The Embodied Well Membership
A somatic playground for midlife women that is held within a field of belonging — where experimentation and connection coexist.
A different way of moving through midlife…
Many women arrive here feeling disconnected from themselves.
You’ve been giving, managing, and pushing through for so long that it’s hard to hear what your body is saying. Fatigue, tension, restlessness—those subtle cues often get drowned out by everything else demanding your attention.
The old strategies don’t work anymore. If anything, they leave you more depleted.
You want to trust yourself again—your body, your intuition, your timing. But you need a space that doesn’t ask you to become someone else first.
The Embodied Well is that space.
A place to return to yourself through somatic movement, meditation, and the presence of like-hearted women. A place to slow down and rebuild trust in what’s already there.
We don’t see midlife or menopause as decline. We see it as recalibration—a shift toward less effort, more attention, and deeper trust in your own inner authority. And you’re not meant to do it alone.
This Is For Women Who…
See embodiment as a way of living—not a skill to master
Want the freedom to practice on their own terms, without pressure
Are done overriding their intuition and want to stay in relationship with their bodies as they age
Feel the pull toward more presence, self-acceptance, and embodied awareness
Want to explore alongside a community of like-hearted women
What becomes possible
inside the membership.
A way back to yourself—on your own terms, in your own time.
This isn’t about doing more. It’s about finding your rhythm again, especially in times of shift or uncertainty. Some women come here when things are unraveling. Others, when something new is quietly beginning. All are welcome here.
A SOMA Journey
Weave a thread of connection that keeps you rooted in your Self. Each season of this journey meets you in that in-between—with somatic guidance, steady practices, and rhythms that help you return to what’s most alive for you.
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The 12-month SOMA journey is designed to support continuity without pressure. Each 3-month season includes:
Embodied knowledge anchored in that phase of SOMA
Curated somatic practices from the library
One guided meditation
One set of subliminal audios
One practice to support emergent movement — where your body's intelligence leads without effort or control.
You're welcome to engage with the seasonal arc, ignore it entirely, or move through the library in your own way. This structure exists as an optional organizing thread — not a requirement.
Monthly Live Sessions
Build a steady cadence of connection with live, real-time practice. These optional sessions offer space to move, reflect, and be witnessed—so you leave feeling more grounded, less alone, and more at home in your body.
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The Embodied Well Membership includes access to five optional live sessions each month: From Buffy:
Movement Mantra (15 minutes) — Short, accessible somatic practices designed to be woven into everyday life. These sessions offer simple movement-based "anchors" you can return to throughout your day—during transitions, moments of stress, or when you want to reconnect with your body quickly and gently.
Somatic Insights (60 minutes) — A monthly class grounded in the SOMA Framework, designed to support whole-system integration during times of change. These longer sessions invite paced, nervous-system-aware exploration that goes beyond movement alone—creating conditions for clarity, emotional settling, and embodied understanding to emerge.
From Betsy:
Nervous System Regulation (15 minutes) — Brief, grounding practices to help your nervous system settle and restore equilibrium.
Conscious Co-Working (60 minutes) — A shared working session that begins with a somatic practice, then holds space for focused, embodied productivity alongside others.
From Mia Leighty:
Mini-Movement Medicine (30 minutes) — An opportunity to tune into your inner world and give it a moment to express itself through you. These free-form movement sessions invite swaying, swinging, shaking, and swirling—potent on their own or paired with journaling or sitting meditation.
You are welcome to attend live, watch replays, or ignore them entirely. They exist as optional points of contact, not as requirements or a progression.
A Living Practice Library
Return to your Self in as little as 10 minutes a day. This evolving library offers Feldenkrais-inspired practices, meditation, and SOMA subliminals—gentle, sensory ways to shift your state and reconnect with what matters.
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These practices explore:
attention and sensation
gentle movement exploration
effort, rest, and pacing
support, orientation, and choice
This library is here as a resource, not a requirement.
Some of the material reflects an earlier phase of my work, grounded in science-based inquiry and academic rigor. It remains available as a supportive foundation, while newer work continues to evolve alongside it.
Monthly and annual memberships can be canceled at any time. And, you’re welcome to upgrade whenever it feels right for you.
Equitable Pricing
This membership is designed to be accessible across different financial realities. Choose the rate that reflects your current capacity — not aspiration, obligation, or comparison. There is no application, no verification, and no judgment. If your circumstances change, you can adjust your rate at any time.
Community-Supported
$44/month
Your access is held by women with greater financial capacity. Choose this rate if you have financial constraints.
Self-Sustaining
$66/month
You're able to meet your basic needs and invest in your own continuity without financial strain.
Community-Sustaining
$88/month
Your contribution sponsors another woman who needs supported access. You have the capacity to give while receiving.
Source · Open · Move · Attune
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A time to settle, connect, and trust your inner resourcefulness..
Source is about cultivating a sense of safety, trusting the support that is always there for you, and sourcing from within.
Here, you’re invited to listen for your body’s natural yes, no, and not-yet — not to force clarity, but to let it surface on its own.
This is where you’ll quiet the biological noise so that you can experience more of yourself and life.
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A time to soften and widen your range.
Open invites you to open up to what is without judgement, loosen habits that no longer serve you, and allowing yourself to lean into what lights you up.
This isn’t about breaking down defenses. It’s about discovering that softening can create more room, more choice, and more ease.
You may find yourself feeling more available to sensation, emotion, and desire — without needing to act on any of it.
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A time to shift gently.
Move is about letting change happen through small, workable steps rather than big decisions or pushes.
Here, attention turns toward how you initiate movement in your life — how you act, pause, adjust, and respond — guided by what feels sustainable rather than what feels urgent.
Nothing needs to be fixed or accelerated. Movement happens at the pace your body can support.
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A time to integrate the somatic shifts and new insights, and trust wisdom of the whole.
Attune is about paying attention to what’s integrating naturally and what’s quietly falling away.
Rather than effort or improvement, this phase emphasizes refinement: staying with what’s working, releasing what feels out of sync, and allowing space for what comes next.
Integration becomes less something you do — and more something you notice.
Meet Your Mentors & Guides
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I've spent more than two decades working at the intersection of embodiment, movement, and lived inquiry, supporting women through seasons of change that can't be navigated by thinking alone.All of my work is rooted in Feldenkrais-inspired somatic movement, breathwork, and long-standing contemplative practice. It is shaped by years of listening closely to how women's bodies reorganize during midlife.
The Embodied Well is offered as a self-directed resource—a space for ongoing practice and exploration without facilitation or personal support.
My role is less about teaching and more about creating the conditions for women to return to themselves with love, discernment, and respect for their own timing.
Buffy Owens
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For many years, I lived with a quiet undercurrent of anxiety—always thinking ahead, trying to do everything “right,” and pushing myself to keep up, even when my body was asking for something different. I looked capable on the outside, but inside I often felt disconnected from myself and from the moments that mattered most.Over time, I began to understand how deeply stress and nervous-system overwhelm were shaping my health, my energy, and my ability to be present. As my body and capacity for stress shifted in midlife, I learned that forcing my way through wasn’t the answer. Learning to listen—to my body, my needs, and my inner wisdom—changed everything.
This is why I do this work. I know how lonely this season can feel, and how healing it is to be truly supported. I’m here to walk beside women as they gently reconnect with themselves and create a way of living that feels calmer, more grounded, and more true.
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Mia Leighty is a queer certified Sex, Love & Relationship Coach (VITA™ Method) who guides people of all genders and sexualities to claim their erotic power through somatic awareness, transformational inner work, and mindful pleasure. Her trauma-informed approach blends modern psychology and ancient wisdom to ignite healing, confidence, and aliveness.Over time, I began to understand how deeply stress and nervous-system overwhelm were shaping my health, my energy, and my ability to be present. As my body and capacity for stress shifted in midlife, I learned that forcing my way through wasn’t the answer. Learning to listen—to my body, my needs, and my inner wisdom—changed everything.
This is why I do this work. I know how lonely this season can feel, and how healing it is to be truly supported. I’m here to walk beside women as they gently reconnect with themselves and create a way of living that feels calmer, more grounded, and more true.
From Our Members
Have a question without an answer. I’m here to help—just ask!
Common questions I get….
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The Embodied Well is for women who want a sustainable, self-directed way to stay connected to their bodies over time.
It's for women navigating midlife who sense that familiar ways of managing, pushing, or thinking things through no longer work—and who want a place to return to embodiment without being guided, fixed, or improved.
This space suits both women who are new to somatic practice and those who are already deeply resourced. There's no required starting point and no expectation of progress.
The Embodied Well meets you where you are and allows you to engage at your own pace, in your own way.
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Many somatic movement memberships focus primarily on instruction and ongoing guidance around physical practice.
The Embodied Well is designed differently. It's a self-directed resource, not a guided program. While it includes a large library of somatic practices, it also offers a gentle 12-month SOMA journey—not as a process to follow, but as a way of relating to practice over time.
There's no expectation to progress, improve, or move anything forward. Instead, this space supports returning to embodiment in a way that honors your own timing, rhythms, and capacity.
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Absolutely. Somatic work is about listening to your body, and your body is the expert on you. All practices are designed to meet you where you are.
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There is no required time commitment.
The Embodied Well is designed to support your life, not organize it. You're encouraged to find a rhythm that fits your current season—and to let that rhythm change.
Some women like having a loose reference point. If that's helpful, a common rhythm looks like:
One longer practice when you have the space (around 40–60 minutes)
Shorter practices when you want to stay connected (5–15 minutes)
These are not guidelines to follow or goals to meet—just possibilities. You're free to engage more, less, or not at all, depending on what your life and body are asking for.
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Live attendance is entirely optional.
Many members don't attend the live sessions, and that's completely fine. For many classes, recordings are edited and added to the library so you can access them at your convenience.
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If $44/month is still outside your reach, we offer a limited number of scholarships and work study opportunities. These are assessed on a case-by-case basis.
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You can choose monthly billing at the rate that honors your capacity:
Community-Supported: $22/month
Self-Supported: $44/month
Community-Sustaining: $66/month
All monthly memberships are billed automatically each month.
You may cancel at any time. There are no contracts or cancellation requirements.
You'll receive email notifications before any billing occurs, so there are no surprise charges.
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The Embodied Well is a self-directed practice space held in community.. It's designed for independent exploration and ongoing access, without facilitation, guidance, or personal support.
The SOMA Circles is a relational container. It involve live facilitation, shared inquiry, and personalized or group-level support around discernment, integration, and real-life transitions.
Each offering serves a different function.
The Embodied Well is a resource you relate to on your own.
SOMA Circles are spaces you enter when you are working toward brining a dream, sacred purpose, or calling to life and want to do so with the support and companionship of others.
They are not sequential, and one is not a prerequisite for another. Women choose based on the kind of support—or independence—that fits their current season.
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The Embodied Well is designed to be a self-directed resource, not a space for personal guidance or support.
If you find yourself wanting relational support, shared inquiry, or help navigating a specific transition, you may want to explore an Embodied Clarity Session.
There's no requirement to move between offerings. This simply reflects the difference in how each space functions. You're encouraged to choose what fits your needs and capacity at any given time.
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No special equipment is needed.
Nearly all practices can be done with just your body and a bit of floor space. If you'd like, you can use simple household items for support—such as a pillow, blanket, chair, or yoga mat—but nothing is required.
Each practice includes clear instructions so you can follow along at your own pace.
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The Embodied Well is a digital, self-directed membership, and refunds are not offered.
That said, you're welcome to explore the space at your own pace and decide whether it feels supportive. If it doesn't, you're free to cancel at any time and won't be charged again.
We encourage you to join only if the structure and tone of this space feel like a good fit for you.
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If you didn't find the answers you're looking for, you can reach out via my Contact Form (click here)
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