Eva Rahman: Somatic Nervous System Growth

21/11/2025

Hi everyone, this is a talk from a friend of a friend of mine (quite graphic) who has become an advocate for trauma awareness within health professions.

She’d like to spread the word so if you can spare the time to watch, like, comment, share - it would be good to raise awareness of this within the medical profession. Thanks 💜

NB- The talk does mention sexual violence.

In this deeply personal and eye-opening TEDx talk, Dr. Susanna Petche reveals how hidden, dismissed trauma shapes our bodies, behaviours and lives and shares...

13/10/2025

If your life were a river, how is it flowing today? 🌊

Gently moving?
Rushing with energy?
Still and deep beneath the surface?

Take 30 seconds to pause and notice.

I first came across this practice when it was shared by Radiant Somatics

Try it for yourself or use the video to guide you.

What’s the speed and rhythm of your inner flow right now?

No need to fix or analyse — just witness.

What happens when you separate sensation from story?

What happens when you let your body speak before your mind translates?

And, how do you know?

💭 I’d love to hear — what’s your river like today?

Share a word, an image, or an emoji in the comments.

Your awareness is where aliveness begins 🌿

08/10/2025

I often hear the words “what is somatic coaching?” I can explain, but the whole point is that it is experiential.

Your experience of YOURSELF in the moment.

Not my interpretation of it.

And to some extent, not your interpretation either. But instead, you feeling yourself in the moment.

No technical explanation of the meaning of the word ‘somatic’ is going to give you that.

But so you know: Somatic is from the Ancient Greek word ‘Soma’, meaning “body”.

The approach I use is a body-oriented, ‘bottom-up’ psychotherapy and trauma-informed approach.

Combining psychodynamic and body-based coaching, shadow work and ancient yogic and nervous system care practices, backed by neuroscience, I support you to deepen your relationship with yourself.

If you want to try it for free, DM me TASTER. Offer ends soon.

25/09/2025

Spring might feel far away… 🌿 but on 18th April 2026, we are gathering for RITUAL & RESONANCE ~ Spring Wellness Day near Lewes for a special retreat.

�🌿 Restorative Yoga �🌸 Sacred circle
🔥 Ritual�🎶 Kirtan�🌲 Woodland sauna
🤗 Connection�🥗 Nourishing lunch + teas + cake

Only 12 spots • Early bird from £99

Mark your diary & join us to celebrate Spring 🌸

👉 Link in bio to book.

Tag the friend you’d love to share this with 💕

25/09/2025

Of all the ideals by which you might orient your life, wholeness has a unique trait: it spares you from division. First, it’s meaningless to decide to make yourself whole—you already are whole, inescapably. You can’t achieve wholeness, nor do you know what it looks like or where it might take you. Wholeness isn’t a destination or a goal—it is a beginning that can only be initiated with a surrender to the Present and a sensitivity to what it is asking of you right now.
And that highlights another trait that distinguishes the ideal of wholeness: you will never arrive at it, just as no sailor has ever arrived at the polestar. You will never wake up one morning and say, “Finally, I’m whole. What’s next?” In that regard, wholeness is like healing—and the two words, fittingly, share the same root. You can never say with finality, “I’m healed.” With every breath, millions of cells die off and millions divide to replenish them. Wholeness and healing, like unending dances, are processes that rest in the Present without ever stopping. They are processes that continuously let go of ‘what was’ in order to welcome What Is.

~ Philip Shepherd, from the book Radical Wholeness

20/09/2025

✨ Did you ever hear the phrase “water off a duck’s back” as a kid?

It means you are not affected by negative comments or actions. They literally roll off you like water off a duck’s oily feathers.
�But as a child, I thought it meant ‘pretend you’re not upset’.

And I didn’t have the tools to help me set boundaries, to make the leap from “but, I am upset!” to “I’m genuinely not bothered.”

💭 What phrase did you hear when you were upset as a child?

Ignoring my feelings didn’t make them go away. It just made them louder and leak out sideways.

Through body-based emotional re-sensitisation tools and nervous system support practices, I learned how to feel, process and integrate my emotions and set boundaries.

And crucially, I was able find safety in myself and in my body.

This is the work I now share with others through somatic nervous system coaching. And I’d love to offer a taste of it:

💻 I’m offering free online taster sessions for a limited time only.

DM me TASTER if you’d like to experience this for yourself.

18/09/2025

Ever notice this? Men often say they know—even when they don’t.

Women? We often say we don’t know—even when we do.

But what if you could play with both—certainty and uncertainty—and discover a third thing - a whole new space of creativity and flow?

I’m offering FREE ONLINE taster sessions this Sept & Oct—comment TASTER if you’re ready to explore!

17/09/2025

Everywhere we look we can find polarity. The headlines are especially loud with black and white thinking. The tensions of opposites.

As without, so within.

It’s an opportunity to look at where we find ourselves in internal conflict or opposition.

And the most interesting aspect for me is the nuance. Is a merging of the two into a 3rd thing possible?

For me, today it’s about the opposites of ‘Doing’ and the ‘Resting back’.

Staying present with myself, taking steady action and putting the building blocks in place, but not pushing, or chasing. Letting them unfold and fall where they will - to find a balance of body, mind, emotion and soul.

If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed by the chaos of your outer or inner world, or if this post sparks something in you, then I’d love to offer you a taste of the somatic nervous system coaching I offer:

💻 I’m offering free online taster sessions in September & October. Limited spots available.

Comment TASTER if you’d like to experience tools that actually work to support the emergence of that 3rd thing.

10/09/2025

Love how more people are embracing the importance of wellbeing at corporate conferences!

Just finished facilitating a chair yoga class at

It was a quiet oasis amidst the busyness and a chance to regroup and call all the parts and the energy focused on networking, listening, presenting and questioning - back to ourselves.

29/08/2025

✨ Why Somatic coaching? Why Now?
�Because your body is the missing piece to energy, clarity, and sustainable success.

You can’t outthink a dysregulated nervous system. 🌱
�👉🏼 Swipe through to explore why nervous system safety is the foundation of true resilience.

🔥Book a free consultation call (link in bio)

♥️ If this post resonates, like, share, comment, follow for tools to regulate, restore and rise.

10/08/2025

It’s sometimes tricky to know how a class is going to land, but the quality of the presence that we weave together as a group speaks for itself.

When we slow down enough so that we can take in the data our bodies share with us…

When we can track and be with sensation…

While also being aware of more than one thing at the same time…

This is presence and it is the basis for building nervous system capacity and a more nuanced reality.

This is about gently holding nuanced perspective beyond black and white thinking.

This is the foundation for more attunement and peace in the world.

Join us for slow, gentle, restorative and mindful yoga. Just bring yourself as you are. All of you is welcome.

Every Monday | 6-7pm, | Unit 4, Round Hill St, Brighton | Book via www.evarahman.co.uk or link in bio, or message me message me.

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