We live in a world that rewards performance over presence, where emotional numbness is mistaken for strength, and regulation is confused with repression. But what if the goal isn’t to feel less, but to feel more, with softness, safety, and somatic truth? At the heart of Club Soma lies a deeply felt reminder: healing doesn’t happen in the mind alone. Somatic therapy invites us to drop into the body, into the breath, the beat, the emotion and to honour what lives beneath the surface. Club Soma guides this process through the language of the nervous system, using breath, movement, sound, and stillness as entry points for emotional release and regulation. It isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about finally allowing yourself to feel and express. In a society that idolises control, this practice offers something radical: surrender. It’s not clinical, it’s not cognitive, it’s lived, embodied and expressed.
Soma and Sip session with Stephanie, Somatic Therapy expert
What makes Club Soma extraordinary is the way in which they carry out the artistry of somatic therapy. Each session unfolds like a sensory ritual, equal parts emotional excavation and creative communion. It’s a far cry from white walls and silent sofas. Here, each session is an amalgamation of the practitioner and the client’s intuition, where healing and truth is explored through rhythm, voice, and movement. It’s a ritual with rawness. The session is structured, yes, but what happens inside is improvised, intuitive, and sacred.
Founder Stephanie didn’t arrive at this work by accident. Club Soma was born in Melbourne on June 2024, shortly after she completed her somatic therapy training, but its roots stretch back years. In her twenties, Stephanie kept getting the quiet but persistent nudge that she was in the wrong place. On the outside, everything looked ideal: promotions, pay raises, and praise. But internally, she felt hollow. A classic “good girl,” she kept the peace, pleased everyone, followed the rules and slowly lost touch with her own voice. The breaking point came with the sudden death of a family member. Grief shattered the emotional armour she had spent a lifetime building. It cracked her open, forcing her to feel what she had long suppressed. It was in that grief that she found clarity. She left the 9-to-5 job she had worked in for seven years and stepped into the world of somatic therapy, not just as a career shift, but as a mental shift.
Founder of Club Soma, Stephanie
Stephanie saw something missing in the wellness world: so much of the industry still celebrated aesthetics, performance, and the illusion of “looking regulated.” Healing had become about optics. She created Club Soma as an antidote, a radical, honest, emotionally alive space where women could stop performing and start feeling. Stephanie now helps women who have been taught to stay small, silent, and pleasing to finally take up space. This work isn’t light. It’s raw. It’s real. And it’s life-changing.
Many of the women drawn to Club Soma share a similar story. The good girl. The overachiever. The one who’s always been ‘fine.’ Underneath the smiles and spreadsheets, there’s exhaustion. Disconnection. A quiet yearning to finally take up space. Club Soma doesn’t ask you to be good. It invites you to be real and to express yourself in whatever way your mind, body and soul directs you to.
At the centre of Club Soma are the tools that open the body back up to itself. Breath becomes a bridge to presence. Movement becomes medicine. Sound becomes liberation. Stillness becomes integration. It’s in these elements that women reconnect to what has been trapped for too long: rage, joy, truth, grief, softness, sensuality. As stated by Zanthe, a participant at Club Soma, “Don’t go if you’re expecting a traditional breathwork or meditation session. This is for the women wanting to face themselves and what is holding them back.”
Sessions come in two forms: private 1:1 work or the now-beloved Soma and Sip gatherings. The private sessions are intimate, immersive, and held with ongoing support, with structured WhatsApp check-ins to continue regulating the nervous system. Soma and Sip is the expression in motion: a sensory group experience where movement, music, and release combine. It’s a joyful initiation into somatic work, rooted in community and catharsis.
“Steph was incredibly empathetic and attentive,” says Elaine. “By the end of the session, I felt lighter, more grounded and peaceful, with a greater sense of empowerment.”
This winter, Club Soma is expanding its offerings with even more intention. On the 25th of July and in collaboration with Flow Lab, a creative wellness studio that shares Club Soma’s devotion to expression and emotional alchemy, the next Soma and Sip event will deepen the invitation. Expect curated rituals, thoughtful movement, and room to unravel together.
Also launching soon are Club Soma’s Ritual Kits, a collection of sensory tools and practices designed in collaboration with RMIT University, grounded in research around women’s hormonal cycles and emotional landscapes. Each element has been thoughtfully chosen to support women through the cyclical shifts of their bodies. It’s an extension of the Club Soma ethos that meets you where you are.
And then comes the shift. The laughter that returns. The voice that feels stronger and louder. The quiet confidence of choosing yourself. Club Soma’s impact is felt in every breath women finally take without apology. With upcoming Soma and Sip workshops, including an event in collaboration with Flow Lab, and the launch of Ritual Kits designed to support your practice at home, the Club continues to grow as a movement for expression and stability.
If you’re ready to stop performing and start feeling, Club Soma is here to meet you. Messy. Honest. Real. And wildly alive.
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