SOMATIC SELF CARE  VIDEO SERIES 


Come Home to Your Body

Somatize Safely

Meet Your Deeper Self



Our body holds stories, experiences, and traumas from the past. It is also the most powerful portal for healing, and becoming the most curious, and empowered versions of ourselves. Somatics is often the key that unlocks it all.  

- Natalia Rachel


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SOMATIC SELF CARE VIDEO SERIES

Based off Natalia's book with Penguin Random House, "Why Am I Like This?", Natalia's somatic self care video series shares the somatic healing exercises and expands them for deeper application for your self care. 



  • 25 videos and somatic exercises from the book for somatisation and embodiment

  • 3 hours of content for learning to explore at your own pace.



About The Book


‘Why am I like this?’

If you’ve asked this question to yourself quietly time and again… get ready to unpack and process like never before. Embark on a textured journey that will illuminate the hidden, unspoken and often unconscious experiences of the traumatized self. Chapter by chapter, you’ll make sense of your emotions, feelings, body, nervous system and relationships. 

Through concept, vulnerable story-telling and self-inquiry, author Natalia Rachel ignites a shift towards self-compassion and the dissolving of shame. Like the brilliant formations of a kaleidoscope, your awareness will continue to morph, crystalize and clarify until you make the utmost sense. Natalia’s life journey as a patient turned therapist opens an incredibly special doorway to trauma recovery, healing and post-traumatic growth.

Access the entire video series today!

Praise for "Why Am I Like This?"

“Natalia makes trauma healing and the complexity behind somatic work accessible and applicable. Her sparkling, kind personality and hardcore wisdom make her a new thought leader you want to watch out for.”

Hedi Schaefer - Speaker, Author, Leadership Coach (Transformation & Innovation)

“Natalia Rachel is a powerful yet gentle woman whose words of wisdom have the power to heal, connect and transform. Her work is a potential antidote to the many challenges we face at the individual, social, and geo-political levels. Penetrating yet comforting, her insights and guidance are a truth-telling mirror and a navigation system wrapped in a warm hug. Really quite unique.”

Hazel James, Global Ethicist

“We all need to read 'Why am I Like This?'. Her words awaken us to new levels of empathy and inspire us to become accountable for our own healing. While her stories are heartbreaking, her journey is breathtaking, as is the map she creates for us to move towards embodiment.”

Jingjin Liu, CEO & Founder ZaZaZu

“The way Natalia Rachel speaks and writes about trauma, healing and embodiment cuts through the mental clutter and touches the heart. She meets us where we are human. Her vision for healing ourselves to co-create a better world inspires us all to dig deeper.”

Dr. Tanvi Gautam, President Asia Professional Speakers, MD Leadershift Inc. HR influencer.

“Natalia Rachael has impacted thousands of lives of humans affected by abuse & trauma through her work and her powerful voice. Her words are honest, heartfelt and ring true for all of us.”

Abhijit Sanzgiri, Risk Derisker

“In a world that is dominated by both technology and the vestiges of an entrenched patriarchy, Natalia Rachel offers a refreshingly different and heart centred approach to inner work. Gentle yet firm and with a dash of lightness, she brings a new perspective to healing and trauma recovery.”

Matthew Green, Emotional Fitness Coach and Co-creator of Shape of Emotion 

“Natalia is a force for good and the world needs her unique approach to helping us all heal.  Natalia’s book is destined to have a social impact: 'Why am I Like this?' is a gift to humanity!”

Barbara Stewart, Researcher & Author

“Natalia brings in a different lens on how to view healing and trauma. The practices she shared are deeply helpful in unlocking the healing paradox. Oftentimes we get stuck in our own rumination about our past that keeps us from moving forward in our lives. Her book helps us bring the much needed inquiry AND integration to help us find a greater sense of fullness in our lives. This book presents a roadmap for those who are exploring healing, for themselves or for others. Thank you Natalia for reconnecting us to our blueprints for love.”

Lana Jelenjev, speaker, author and advocate for Self-fullcentric Living

“We all need to read ‘Why am I Like This?’. Her words awaken us to new levels of empathy and inspire us to become accountable for our own healing. While her stories are heartbreaking, her journey is breathtaking, as is the map she creates for us to move towards embodiment.”

— Jingjin Liu, CEO & Founder ZaZaZu

About Natalia

Natalia Rachel

Writer | Poet | Speaker | Facilitator

Natalia Rachel is a writer and innovator who helps us understand how to heal and co-create a kinder, more intelligent and connected world. Her work weaves together the healing arts, the creative arts and education, and continues to have intersectional impact across industries. It inspires a greater understanding of our human experience, why we behave the way we do, and how to move the needle individually, and collectively through unearthing our innate primordial intelligence. Her belief is that the more of us who heal, become embodied and self-aware, the more swiftly our world will transform for the better. Her current mission is to bring healing work to new spaces in ways that are creative, accessible, and transformational. As a creator and facilitator, Natalia is known for her words and voice that speak straight to the heart, wake up the spirit, and curate a field of greater compassion and capacity. Her work always lives and breathes on both the somatic and relational planes. Her ability to bring us into greater felt sense, and a deeper relational awareness continues to welcome deeper healing, epiphany and the kind of shifts that we often seek but can’t access. Her following is truly global, and she has had the opportunity to speak and teach in Asia, USA, Europe, and Australia. Natalia engages as a keynote speaker, leadership trainer, consultant and runs several open programs that attract participants who are committed to serving, leading and relating in ways that heal, as well as their own continued healing work. Natalia’s first book ‘Why Am I Like This?’ is out now with Penguin Random House, and inspires a shift in the way we think about who we are, and how to live in ways that heal rather than harm. She’s currently writing her second book ‘Love Sex Poetry Peace’ which explores the ways we give and receive love in the modern world. Natalia is also a prolific poet, and writes two columns for Singapore mega publication ‘Her World’. Commencing her career in the clinical space as a practitioner and clinical director, Natalia made strides in developing Asia’s first integrated somatic trauma clinics. Aside from bringing much needed alternative therapies to greater access in Asia, Natalia also shone in the realm of eco-system building, communicating with key stakeholders and building a vision-oriented strategy that was practical to implement. During her time in Asia, Natalia saw the need for more education and healing spaces that were both trauma informed as well as human centric and accessible. Her teaching career began with professional development for clinicians, expanded to healthcare leadership and personal and community-based programs that would allow those outside the clinical world opt into their own healing process. Natalia is the proud recipient of several awards for her purpose-driven work including The Women Icon’s Asia Award and the World Women Leadership Award. Currently Natalia resides in Sydney Australia, where she is exploring how art can become our greatest healer. ‘The Living Poetry Project’ pilot program, in conjunction with University of New South Wales, inspired youths to explore their relationship narratives through group process and poetry, and received praise across the board. The muti-media experiential process will serve as a point of departure for future projects in Australia and abroad. Illuma Health continues to operate as the healthcare division of Illuma Vision, Natalia’s multimedia and production company that produces programs for purpose and media for mankind.