so you can let your body complete what didn’t get completed in past.

    Session Four — Boundaries: The Body Knows Where You End and I Begin Your body knew "no" long before your mind gave you permission to say it. This closing session teaches you to read your body's yes and no as the profound guidance they are —and to close the series by celebrating how much you've reclaimed. You'll leave with embodied tools to take back into your life, not just knowledge.

    Thursday evenings, September 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th. 6:30pm - 8:00pm at Harmony Yoga in Hermosa Beach. $149 before Aug 27th, $169 after. This price includes all 4 sessions.

  • Regulate Workshop (Online): Somatic Tools to Ease Your Anxiety

    Anxiety doesn’t know time or place which can be frustrating — especially when it seems like your body and mind won’t cooperate. This online workshop takes a practical body and science-based approach to understanding what’s really happening in your nervous system when anxiety shows up. We will cover that same things as the inperson workshop, just virtual.

    We’ll start with a clear overview of how the nervous system works. Then you’ll get guided through somatic and “parts” exercises that will show you how to shift from spiraling toward a state of relaxed alertness.

    You’ll also have the chance to connect with others who get what it’s like — without pressure or judgment. And before we wrap up, we’ll have space for Q&A so you can leave knowing exactly how to use these tools in your own life.

    You will walk away with practices you can use the next time anxiety or overwhelm appears — and a deeper sense of confidence that you are in control, not your anxiety.

    Coming 2027

Testimonials

  • I’ve attended several of Laurie’s workshops and she infused each one with her knowledge, compassion and presence. Laurie creates a safe space to explore—whether it’s the vision for your life or emotions held in the body that no longer serve you. With non-judgement, care and empathy, Laurie guides you in the work she embodies. The workshops attract a lovely group of women. I always leave lighter, inspired and eager for the next one!

    ~Lisa

  • Every single time I attend Laurie's workshops, I end up sleeping all weekend! A huge indicator that my body is healing from all the burdens/suppressed trauma that I have been carrying throughout my life. I even saw feathers at our beach site - a sign that I am protected. Laurie is such a compassionate facilitator and I feel so safe in her presence. I highly recommend working with her!

    ~Cindy