A Helping Hand: Working with Supportive Self-Touch in Coaching

What if integration didn’t come from doing more—but from letting more land?

After a powerful shift in a session, something quiet often follows:

A hand to the chest.

A soft sigh.

A leaning back.

These moments aren’t just afterthoughts—they’re integration in action.

Supportive Self-Touch is a subtle yet powerful somatic coaching skill. By noticing and gently staying with the gestures of self-soothing and self-support that naturally emerge, we help clients deepen into nourishment, reinforce safety, and begin to stabilise new ways of being. 🌿

In this gentle, body-aware session, you’ll learn how to:
🪞 Track self-touch and spontaneous gestures as signs of integration
🌼 Invite clients to stay with supportive touch as a resource
💬 Offer attuned language to help deepen the experience
💫 Use self-touch moments to support healing, wholeness, and internalised safety

This is the quiet magic of coaching—not doing more, but letting more land. ✨

Join Nathan Blair, Founder of The Somatic School, for this month’s Somatic Shift Series and explore how the smallest gestures can carry the deepest meaning.

Come curious. Leave resourced.

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