Somatic Bliss, 8600, Lagos (2025)

27/12/2025

Somatics for Nervous-System Relief

The holidays feel stressful not just in your head: your nervous system remembers patterns, old dynamics, and expectations before your mind does.

You might notice things like:
• feeling on edge even when nothing “bad” is happening
• restlessness in your body
• tension in shoulders, jaw, tummy
• wanting quiet but feeling stuck in overwhelm
Sound familiar? You’re not alone.

Here are 3 somatic resets that might help:
1️⃣ Orient Your Senses
Slowly let your eyes track the room — colors, light, textures — to signal safety to your nervous system.

2️⃣ Micro-Pause Regulation:
• soften your jaw
• feel your feet firmly on the ground
• put a hand over your heart
These tiny moments send a “safe” signal to your body.

3️⃣ Exhale Longer than You Inhale
A 4-in / 6-8-out pattern engages the relaxation response — even in just a minute.
Boundaries begin in the body — noticing where it tightens tells you when to step back, step out, or take a breath.

This holiday, don’t just push through.
Notice. Regulate. Choose.
Your body already knows how — it just needs your attention.

If you’re thinking of trying something new to support your inner processes next year - try somatic approach with me. Now making new appointments for January. DM me for an intro call.

19/12/2025

Why do we fall into soothing habits — especially during the festive season?

Research shows that how we try to manage emotions isn’t random — it’s rooted in real biology and psychology.

Scientists studying everyday emotion regulation have found that as environmental demands change (like shorter days, colder weather, altered routines), typical ways of handling emotions can shift too, and not always in helpful directions. For example, people tend to ruminate more and accept their emotions less in the cold season, which can make negative moods hang around longer.

That matters because comfort-seeking behaviours - whether it’s extra scrolling, overeating, shopping, or zoning out - aren’t just bad habits; they are responses to how our nervous system is trying to manage stress and emotion. From a neuroscientific perspective, activities that feel soothing often activate overlapping reward circuits in the brain that also respond to social connection and safety - which is why a lack of connection can drive stronger cravings for food or distraction.

Emotional eating specifically has been shown to bridge perceived stress and eating habits - meaning the stress itself doesn’t drive the behavior directly; the emotional coping mechanisms do.

Moreover, early experiences shape how we regulate stress later in life. Emotional regulation difficulties (like leaning heavily on soothing behaviors) are linked with past emotional dysregulation and self-esteem patterns, not just momentary cravings.

So what can we do — especially in December — without just “trying harder”? See the slides for tips!

Would you like more support? DM me to arrange a free 20min discovery call and let's start your somatic journey in the new year.

03/12/2025

Next week's class!
Move with Fight-or-Flight
🕖 9 Dec 19:00
📍 Studio Panta Rei, Palermo
🌐 English

If you’re done feeling hijacked by stress and ready to feel more like yourself, this class is for you.

When you understand what’s happening in your nervous system, you stop being at the mercy of it.

You’ll learn:
• The physical cues, emotional signals, and even thought patterns that reveal you’re in fight-or-flight
• Why your body reacts this way (from a Polyvagal lens)
• What keeps you stuck in reactivity without you noticing

You’ll do:
• Simple somatic practices that interrupt the stress loop
• Techniques to shift your internal state & thoughts
• Grounding movements that help your system return to clarity and choice

This class is part of the winter course "Befriend your nervous system", which will take us through different states and ways to support ourselves through simple yet efficient body based practices.

Facilitator: Jurga Bliss, somatic therapist

REGISTRATION necessary, PM for details.
Event organised by Palermo Gatherings.

25/11/2025

M Y S T O R Y: I've always been a person for whom intelligence and cognitive processing was important. Understanding things matters to me - I need to analyze, trace patterns, see how everything connects.

After my first round of therapy, I could explain exactly why I felt the way I did. I understood my history. I saw my patterns more clearly.
But I still walked around tense. Still needed to do things perfectly. Still got stress migraines. Still raised my voice at my kids over homework. Again and again, the same responses.I knew what was happening and why. But it wouldn't stop...

So when I decided to go to therapy again, I chose someone trained in somatic work. And things actually shifted - not just in what I understood, but in how I felt. In my whole system.

The roles I'd been performing loosened. My value hierarchy changed. I found my way back to myself in a way I probably hadn't felt since early childhood.

It moved me so much that I spent three years training in Integrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy & then another couple years on my case study to get a somatic therapy diploma. Not just for myself - to also offer support and knowledge to others.

I'm 45 now. Raised four kids (three are adults). Spent a decade in business before changing my profession to this. I currently live in Italy and work online with clients in English and Lithuanian.

I work with people who whish to reconnect with themselves, gain more agency in life, manage stress and get out of stuckness. Who notice their body still reacts like the past is present. People navigating developmental trauma, stuck in relationship patterns, freeze states, yearning to learn to establish boundaries & etc. If you've done the insight work but something still doesn't feel resolved, maybe we should talk.

DM me or check the link in bio.

20/11/2025

HOW TO RECOGNISE YOUR "YES" & YOUR "NO"

Your body knows a "yes" from a "no" - that's the natural role of our immune, digestive and other body systems. We open up and reach towards what feels good and right just like we close, retreat, push away (or out) what feels foreign or off. Your body has been telling you what it needs long before you learned to second-guess it.

Sometimes "no" shows up as the subtle turn of your shoulders. The impulse to look away. The sudden need for more space.
Sometimes "yes" arrives as a soft forward lean. A deeper exhale. The way your chest opens toward something nourishing.
In somatic work, we treat these cues as truth-telling — your nervous system's native language.

What makes it complicated is that most of us learned early that our boundaries weren't safe to express. That saying no meant losing connection. That our needs caused conflict.
So your body learned to hold it in - tension in your jaw, tightness in your chest, words that won't come. The signal is there. It just can't get out.
How to change that?

Bridging feeling and expressing:
First, learn to recognize your body's signals (swipe for the practice). Then give them a voice — even just to yourself at first. The more you honor what your body is telling you, the easier it becomes to speak it. Your nervous system needs proof that boundaries are safe.
Practice with low-stakes situations first. Feel it in your body, then let your body support your words.
There's no right timing. It is your choice, your pace - your body & your life.
One of my favourite healing sentences is "I belong to myself".❤️‍🔥

Today, notice one small boundary your body has already signalled — and see what happens when you trust it, first in your body, then in your words. With all the discomfort that it brings - at first - and then feeling how it grows on you.

11/11/2025

You might have done good work in therapy.
You've made connections between your past and how you show up today. That matters - awareness is where everything begins.

But maybe you've noticed something: even with all that clarity, you still feel or behave in similar ways. Maybe you are still finding yourself in the same relational issues. Maybe you feel stuck in your professional life or your best self-care intentions never become actual actions. Maybe your mind knows you're safe, but somewhere in your chest or your gut, there's this... hesitation... bracing...
That's your nervous system doing exactly what it learned to do - the pathways in your body that learned how to best survive and adapt to this world. Which then translates into automatic, often subconscious familiar choices that you would rather change.

Our bodies don't learn safety or new ways through mere insight. They learn through experience, through what actually happens in real time, in our tissues, in the pace of our breath.

This is where somatic work can help integrate and embody what you already know.

In somatic therapy sessions we pay attention to what happens under the narrative: the way your shoulders rise when you talk about asking for what you need, the subtle pulling back when someone gets close, how your breathing changes before you even realize you're uncomfortable.

We're not trying to fix those responses. We are learning from them. We're learning to be with them. To slow down enough that your system can sense: this moment, right now, is actually different. Sometimes that means following an impulse that got interrupted, e.g. a reaching out, a turning away, a covering. Sometimes it's just tracking sensation until something softens or shifts.

What I see happen, again and again, is that the understanding you've worked for starts to drop in differently. It becomes embodied. You don't just know the story—you feel the difference between then and now.

Want to learn more? I have a few spots still open for weekly sessions in November. DM me for a discovery call.

05/11/2025

Dysregulation may show up even when we look perfectly functional or calm from the outside. We may find ourselves in functional freeze, be disconnected from our body and emotions and/or seemingly "at peace". Regulation isn’t about always being peaceful - it’s about having range & adaptability: a truly resilient nervous system doesn’t only know how to slow down and relax, it knows how to rise up, express, and respond appropriately to what life is asking from you.

There is no "one size fits all" method to regulate. What will work depends on the state you are in, your history, past trauma, current challenges & what they require of you. In somatic therapy sessions we rely not only on expert knowledge but also on real time responses of your body. So if you are curious to try - book a session with somebody trained in somatics and applied Polyvagal theory. This framework can give a practical and eye opening lense to view your state through, and find tools to help yourself in different situations.

Warmly,
Jurga Bliss
somaticbliss.eu

03/11/2025

I have also been there.

I also spent years trying to fix myself, thinking that if I could just become “better,” stronger, less sensitive, more resourceful, less tired, more *pow pow*...

I pushed, I planned, I achieved — and my body paid the price. Chronic inflammation, food intolerances, migraines, joint pains — my own nervous system had been carrying too much for too long. I am still living with all these consequences! But I am living with them differently.

What I discovered is: healing and fixing are not the same thing. I changed my relationship to healing (including healing my physical body). I learned to listen to ALL of my parts. To give myself grace. To rest. To speak softly to myself.

Life doesn't need you to do more. It needs you to come back to it, to feel it, to meet your parts with curiosity instead of judgment. Then aliveness can finally flow through you. And what is actually supposed to be done, gets done.

When I finally stopped trying to control, and instead accepted what was present, my body started to soften. My nervous system slowly unclenched. My energy returned. And I felt again that my life is worth living. Not due to what I achieve, how well I am doing, how much I am doing... Just because it feels good to be me. In this very body, capable of both pain and pleasure, in this chatty and sometimes wise mind, in this life I am creating for myself. It feels good to have found home in myself.

It’s not always easy. Some days are still extra hard, especially with chronic pain. But this is the path I walk with gratitude and I invite you to walk along with me.

DM me to arrange somatic therapy sessions online, I have a couple open slots for regular appointments.

Be kind to yourself. Being kind to others will come as a result.

Warmly,
Jurga

28/10/2025

We can read all the books, listen to all the podcasts, and understand our patterns, even successfully change our thinking about things but lasting change doesn’t happen in the mind alone. True transformation happens when it actually lives in the body.

Because:
✨ Change is embodied, not just conceptual;
✨ Your body needs to learn a new way of being;
✨ When your mind, emotions, and body are aligned, change becomes sustainable.

Swipe through to learn:
1. Why thinking alone isn’t enough
2. The 3 levels of transformation: cognitive, emotional, and somatic
3. How somatic practice helps your body trust and integrate new ways of being

Try this somatic practice: name the change you want, notice your body’s response, and breathe with it. Let your body guide the transformation: sustainable change isn’t just what you think - it can only become true when you feel and live it.

If this resonates - if you’re curious how can you integrate change in a more sustainable way - I invite you into this work with me.

A 20min discovery call is free. DM me to book a time or find out more on somaticbliss.eu

21/10/2025

Excitedly looking forward to another Nervous system workshop that I will be facilitating - this time in beautiful Palermo! 🇮🇹 I am super passionate about the nervous system work as I find it such a powerful doorway into understanding ourselves better, freeing ourselves from shame of "why didn't I say/do this?!" and grounding in connection with self as well as others.

If you are in Sicília, residing here or simply visiting next week, welcome to join me at this event organised together with . We will make our Nervous system map and learn some somatic techniques for self-regulation, rooted in applied Polyvagal theory. This event will be held in English.

DM me for more information and booking your spot.

Ci vediamo in classe!

19/10/2025

So many of us come to healing with sincere devotion - wanting to grow, improve our relationships, the way we feel about ourselves, and finally feel whole. But somewhere along the way, that devotion can quietly turn into pressure to be "good at healing", to "ace it". Without even noticing, the same patterns of shame, perfectionism, self loathing that you craved to let go off, come into this space and use growth as another tool to criticise and shame ourselves.

I see it with clients all the time... "I didn't take care of my needs and now I feel bad about betraying myself", "I wasn't being authentic, I smiled and nodded at work today, even though I was not agreeing, I feel fake.", "I feel stuck AGAIN! After all this work, I should be way more productive already."

The truth is: healing isn’t something you can ace. It happens, as a process, when you meet yourself with presence and over time - offer compassion and eventually - even love to all that you felt is broken in you. The shift happens as a result of your presence.

When we slow down and become compassionately present with what is — the ache, the numbness, the confusion, the protective patterns, we begin to shift at the deepest level: the body remembers safety, and the self begins to soften back into itself.

If this resonates with you — if you’re ready to explore healing not as another self-improvement project but as a process of self-inclussion, acceptance and integration, I invite you to begin a somatic therapy journey with me.

✨ DM to book a free 20-minute discovery call to sense if this work feels right for you, it is a space to ask questions, feel into what your system needs, and decide if you are ready take your next step toward embodied healing. More information on somaticbliss.eu

16/09/2025

Summer vibes are fading… and so is that leisurely, vacation pace.

September can sometimes feel flat, challenging, or just “meh.” Maybe you struggle to find a new rhythm as the days shorten and routines ramp back up. Your body and nervous system notice these subtle shifts: less sunlight lowers serotonin, more darkness increases melatonin, and your cortisol rhythm might feel off. That’s why in the mornings you might feel slower than desired, afternoons become sluggish, and even small tasks can feel heavier than usual.

A few simple, intentional resets can help you feel lighter, clearer, and more alive without forcing anything major onto yourself.

Somatic & nervous system-friendly resets:

*Gentle polyvagal exercises
*Shaking, stretching, walking or dancing for a few minutes
*Mindful breathing or a butterfly hug
*Morning sunlight or bright light exposure
*Cold splash on your face to wake up your system
*Walk barefoot on grass or earth - still not too cold in most places
*Hide your phone and take a short screen break
*Dance & sing in the shower
*Take a moment to enjoy a laugh with colleagues, family or friends (or even laugh at a silly cat video together with someone if need be) - togetherness promotes co-regulation

Small signals of safety, movement, and play are all it takes to help your body catch up to your mind and restore rhythm and clarity.

Want more support? I still have a few free spots for somatic sessions in September. DM me to arrange a free 20min intro call.

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