MICHELLE BROUSSARD, MFA
SOMATIC SPECIALIST • YOGA THERAPIST • MASTER TEACHER
“Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come.”
Jelaluddin Rumi
What will you do with this one wild and precious life?
BRING MINDFULNESS TO YOUR WORK
WHAT IS A SOMATIC SPECIALIST?
A Somatic Specialist is a teacher-practitioner who helps you tune into and develop your internal sensory awareness, and then uses that awareness to clear emotional blocks and unhealthy patterns so that you experience your Self as a skillful, free, harmonious whole.
Through somatic work you learn to feel, identify, and strengthen your body-mind connection.
As a Somatic Specialist I teach you how to explore, befriend, and fully inhabit your body, so that you can live and move in joyful ease.
Still curious? Here's more:
Somatics is a field within bodywork and movement studies which emphasizes internal physical perception and experience. The term is used in movement therapy to signify approaches based on the soma, or "the body as perceived from within," including Skinner Releasing Technique, Alexander technique, the Feldenkrais Method, and Rolfing Structural Integration. In dance, the term refers to techniques based on the dancer's internal sensation, in contrast with "performative techniques," such as ballet or modern dance, which emphasize the external observation of movement by an audience. Somatic techniques may be used in bodywork, psychotherapy, dance, or spiritual practices.
"Michelle Broussard is a rare gem of a human being. I've never met anyone like her. She is a truly gifted artist, brilliant teacher, powerful healer and masterful movement specialist. I've lost track of the many ways in which she has enriched my life through her varied and extraordinary talents.
Her 13-Week Artist Way Workshop was a game changer for me. Michelle's heart-centered, nurturing, wise and profound way of holding space allowed for the reawakening of my passion for acting. Within a matter of weeks, I booked a dream gig and was off and running. So very grateful for the way in which she held space for the whole group. She rocked our worlds with her own creative and dynamic approach to Julia Cameron's course.
For decades I dismissed the need to work one to one with anyone for yoga, believing I could get everything I need in a class. Then I had the opportunity to work with Michelle. A Yoga Therapist she is. What a difference! Each session, I share where I am on that given day and Michelle tailors the perfect journey to meet me where I am, addressing all my relevant issues. Along the way she has corrected what I had been doing ineffectively in the past 25+ years of yoga classes. I had always been one of many in a class, and teachers couldn’t possibly have given me the attention truly required. Now I get how essential that 1:1 experience is.
Soulful, beautiful, talented, and wise, Michelle is masterful in her knowledge. I am often in awe of her insights. My abilities and therefore benefits have been amplified. I encourage everyone I care about to experience the immeasurable gifts she brings."
- Amy Wieczorek, Actor, Leadership & Communications Consultant, Life Coach