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Restorative Catholic
Faith based Somatic Healing, Restoring Your Authentic Self, Moving Forward, Being Fully Alive, Connection with Self, Others and God
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Experience somatic exercises with Sr. Mary Stephen and discover whether this embodied approach to inner healing resonates with you. It’s a beautiful opportunity to get to know her and explore the healing potential of body-based prayer and presence.
Exploring the question: Is Somatic Work in line with our Catholic Faith?
Somatic Work is a Neutral Tool, and a Safe, Faith-based approach to inner healing.
Somatics is a Neutral Tool
Somatic work—like massage or physical therapy—is a neutral, body-based practice grounded in science. It helps the body release stored stress and trauma. These practices themselves are neutral, but the experience can be shaped by the spirituality and perspective of the therapist.
Our Bodies Are Made to Heal
Somatic work aligns with the truth that God created and dignified our bodies. As the Catechism says, the body shares in God’s image (CCC 364). The exercises I teach work with our God-given design, helping release stored stress, trauma, and emotion—because God built healing into us.
Somatic work is an Application of Theology of the Body
Somatic work is a lesser-known but powerful expression of Theology of the Body. By tuning into our bodies—our sensations and emotions—we become more present to ourselves, others, and to God, who meets us in the now.
Grace Builds on Nature
As St. Thomas Aquinas teaches, “Grace builds on nature.” Healing begins in the body, where trauma and stress are held. Through gentle somatic work, we learn to feel safe within ourselves and no longer need to escape into our heads. As safety is restored, we naturally open to deeper connection—with others and with God.
What I offer:
- Somatic Start-Up Kits – Free videos with Sr. Mary Stephen introducing Somatic Exercises—an easy way to begin and experience the benefits of this gentle, body-based approach.
- Somatic Pilgrimages – Month-Long Workshop, four days a week, this live online journey with Sr. Mary Stephen will teach you powerful somatic exercises to help reset your nervous system from anxiety and overwhelm into a grounded state of safety, calm, and peace.
- Somatic PARTS Pilgrimages –
An eight-month journey meeting once a week with Sr. Mary Stephen, blending somatic exercises, Parts work and Imaginative Prayer to gently release stored trauma and cultivate deeper inner freedom.
Begin your transformative journey of inner healing—join our next Virtual Somatic Pilgrimage.
A passion for healing
“The dignity of the human person is rooted in his or her creation in the image and likeness of God … the body, as a temple of the Holy Spirit, is to be respected and cared for.”(CCC 364)
Through Catholic Somatic Work, we honor the whole person by attuning to and respecting the body’s innate wisdom, guided by the Catechism’s teachings that remind us of the deep connection between body and soul.
Somatic Exercises
Somatic exercises are mindful movements that focus on increasing body awareness and releasing tension, with the goal to reset your Nervous System.
Catholic Somatic Coaching
Get the individual guidance you need to reset your nervous system to one of calm and serenity, and bringing healing to all your parts, IFS.
Retreats
We aspire to offer retreats to more people in the future – healing in community, and growing together in authenticity.
Somatic & Parts Pilgrimages
We offer virtual pilgrimages—interactive online workshops designed to help release stored trauma from the body, fostering a deep sense of safety and support.
Start-Up Kits
Free videos with Sr. Mary Stephen introducing Somatic Exercises—an easy way to begin and experience the benefits of this gentle, body-based approach.
Spiritual Renewal
As we grow in healing this opens the door of our heart’s to true love of self, others and God.
“For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, plans for your welfare … full of hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11
Mission Statement
To help every member of Christ discover the God-given wisdom within their body, restoring their authentic self through faith-based Somatic and Parts work—so they may live and flourish in the fullness of His peace and freedom.
Vision for the Future
- In the future, we hope to host in-person Somatic Retreats—gatherings where participants can experience healing in body, mind, and spirit.
- We also dream of creating a physical home for this ministry—a peaceful place where people can come to rest, heal, and encounter God’s restoring presence.
Disclaimer: Any ministry or courses run by Restorative Catholic are not intended to replace medical or psychological care. In no way does a relationship with Restorative Catholic create a physician-patient or therapist-patient relationship.
Medical Disclosure: The information and programs presented by Restorative Catholic or listed on our website are made available for your own benefit and learning. All the programs on this website are educational and self-guided or coach-directed programs. The goal of this program is to help you through stressful situations in your life using somatic work, parts work or a change in lifestyle, diet and exercise. While natural supplements might be suggested in a session, I’m not a licensed physician, dietician or therapist. The statements made here have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The information on this site is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. Always check with your doctor and/or therapist before making dramatic shifts in your diet and lifestyle.