Most coaching happens from the neck up. We talk. We reflect. We name the pattern, trace it back to its origin, and build a plan to change it. The client leaves the session lit up with insight — and two weeks later, they're right back in the same loop, wondering why understanding the problem didn't fix it. This is the ceiling of conversation-based work. And it's exactly where somatic coaching begins. The Body Is Where the Pattern Lives Somatic coaching is a body-centered, trau