Soma Women's Wellbeing

Soma Women’s Wellbeing is a women-centred wellness space in Braddon, Canberra, bringing together individual support, group practices and community connection. Its approach looks beyond a single definition of health, considering mental, physical, spiritual and social wellbeing as interconnected. The centre describes itself as queer-friendly and neuro-affirming, and places emphasis on working collaboratively with each person rather than presenting practitioners as the sole experts in their clients’ lives.

Its offerings include classes and circles covering yoga, meditation, sound healing, somatic movement and rites of passage, along with workshops focused on topics such as neurodivergence, grief, parenting, birth, trauma healing, embodiment and menopause. One-to-one appointments are available across several disciplines, including somatic psychotherapy, psychology, counselling, acupuncture, nutrition, massage, neurological integration and reiki. This gives visitors the option of joining a shared practice or seeking more personalised support, depending on what feels appropriate for them.

The centre’s philosophy is strongly rooted in embodiment: reconnecting with the body, noticing the nervous system and making room for a fuller range of emotional experiences without becoming overwhelmed. Soma also highlights community care, compassion, boundaries and authenticity, creating a space intended to welcome both difficult and joyful parts of life. Its focus on women’s life stages includes birth, menstruation, adulthood, pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause and post-menopause, while individual practitioners also work with concerns such as anxiety, stress, grief, relationship challenges, fertility, menstrual difficulties, hormonal changes and pain management.

Soma grew from a long-held vision to create a place where women could reconnect with their bodies and move through life transitions in company with others. The practitioner collective includes somatic psychotherapist and educator Anna Siebert, yoga teacher and manager Koko Shie, psychologist Bec Jackson, counsellor Skye Regan, acupuncturist Tanya Graham, nutritionist Lina Finocchiaro, massage therapist and Shakti Yoga facilitator Kate Dillon, and yoga, Pilates, sound and herbalism practitioner Kathy Arce. Their combined work gives the venue an interdisciplinary character, with modern health perspectives sitting alongside movement, ritual, body awareness and community-based practices.

Soma may suit someone looking for a women-focused space to attend a class, join a circle, explore a workshop or arrange one-to-one wellbeing support. It also offers a setting for people who prefer a gentle, body-aware approach and do not want to navigate their wellbeing journey entirely alone.