Body Story Method® · In Person Workshop, Oakleigh, Vic · 1st August 9am - 12pm
What Anxiety Looks Like Before You Speak
Anxiety lives in the body long before it finds words
Your body has been carrying it long before you found the words. This 3-hour workshop teaches you to read what it's actually doing - and finally give it a different way through.
Your body whispers first.
A little tension. A feeling of being off.
Something that doesn't sit right - but you push through.
And if nothing changes - it yells.
Most anxiety programs start with what you say.
Body Story Method® starts before that - with what your body is already showing, outside of conscious awareness, before you've decided what to share.
Whether your guards are up, or you’re bracing, or want to run away and hide.
You might be struggling to be your authentic self. You might be searching for who you are. Joy is not something you’ve accessed in years.
You’re tired of overthinking everything. Not being in the present moment. And you want to access calm and safety but don’t know how.
This workshop teaches you to read that map. And work with your body and get out of your mind - GENTLY.
“How did she even know I was doing THAT? In the Body Story Reading I learned things I didn’t even know about myself! Felt like I was in presence of genius and for the first time in my life I felt what neutral feels like” - Cherie Clonan, Multi 7 figure Ceo of The Digital Picnic
Is this workshop for you?
This workshop is also for you if you struggle with anxiety yourself and:
You know it's not just in your head - you feel it in your body. The stomach. The jaw. The chest. The exhaustion.
You're constantly in your head - replaying, planning, protecting against something that isn't actually there right now.
You've tried therapy, breathing, all the things. And it keeps coming back.
You can tell yourself to relax. But knowing it and feeling it are two completely different things.
You want to understand what your body is actually doing when anxiety is present - not just manage the surface of it.
You want something that works at the root, not just quiets it for a while.
What this looks like in a room
"In just five minutes you've encapsulated everything I'm feeling. I've gone into solution mode. It's less frustrating. I feel more rational. More confident."
In a recent session, I watched a psychologist describe her frustration. Not just heard it - watched it. Her right hand tight and repetitive every time she described feeling stuck. A lean to the left - the full emotional weight of it. Her nervous system in the anxiety loop, playing out in real time before she'd finished her second sentence.
I didn't offer a reframe. I asked her to lean slightly right and gesture with her left hand as she kept speaking.
Within minutes, she said what you read above. Same room. Same problem. Same person. Her body found a different way through - because it was given the right conditions to shift.
That is what this workshop teaches you to do for yourself.
Meena - Yoga Teacher, Psychologist and Librarian
The two patterns
Anxiety doesn't look the same in every body.
This workshop focuses on the two most common patterns. You'll likely recognise yourself in one - or both. Depending on the context you could experience both at different times.
Pattern one
Always on.
Stopping is not an option. Hip tension. Back tension. Jaw tension. Bracing - “on” all the time.
Your anxiety doesn't look like falling apart. It looks like control. It looks like someone who has it all together. Underneath - a nervous system running on high alert that has forgotten how to let go. The inflammation builds quietly.
Pattern two
Can't land.
Always in your head. Thoughts on repeat. Living in the future, in the what-ifs, one step away from overwhelm. You feel it in the stomach. Indecisive. Foggy. Scattered. Disconnected from your body and unsure what it even needs.
Both patterns have a body story. And both have tools that actually address what's happening - not just what you're thinking about it.
What You Walk Away With
You stop managing anxiety from the neck up. You stop trying to think your way out of something your body is holding.
You understand what your body is doing when anxiety is present — and you have tools to work with it, not just push through.
The overthinking, the poor sleep, the constant low-level tension — this workshop gives you body-first tools for all of it.
You start to feel the difference between knowing you need to calm down and your body actually feeling safe. That gap closes.
Somatic techniques you can use the same day — that shift the body's state immediately, so the mind can follow.
“I left the training feeling completely free in myself. What shifted wasn't just the skills - it was me. I realised I had been responsible for my own self-sabotage, blocking myself from being seen. Since the training I've accepted an opportunity way outside my comfort zone, enrolled in new courses, and started asking for help for the first time in my life. The previous version of me would have sat in silence and suffered. That's not who I am anymore.
Jacinta Gleeson - Body Story Method Practitioner, Kinesiologist and NLP Practitioner
A simple, repeatable way to read anxiety in the body before someone speaks.
Somatic tools you can use straight away to reset and calm your Nervous System and reset your mind.
A deeper understanding and awareness of your body and ability of translating what it’s needing.
Confidence that what you're doing is creating a shift that will actually last.
The five hours
What we cover
→How anxiety actually shows up in the body - and what you can do in an instant to ease it.
→The two most common anxiety patterns and the body-based tools that work for each one.
→How to reset your nervous system and create calm and safety - without revisiting the past or finding the right words.
→What your own body does when anxiety is present. How to read that - and work with it.
→Somatic techniques that change the body's state immediately - so the mind can follow.
→A simple, repeatable way to understand your own anxiety through what the body is showing you - not just what you think about it.
“What’s interesting is that it is easy to recognise the patterns and it is also simple what to do once you’ve recognised the patterns and have the techniques of what to look for.
What made an impact with me is when I started to recognise some of the patterns in people around me and the instant results and changes I see in them after I applied the techniques for each pattern.
This method is profound and simple and easy to apply.”
Jonalyn - Acupuncturist and Master NLP Practitioner
"Before Body Story Method, I focused only on pulse, symptoms, and tension during treatment-ignoring crucial data right in front of me.
Now I observe clients from the waiting room: how they walk, which side they favor, if an arm is clenched. This simple observation gives me subtle information to cross-reference with symptoms.
My assessments are more accurate and nuanced. Honestly? It makes me look like even more of a magician than before."
Mary - Jo Bevin, Chinese Medicine Doctor and Acupuncturist
“I just felt what I write down on a Post-it note at the start of this year, which was stay neutral — but it's like I got to experience that for the first time, what that would actually feel like rather than just reading it on a Post-it note.”
Cherie Clonnan — Multi 7-figure CEO, The Digital Picnic
YOUR INVESTMENT
Level 2 Suite 3 & 4/10a Atherton Rd, Oakleigh, VIC
1st August 9am-12pm
Investment: $180
What's included:
→ 3 hours of in person immersive practical training in Melbourne
→ Somatic tools and techniques to use immediately
→ A direct pathway into Body Story Method® Level 1 Certification
“I came to the training lost about where I was heading. I left with clarity, commitment and a direction I actually believe in. The Body Story concepts that felt foreign on day one now feel completely natural. I'm noticing movement patterns in people around me, connecting with my own body on a deeper level - and my eczema has even started improving. The reactions I've had in practice sessions have been beyond anything I expected. People are able to be present in their body in a way they weren't before. That's what this method does.
Airi - Body Story Method Practitioner
Who Is Claudia Domancie
I know what it is to have a nervous system that won't settle.
I grew up in Johannesburg - a place where survival wasn't a metaphor. When I immigrated, my nervous system didn't get the memo. I spent ten years in talk therapy understanding why. What I couldn't do was feel safe.
Because understanding something with your mind is not the same as your body feeling safe.
Over 25 years working with clients - from top athletes to postnatal women to CEOs, practitioners to children - I kept seeing the same thing: anxiety lives in the body long before it finds words. And when you learn to read it there, something shifts that no amount of thinking has been able to reach.
Claudia Domancie - Diploma qualified Pilates, Yoga teacher, Reflexologist, Reiki healer, NLP Master Practitioner · 25+ years clinical experience · Endorsed by doctors and alignment professionals
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this workshop for anyone? Yes. This workshop is for anyone who is struggling with anxiety or is supporting others struggling with anxiety
What happens in the workshop? There will be some theory and mostly practical applications to read your body and read others. You’ll learn the meanings behind your foot placement, hand gestures, somatic meanings behind how your body feels and moves and techniques techniques that reset your movement patterns and perspectives to reset your Nervous System and Mindset.
Do I need prior experience? No. Whether you're a practitioner or an individual on your own healing journey - the techniques accessible and immediately applicable from day one.
What if I have complex trauma or PTSD? The topics we cover in this workshop will not be covered in this workshop. The first step is to get a sense of safety and calm in your body and then joining me in 1:1 sessions or the Certifications to get a deeper understanding behind the impacts of trauma on your body.
I need to talk about my past? No. We work with what the body is doing now - in the present moment - not with the story of how it got there.
Can I use this with clients straight away? Yes. The tools are practical and immediately applicable to your clients and yourself.
What support is there after the workshop? I will be in touch personally to arrange a 1:1 chat to discuss the next steps and arrange 1:1 sessions or further training depending on what is most aligned for where you’re at and what you’re needing next.
“How did you do that? It’s amazing how you can pick up so much just by how I stand!”
Your body has been trying to tell you something.
It's time to learn how to listen.
Level 2 Suite 3 & 4/10a Atherton Rd, Oakleigh, VIC
Saturday 1st August 9am-12pm
Investment:$180
