soft and savage
Rip. Tear. Shred. Moan. Howl. Burn. Pulse. Beat. Orgasm. Cry. Hold. Sensitive. Contain. Prepare. Gestate. Yin. Progesterone. Hunger. Descend.
Your nervous system, your womb, your ovaries, your hypothalamus, your spirit, your soul and your physiology during your luteal phase are descending you into the state of The Wild Woman.
…but only if you let yourself meet Her.
You have arrived after generations of women who were taught to suppress their Wild Woman.
To resist the descent.
To reject the shadows.
To dissociate from the root.
To punish wild expression.
There has been such shame associated with the Via Negativa - this half of your cycle where you descend through the luteal phase and into your menstruation phase.
The fear of not being able to sustain the level of productivity you had in your Inner Spring (follicular) and Inner Summer (ovulation), coupled with the collective derision and shame oriented towards the root of the body - the pelvic bowl, anus, vagina, vulva, ovaries, cervix and womb.
Your Inner Autumn (luteal phase) is one of Fertile Darkness. Of gestation. Where your nervous system is signalling a decrease in resilience in order to use energy stores for potential pregnancy, and then for shedding your uterine lining when pregnancy doesn't occur.
Almost all somatic healing + research has been based on male physiology & the male psyche - Soft & Savage is here to be a space for biological women to take center stage in a physiology-first way that honours and reveres the female form and her cyclical nature. With a focus on the phase we usually try to dissociate from: The Luteal Phase & Your Wild Woman.
THE LUTEAL PHASE + THE WILD WOMAN + YOUR FEMALE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- During your luteal phase, your HRV (Heart Rate Variability) lowers - which means you have less intrinsic parasympathetic activation, translating to more sensitivity and less resiliency.
Creation intelligence did this on PURPOSE. - Your Inner Autumn (luteal phase) is where estrogen drops and progesterone rises. Progesterone is the ultimate fertility and yin hormone.
Progesterone prepares your womb (uterus) for potential pregnancy, which is an extremely energy intensive biological process - which is why your nervous system has less capacity, and increases in sensitivity.
This is also why there is a tug and a pull to go inwards. To gestate. To be in presence with Fertile Darkness.
From a spiritual and energetic perspective, The Wild Woman comes out to play.
She is Soft and Savage. Fierce and Sensitive. Rageful and Primal. She is the ultimate clarity. - Your Inner Critic is often the LOUDEST during your luteal phase for this reason - she is meant to strip you down, and show you all the areas in your life where you are saying yes when you want to say no, where you aren't being true to yourself, and where there is stagnation that is blocking you from experiencing deep inner safety in your own body.
When women have a baseline of regulation, the luteal phase and your wild woman are a time of great healing and evolution - you actually have access to more neuroplasticity during this phase.
Receiving the medicine, evolutionary intelligence and soul guidance during this phase can only come from being more present in your body and cultivating the nervous system capacity to do so.
THE SOFT AND SAVAGE SERIES
A FOUR PART SERIES COMBINING NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION FOR FEMALE PHYSIOLOGY, BRIDGING THE SPIRITUAL + PHYSICAL THROUGH PELVIC ANATOMY AND HANDS ON ABDOMEN & WOMB MASSAGE, ACCESSING YOUR INNER KITCHEN WITCH THROUGH LUTEAL-PHASE NOURISHMENT AND ENDING WITH A WILD WOMAN STOMP - A SOMATIC DANCE LEAD BY ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING SOMATIC TEACHERS FOR THE FEMALE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
SESSIONS ARE ON SATURDAY'S DURING MAY 2025. THE FOLLOWING FOUR SESSIONS ARE LIVE & WILL BE RECORDED. YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE A PRE-RECORDED COOKING CLASS + RECIPES TO NOURISH YOU DURING YOUR LUTEAL PHASE FROM KITCHEN WITCH SHAYNA.
SESSION #1:Your Luteal Nervous System & Softening The Inner Critic (Lead by Dana, Nervous System & Somatic Practitioner for Women)
- Practitioner: Dana Doswell, Female NS & Somatic Healing Practitioner
- Date + Time: Saturday, May 10th from 12-2pm EST
- Attuning your body, womb + nervous system to the states of the luteal phase, the energetic spiritual opportunities present for you, and learning how to work with the inner critic of the Wild Woman. Part education, part somatic practice, this will be a fully embodied two hour session that will shift the way you relate to your luteal phase to bring in more healing, capacity and safe presence to land in your root.
SESSION #2:Unwinding Shame & Connecting To Your Inner Predator (Lead by Dana, Nervous System & Somatic Practitioner for Women)
- Practitioner: Dana Doswell, Female NS & Somatic Healing Practitioner
- Date + Time: Saturday, May 17th from 12-2pm EST
- Come into somatic contact with your healthy aggression response in your nervous system WHILE resourcing your nervous system so you don't get overwhelmed, but can instead experience the clarifying power of sacred rage, anger and truth. Women internalize more than men do and a critical part of claiming your wild woman is learning to turn the anger & pressure outwards instead of towards yourself.
SESSION #3: The Secretory Shift: A Hands-On Descent Through Breath, Digestion & Womb Awareness
- Practitioner: Chelsea Haycock, Womb Continuum Care Practitioner
- Date + Time: Saturday, May 24th from 12-2:30pm EST
- Chelsea will be guiding you through anatomy: Moving through the diaphragms (ie. vocal cords, thoracic, pelvic), The bones – rib cage - sternum , ileal bones - sacrum (covering front, back, sides), your organs and connecting you with what happens physiologically in your womb and pelvis during your luteal phase. She will then guide an abdominal and womb mapping self-touch practice.
SESSION #4: The Wild Woman Stomp: A Part Education & Part Guided Somatic Dance
- Practitioner: Veronica Rottman, Somatic educator and Trauma resolution practitioner specializing in the female nervous system
- Date + Time: Saturday, May 31st from 2:30-4:30pm EST
- Veronica will tie us off by bringing an even deeper lense of the luteal phase through nervous system education & equipping you with even more resources for body support and will then move us into a beautiful, wild and primal somatic dance to fuel your Softness and Savagery through expression.
MEET YOUR SOFT AND SAVAGE PRACTITIONERS...
Meet Dana, Female Nervous System & Somatic Healing Practitioner
Hi! I’m Dana Doswell, and I am living proof that you can be a Resourced Woman in the modern day world.
Dana Doswell is a Nervous System Mentor & Educator that helps women with LLCD (low level chronic dysregulation) shift out of their survival state and embrace their primal & intuitive selves by supporting them through a healing journey of descending back into their body and re-sensitizing themselves to what safe presence feels like. She brings together the study of evolution, somatics, psychology and an unquenchable desire to articulate how true nervous system health merges fields of study that have otherwise been seen as separate. Dana holds certifications in IFS & Somatic Parts work, Applied Polyvagal Theory through Movement, Somatic Attachment Trauma Healing and is currently undergoing in -depth training on the female nervous system and developing a cyclical regulation framework for the female body.
Meet Chelsea, Womb Continuum Care Practitioner
Chelsea has worked in the western model of healthcare for over a decade as an ultrasound technologist where she has studied the female body, symptoms, dis-ease and disease processes in thousands of women around the world. It was here she realized her passion for womens’ health and answered the deep call to action to be the change she hadn’t seen within the system. A bridge between worlds, Chelsea now focuses her hands and heart on female flesh, breath and physiology through womb continuum care. Weaving together education and embodiment of the innate feminine design, she creates a space for healing and revival that spans across generations. She believes this work is crucial for the women of today, and the daughters of tomorrow.
Meet Veronica, Somatic Resolution Educator + Leader In Female Regulation
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*ALL SESSIONS ARE RECORDED + YOU HAVE LIFETIME ACCESS.
*THIS WILL INCLUDE A SLACK COMMUNITY TO SHARE, POST REFLECTIONS AND CONNECT WITH THE OTHER WOMEN WHO REGISTER.
