1:1 Somatic Shadow Work
A space to become unapologetically you
There comes a point where inspiration is no longer enough.
You’ve read the books, done the workshops, and done the inner work. You understand yourself better than you once did, and yet, some of the same patterns continue to resurface.
You overextend yourself.
You stay quiet when you are aching to say what is on your heart.
You second-guess what you know in your bones.
You take care of everyone else and wonder why you feel so far away from yourself.
You carry guilt for wanting a life that actually feels like yours.
These patterns are not random, Lovely. They didn't just happen.
They have stories. They have roots. And often, they have been shaped by survival, family, relationships, culture, gender, patriarchy and the experiences that taught you who you needed to be in order to belong.
This is where we begin.
By doing it differently. Instead of focusing on what feels wrong, we become curious about what has been living in the shadows, and what might become possible when you finally turn toward it.
This is where becoming unapologetically you begins.
The Seven Shadows™
A framework for navigating the places where we get stuck, and the places where we become.
My 1:1 work is rooted in The Seven Shadows™: Survival, Mother, Heart, Doubt, Pleasure, Truth and Power.
Each Shadow is a meeting place, where your memories, emotions, conditioning, beliefs, behaviours and nervous system responses may intersect with what is happening in your life right now. There are a constant in our lives, and our work together is concentrated on the ways in which you recognize and meet them, creating a path where you can arrive at each meeting place with curiosity and compassion.
The Shadow of Survival may appear alongside The Shadow of Pleasure when your body doesn't feel safe enough to soften into desire.
The Shadow of the Mother may weave into The Shadow of Power when years of caregiving have taught you that everyone else's needs should come before your own. Doubt and Truth may meet when you know something needs to change, but you can't quite trust yourself enough to make the decision.
We don't move through The Seven Shadows™ as a checklist, because they are interwoven into every aspect of our lives.
In 1:1 work, we follow what is relevant for you.
Together, we become curious about the Shadows underneath the patterns you are experiencing, tend to what they are asking for, and create space for the gifts that can emerge through healing and integration: self-trust, pleasure, clarity, sovereignty, connection, joy and the freedom to live more fully as yourself.
What brings you here?
You don't need to know which Shadow you're working with before you arrive.
Most people don't.
You may simply know that something in your life is asking for your attention.
While every 1:1 experience is unique, there are three areas where I most often support clients.
Personal Evolution
Learning to choose yourself.
You may be navigating people-pleasing, wobbly boundaries, complicated family relationships, burnout, caregiving, grief, a life transition, or the strange realization that somewhere along the way you became disconnected from yourself.
Together, we explore the patterns underneath what you're experiencing and use somatic, parts-based and nervous-system-aware practices to build a deeper relationship with yourself.
This may bring us into the Shadows of Survival, Mother, Heart, Doubt, Truth or Power - often several at once.
The work is not simply learning to choose yourself once in a while.
It is learning to trust yourself enough to make choosing yourself a way of living.
Sexual Evolution
Reclaiming your body, desire and right to pleasure.
You may be experiencing low or changing desire, sexual shame, difficulty experiencing pleasure or orgasm, disconnection from your body, uncertainty around what you actually want, or simply a longing for your sexuality to feel more like your own.
Together, we explore your unique desire system, your relationship with pleasure, the conditions your body needs for safety and arousal, and the beliefs or experiences that may have shaped your relationship with sex.
This work may bring us into the Shadows of Pleasure, Survival, Heart, Doubt, Truth or Power.
This is a space to become curious about yourself as a sexual being without shame, expectation or a prescribed version of what a fulfilling sex life is supposed to look like, and to discover what pleasure, desire and sexual sovereignty mean on your terms.
Entrepreneurial Evolution
For women+ entrepreneurs ready to be fully seen in their work.
Sometimes the biggest thing standing between you and the business you want isn't another strategy.
It's what happens inside you when you're asked to be visible, or expand beyond what feels familiar.
Together, we explore the shadows underneath your relationship with visibility, money, leadership, receiving, boundaries, over-giving, success and taking up space.
You may meet The Shadow of Survival when growth feels unsafe. Doubt when you constantly question your decisions. Truth when your business no longer feels like you. Power when you're being asked to lead, charge, speak or be seen differently.
Your business can become one of the most revealing places to meet yourself.
This work supports you in showing up for it with greater self-trust, integrity, and clarity without sacrificing yourself in the process.
What is Somatic Shadow Work?
Somatic shadow work is the practice of bringing awareness to the parts of you that learned to adapt, protect, perform, hide or disconnect, and meeting those parts through the body, not only through the mind.
Insight matters.But sometimes you already know why you people-please, and your body still freezes when you need to say no.
You know you deserve pleasure, and still struggle to receive it.
You know you are capable, and still feel your stomach drop when it's time to do the damn thing.
You know what you want, and still find yourself questioning whether you're allowed to want it.
This is where somatic work becomes powerful.
Rather than bypassing discomfort or trying to get rid of your patterns by talking yourself in circles, we become curious about what your responses have been protecting and create the conditions for something different to become possible.
This work is experiential, body-based and deeply trauma-informed. It honours consent, moves at the pace of your system, and centres your own inner authority.
Becoming unapologetic isn't simply understanding who you are.
It is learning how to live as them.
How This Work Is Held
Trauma-informed. Choice-led. Deeply personalized.
There is no predetermined curriculum for your 1:1 work.
We aren't going to march through all Seven Shadows™ simply because they exist.
Instead, we utilize this framework as a map. following what is present in your life, your relationships, your body and your nervous system, and use each meeting place to help us recognize what may be asking for attention underneath the surface.
Our work may include:
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Somatic embodiment and nervous system awareness
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Somatic parts work and inner-child/teen work
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Shadow exploration and integration
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Ayurvedic wisdom and practices
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Ritual
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Sexuality and pleasure education
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Attachment awareness
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Breath, meditation and guided embodiment
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Self-inquiry and integration practices
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Not every session will use every modality. Your work is responsive to you, and what will support your current experience.
You are always in choice.
Your pace is honoured.
Your body's signals matter.
Your lived experience is never treated as something that needs to fit neatly inside a framework.
Between sessions, I may offer practices or invitations to continue exploring what emerged in our work together, but there is no gold star for doing your healing homework.
I am here to help you hear yourself more clearly, not to tell you what to do or how to be.
This work may be for you if...
You keep finding yourself in the same patterns, even if you understand where they came from.
You are tired of people-pleasing, over-giving, shrinking, performing or second-guessing yourself.
You want to understand your nervous system without making “being regulated” another thing you have to be good at.
You are navigating a transition in identity, relationships, sexuality, family, work or business and want support becoming who you are now.
You feel disconnected from your body, desire, pleasure, emotions or inner knowing.
You are beginning to recognize how gender roles, family patterns, patriarchy or other systems of conditioning have shaped the way you live.
You are longing for a space where all of you is welcome, including the tender, angry, protective, contradictory, sexual, powerful and messy parts.
You feel like another mindset hack or nervous system reset will probably make you scream.
You want to know yourself, trust yourself, and live like you fucking mean it.
Testimonials
"Working with Krystal has led me on a completely unexpected soul journey, where I am able to attend to parts of me that I have been silencing or have not been able to reach because of conditioning and fear.
After several months of working with Krystal--I would say I'm a whole different person. Krystal's intuitive coaching and wise guidance allowed parts of me to come online and inform my experience in a way I never thought I would reach, due to the things that have historically held me back.
Because of her skilled coaching and her multi-layered deep listening, she has helped me cultivate a relationship with pleasure that feels authentic and unfolds at the speed of my comfort and level of safety.
She has also been like a midwife to my relationship with spirit, which is ever expanding. I feel like she *sees* me, and because of all the work she has done on herself, she brings a clarity and expansiveness to her reflections that help me see myself differently and encourage me to grow, in a wild and soul led way. She has been a dear mentor to me, one that I trust deeply due to her insight, inclusivity, and integrity." ~R
Let's Pause...
There's a lot of information here, and sometimes, that can be overwhelming. So let's take a breath, and I will offer you a little something that might make the "What do I do?" a little easier...
Begin with a Shadow Mapping Session.
You don't need to know which Shadow is asking for your attention, we'll explore that together.
A Shadow Mapping Session is a focused 1:1 experience designed to help you identify the patterns, conditioning and Shadows currently most alive in your life.
Together, we'll look beneath the thing you think you're struggling with and begin mapping what may actually be asking for your attention.
You'll leave with greater clarity around where you are, what your patterns may be protecting, and what your next steps could look like, whether those steps include ongoing work with me or not.
This is not a discovery call.
It is an experience of the work itself.
Coaching Plans & Investment
1:1 coaching is offered in intentional containers, giving us the time and spaciousness to explore what is present, while allowing what emerges in our work to be integrated into your actual life.
Sessions are 60 minutes and available online via Zoom or in person.
3-Session Container | $495 CAD
A focused container for something specific that is asking for your attention.
This may be a particular pattern, relationship, transition, decision, Shadow, or place where you feel stuck and want support exploring what is underneath it.
Payment plan: 3 × $165
6-Session Container | $990 CAD
For work that wants a little more space.
Six sessions allow us to explore the Shadows and patterns underneath what you are experiencing, while leaving room between sessions for integration, reflection and whatever else begins to emerge.
Payment plans: 3 × $330 or 6 × $165
12-Session Container | $1,980 CAD
For deeper, ongoing exploration when the patterns you are meeting are layered, interconnected, or have been present for a long time.
This container gives us the space to follow the work as it evolves, rather than rushing toward an outcome.
Payment plans: 6 × $330 or 12 × $165
Accessibility matters to me. Extended payment plans are available because I believe meaningful support should not be reserved only for people who can make a large upfront investment.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does “trauma-informed” mean? “Trauma-informed” means this coaching space is rooted in compassion, nervous system awareness, and respect for your lived experience. It recognizes that our patterns, responses, and coping strategies were shaped for survival, and that healing doesn’t happen through pressure, force, or shame. It happens through safety, curiosity, and consent. In a trauma-informed space: -You are always in choice -Your pace is honoured -Your body’s signals are listened to -We work with your nervous system, not against it -Every part of you is welcome Reliving or retelling trauma is not the goal here. It’s about creating enough safety to notice your patterns, build self-trust, and move toward wholeness, gently and sustainably.
What is Somatic Shadow Work? Somatic Shadow Work is a body-based approach to exploring the parts of you that have been shaped by conditioning, survival, and unspoken rules, the parts that learned how to protect you. Instead of trying to “get rid of” these parts, we build relationship with them through body awareness, gentle inquiry, and nervous-system attunement. This work supports integration rather than inner conflict, helping you reclaim disowned parts of yourself with compassion, agency, and choice.
Who is this for? This space is for women, femmes, and gender-diverse AFAB folks who are ready to choose themselves, unpack conditioning, and live with greater self-trust. Many clients come to this work navigating burnout, people-pleasing, perfectionism, life transitions, or a quiet knowing that there is more; more truth, more embodiment, more freedom. You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need a willingness to meet yourself honestly.
Is this therapy? No - this is not therapy, and I am not a licensed therapist. This is trauma-informed, somatically grounded coaching. I work with clients who are resourced enough to move forward in their lives and are seeking deep, embodied change alongside, or independent of, therapeutic support.
What makes this coaching different? This is not quick-fix or mindset-only coaching. Our work is trauma-informed, somatic, and deeply personalized. We explore not only your goals, but the patterns, beliefs, and nervous system responses underneath them. This work is intentional, embodied, and sustainable, designed to support real change, not performative healing.
How long does coaching last? Each session is an hour, and usually we meet bi-weekly. Most clients work with me for approximately three to six months, although every relationship with this work is different. You can begin with a Shadow Mapping Session to explore what is currently asking for your attention. If ongoing coaching feels supportive after that, we can talk about which container makes sense for the depth and pace of the work you want to do.
Who this is not for. This coaching space is not for everyone, and that’s intentional. This work may not be the right fit if: -You are looking for quick fixes, surface-level mindset work, or rigid step-by-step formulas -You want someone to tell you what to do, rather than support you in cultivating your own inner authority -You are not open to working with the body, emotions, or nervous system -You are seeking therapy, crisis support, or trauma processing beyond what coaching can ethically offer -You are unwilling to take responsibility for your choices, patterns, and healing process This space is also specifically designed for women, femmes, and gender-diverse AFAB people. I do not offer 1:1 coaching to cis men or AMAB non-binary folks. This boundary is not about exclusion, it is about integrity, lived experience, and creating a container that is safe, attuned, and deeply resourced for the people this work is meant to serve. If this work isn’t aligned for you, I trust that the right support exists, and I honour you in finding it.
Do I need to understand The Seven Shadows™ before working with you? Not at all. The Seven Shadows™ are a framework I use to help us understand where patterns, conditioning, emotions, beliefs and nervous system responses may be intersecting. You don't need to identify your Shadow or arrive knowing what you need to work on. We will do that work together.
What if you stopped looking away?
We all have places we would rather not look.
The patterns we keep repeating. The things we want but struggle to admit.
The anger we swallow. The ways we make ourselves smaller, easier, quieter.
The parts of ourselves we learned were too much, not enough, inappropriate, selfish,
difficult, dramatic or simply unacceptable.
That's the thing about shadows.
They don't disappear because we ignore them.
But when we are willing to turn toward them with curiosity, compassion and a
little courage, we get to discover what gifts have been hiding there.
Your truth.
Your pleasure.
Your power.
Your fucking self.
Come see what's waiting in the shadows.