Held: A Somatic Journey Back To Yourself - by Niamh O'Shea

COURSE

Held: A Somatic Journey Back To Yourself

With Niamh O'Shea

Held is a 7-day self-paced somatic journey designed to help you restore ease and reconnection between body and mind. Each day blends reflection, guided meditation and simple nervous system practices to support grounding, release tension and increase embodied awareness. Through this process you will explore how sensations, memories and emotions are held within the body, learning to listen and respond with care. You will be guided to meet yourself with honesty, compassion and curiosity, gently unwinding stress patterns and cultivating presence. Whether you are moving through overwhelm, transition or simply longing to feel at home in yourself, Held offers a space to land, breathe and return to stillness.


Meet your Teacher

Niamh O’Shea is an integrative practitioner with a background in psychology, somatic practice, and holistic healing. Her work draws from transpersonal psychology, nervous system regulation, and creative process to support gentle reconnection between body and mind. As a trained somatic practitioner with extensive study in mind-body healing, coaching, and trauma-informed care, she brings over two decades of experience in both creative and therapeutic fields. Niamh’s approach blends reflection, embodiment, and creativity to help others cultivate presence, clarity, and self-trust.

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7 Days

2.3k students

5.0 stars

10 min / day

Healing

English


Lesson 1

Understanding The Body’s Survival Responses

This lesson explores how the body responds to stress and overwhelm through the four core survival states of freeze, fight, flight and fawn. You will learn how these reactions form, why they appear without conscious choice and how they relate to trauma, safety and nervous system health. This session offers a gentle, trauma-informed understanding of your patterns, helping you recognise your responses with clarity rather than self-judgement.

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Lesson 2

Listening To Your Inner Signals

This lesson introduces interoception, the ability to sense your internal world through breath, sensation, and subtle nervous system cues. You will learn how the body communicates long before the mind forms thoughts, and how to recognise small shifts that show your true state. This session supports deeper self-awareness and a more compassionate relationship with your body.

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Lesson 3

Titration And Building Capacity

This lesson explores titration and capacity, two core principles in somatic healing. You will learn why small, manageable doses of sensation support the nervous system more effectively than intensity, and how working at the edge of your limits helps your body integrate change safely. This session introduces titration, capacity and pendulation in a gentle and trauma-informed way, helping you understand how to meet your inner experience without overwhelm.

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Lesson 4

Finding Safety In The Body

This lesson explores how the body recognises safety through small physical cues such as softening, grounding and the gentle settling of the breath. You will learn how safety is experienced in the nervous system, why grounding supports regulation, and how to work with the signals that help your body return to steadiness. This session offers a calm and trauma-informed approach to building a sense of inner safety.

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Lesson 5

Meeting Emotion In The Body

This lesson explores how emotion first appears as sensation in the body and how to meet those sensations without overwhelm. You will learn how to recognise the physical shapes of emotion, why the nervous system can shut down or intensify during strong feelings, and how titration supports safe emotional processing. This session offers a gentle, body-based way to understand and move through emotion with more ease.

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Lesson 6

Self Regulation And Co Regulation

This lesson explores how the nervous system settles through both self regulation and co regulation. You will learn how the body responds to supportive presence, why connection creates a sense of safety, and how to use grounding, breath and gentle awareness to steady yourself. This session offers a calming and trauma-informed understanding of how we soothe and are soothed.

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Lesson 7

Integration And Returning To Yourself

This final lesson explores integration, the gentle process of allowing your body to absorb what you have learned over the past days. You will reflect on the shifts in your breath, your awareness and your sense of safety, and understand how healing continues long after the course ends. This session offers a soft closing, a moment of gratitude, and an invitation to keep moving at your own pace with the practices that support you.

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Recent Reviews

Merlinda

August 6, 2026

As has been true for every meditation of yours that I have been guided through, your gentle, compassionate, sensitive and wise teachings encourage me towards healing. You are a master in your knowledge, use of language, with your soft, quiet soothing voice and melodic accompaniments. Deep gratitude for the gifts you shared with all of us on this course.

Claire

August 6, 2026

So soft gentle and beautiful. A magical journey inward. A lot of appreciation and gratitude for this being available to explore and down my understanding about my body and its cues.

Ghada

August 5, 2026

This course was such a beautiful and meaningful experience. Her gentle voice, beautiful words, presence, and intuitive guidance created such a safe and nurturing space. I felt truly supported and connected throughout the whole journey. I’m deeply grateful for the energy, love, and intention she brought into every single audio. A truly special experience that will stay with me. 🤍✨ Thank you Insight timer for creating a space that allows such beautiful souls to share their gifts, wisdom, and energy with us. 🤍

Kathryn

July 29, 2026

Thank you so much 🙏

Carmen

July 27, 2026

I loved her soft speaking voice and the way she presented each day. Easy to understand.

Méalainí

July 27, 2026

Hi Niamh, Your course and soft voice has helped me to settle the warring parts of my inner family. I have been on this planet for 57 cycles, and have struggled for many of them to find safety in myself. With a lot of work over the last few years, I have come home, but maintaining this requires me to continue the work of listening to my body and work to be Self led. Every time I see your practices on all the platforms, I stop and spend time with you. You are gentle and kind, wise beyond your years. Thank you for the care you have for all the random people of the world. You have touched my soul and helped me to keep moving forward. 🩷

Connie

July 25, 2026

This was truly amazing. Thank you so much! 🧡 I have learned so much and this has been so helpful to me. I am sad that the course has ended. I hope you have more courses out there like this, because I will be looking for them. 😊

Deb

July 25, 2026

What a lovely course with so many practices to go back to and gems to carry forward with me. Thank you🙏

Lara

July 23, 2026

Timely. Beautifully paced. One of the best discoveries I have ever made on insight timer . Thank you

Violet

July 23, 2026

This course was just what I needed at this time. It truly resonated with me. I enjoy listening to your voice. I discovered your music playlist which I am listening to every morning. You have a very special gift. 🙏🏻

Cas

July 22, 2026

Just beautiful ✨

Kristy

July 22, 2026

I thank you for your words! Tremendously helpful.

Diana

July 22, 2026

A veces es duro porque conectas de verdad con tus sentimientos pero aprendes a escucharte y a como tu cuerpo y emociones funcionan

Christine

July 21, 2026

Gentle yet profound reminders of the body’s intelligence. Soft, soothing voice. Steady guidance.

Fleur

July 21, 2026

So beautiful, I loved every session. Such a beautiful soothing voice. So grateful,

Rama

July 21, 2026

Wow! Transformational. I will carry your words, embody these practices and come back to the course as a reminder of the depth of my humanness. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world. 💛✨

Julia

July 21, 2026

So grounding and nourishing. Thank you 🙏🏼

Laura

July 19, 2026

You have a gift. Thank you.

AUM

July 19, 2026

This has to be one of the best course period. Thank you!

Dearbhail

July 18, 2026

Thank you

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