Hi! I'm Kate Middleton
Somatic Therapist, Coach, Mentor & Mama
(And yes, that's really my name).
THRIVE in your body, relationships and work in the world!
I'm a registered...
Master Somatic Movement Therapist (ISMETA)
Somatic Stress Release Mentor and Practitioner
Mind-Body Therapy Practitioner
Yoga Teacher Trainer
Senior Course Leader with Authentic Relating Training International
I trained under Dr. Scott Lyons, Founder of The Embody Lab and Myra Avedon, former director of the school of Bodymind Centering. I continue to assist and mentor Somatic Stress Release programs with The Embody Lab in addition to my 1-1 Somatic Practice and Mentorship programs.
If there’s one thing I know about you it’s this…
You belong IN your body
and IN connection.
I've been studying and facilitating Somatic Therapies and Embodied Communication for 15 years because it is what I've most needed to remember.
I am many things; Yoga Teacher Trainer, Business Owner, Champion Freediver, Poet, Somatic Therapist, Relational Communications expert, Mother, Partner....
I am committed to walking my talk because my life and relationships are so much better (read, deeper, richer, more meaningful and more FUN) because of it.
Honestly, if it weren't for the practices I live by and teach today, I would still be playing small, living with Shame, avoiding intimacy and ignoring my truth (aka my body). Fortunately, I found a way to live that is so much more fulfilling than hiding.
The way is:
Through the body and IN connection.
WHY AM I SO PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT I DO?
My story goes something like this...
My body didn't always feel like a safe place to be. I spent much of my younger years in shame and shut down, seeking aliveness through adventure (and thank God for that!). I found Yoga and Meditation in my early teens, which helped, but it turned out that I could still hide on my yoga mat (the antidote would be relational practices).
When I was 19 I moved to a tiny island in Indonesia and opened a Yoga and Freediving center.
As I started to trust my body (and myself), I got curious about diving deeper into the Ocean (and my Self). I spent 10 years as an Elite Freediver, training, competing, setting National records and going to the World Championships (where I won Silver).
I found the depth I craved also available in Somatic practices and started to immerse myself in Bodymind Centering, Somatic Movement Therapy, Somatic Attachment Therapy and more. My teaching style started to shift and I developed and lead Embodied Yoga Teacher Trainings and Authentic Relating workshops.
Once I started down the path of Embodiment and Authentic Relating, there was no going back... but going forward meant huge life changes.
I moved from Indonesia to California to deepen my studies in Somatics (and because the mountains were calling).
These days I live in Mammoth Lakes, CA with my little family (baby girl just turned 1). I lead Somatic Mentorships and Wilderness Retreats and spend as much quality time outside and in connection as possible.
World Champion Freediver
Once upon a Freediver: I set 18X National Records, won Silver at the World Championships and dove to -98 meters on a single breath.
I lived in Indonesia for 12 years
I lived on a tiny island with no motorized vehicles for 12 years. It took me 30 minutes (on a good day) to run around. I co-founded a business that I am still dang proud of to this day.
Poetry is my first language
I think, feel and express in Metaphor. I meditate on Mary Oliver, John O'Donohue and David Whyte. My first (and only-so far) published poem is from when I was 13
I have been to Burning Man.
Twice, and yes, I would go again.
Let's work together to bring your desires to life.
Somatic Therapy
A high-touch, personalized Somatic Coaching program to help you come home to your body and come alive in your relationships and work in the world.
LEARN MORESomatic Mentorship
A personal and professional development program where you'll make big (and little) shifts in your body and biz.
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Awake in the Wild
A Rites of Passage Retreat
August 15-19th | Mammoth Lakes, CA
Come home to yourself. Come alive in the Wild.
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