Work With Shawn
All mBODYed work is relational and somatic.
That means we begin by listening — to the body, the system, and the context you’re carrying.
If we haven’t met yet, the place to start is a Somatic Mapping Session.
It gives us shared language, establishes pace and trust, and ensures that any next step is responsive rather than prescriptive.
Coaching
Ongoing one-to-one work after an initial session
Private coaching is available after we’ve worked together in a Somatic Mapping Session.
Rather than open-ended coaching, this work is offered in clear containers — series or packages that support continuity and integration.
Ongoing coaching often supports:
burnout recovery and sustainable pacing
leadership presence and decision-making
creative block or over-efforting
teaching and mentoring under pressure
re-establishing internal support and agency
The initial session allows us to determine whether ongoing work is a good fit and what structure would best support you.
Coaching begins with a Somatic Mapping Session.
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Becoming mBODYed Cohorts
Immersive group journeys for integration, leadership, and sustainable change
Cohorts are designed for musicians, educators, and leaders who are ready to integrate somatic literacy into how they teach, lead, or create — not as an add-on, but as a foundation.
These are structured, time-bound group experiences that typically include:
a small, consistent cohort
live group sessions over several weeks or months
guided practices and reflection
opportunities to apply the work directly to your real-world context
People often leave cohorts with:
greater ease under pressure
clearer internal boundaries
a more responsive relationship to effort
practical tools they can use with students, colleagues, or ensembles
A Somatic Mapping Session is required before joining a cohort. It ensures we share a common somatic vocabulary and that the work begins from lived experience, not abstraction.
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Community Courses
Short courses for nervous system literacy and embodied awareness
Community classes offer accessible, focused entry points into somatic education.
These courses are designed to:
build awareness of tension, effort, and protection patterns
introduce foundational somatic concepts in a supportive setting
help you relate to your body with more choice and less force
Classes are open to all, and many people begin here.
If you’re new to somatic work or unsure where to start, a Somatic Mapping Session can help orient you before joining a class — but it’s not required.
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Institutions
Faculty Development, Retreats, and Consulting for Systems Under Strain
mBODYed works with institutions that care deeply about people and are feeling the cumulative cost of over-effort, burnout, and cultural strain.
These are often environments where commitment is high, values are strong, and capacity has quietly eroded.
Institutional work may include:
faculty or staff development workshops
retreats for departments or leadership teams
keynote talks and speaking engagements
longer-term consulting around presence, capacity, and sustainability
Before designing any offering, I meet with a key contact to map the system — its pressures, rhythms, relational patterns, and unspoken demands.
This mapping conversation is the institutional version of the Somatic Mapping Session. It allows us to understand what the system has been carrying, how people are compensating, and where change can occur without adding more strain.
From there, we co-create an approach that is:
context-specific
ethically grounded
practical enough to be lived, not just discussed
Institutional work begins with a mapping conversation.