THE PROBLEM WITH MOST JOURNALING
You’ve probably tried it before.
You wrote. And arrived at the same place you started.
You sit down, you write. Sometimes it helps. But often you find yourself going in circles — the same questions, the same fog, the same sense of not quite landing anywhere.
That’s not a failure of journaling. It’s what happens when you start from a mind that’s already full. When your nervous system hasn’t settled, there’s no space for real clarity to arrive.
“When you begin from the head, without first settling the body, you’re essentially pouring more words into an already overflowing cup.”
A DIFFERENT APPROACH
Embodied journaling starts in the body.
Before the words.
Instead of beginning with a question, you begin with your body. You slow down. You notice what’s actually present — a tightness, a heaviness, something that’s been waiting. Then you write from that place.
What comes out is different. More honest. More surprising. More yours.
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Slow down
Settle the nervous system before anything else
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Feel
Bring attention to the body — without analysisv
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Listen
Bridge sensation to emotion, gently
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Meet
Turn toward what you find, with curiosity
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Write
Let words give form to what you already felt
WHAT’S INSIDE
Everything you need to begin — and return to.
Instead of beginning with a question, you begin with your body. You slow down. You notice what’s actually present — a tightness, a heaviness, something that’s been waiting. Then you write from that place.
What comes out is different. More honest. More surprising. More yours.
What people say about working with Lara
“Lara’s guidance was truly life-changing — deeply attuned to my process and needs. This is a place of transformation, medicine, and truth.”
“Lara’s sweetness, attentive listening, and gentle guidance brought resilience into me and a newfound clarity I will carry forward.”
“This has been profoundly healing. She has helped me find inner peace, release tension, and reconnect with my emotions.”
” Before, it felt safer not to feel at all. Through our sessions, something shifted. I learned that I could feel without being overwhelmed. I started to trust what my body was telling me, and slowly I stopped being afraid of my own inner world. That feels like a quiet revolution.”
A NOTE FROM LARA
This practice built itself slowly, from my own life.
I’ve always connected with my body — through dance, through movement, through the somatic work I do with others. Then I started meditating, and I noticed something: after sitting quietly, it became so much easier to feel what was actually there. The body was more available. More honest.
Then something shifted in how I journaled. I stopped writing from my head and started meeting the different parts of myself that carry my thoughts and feelings. The insights that came were different. Clearer. More true.
Now this is how I journal — not every time with a full meditation, sometimes just a few quiet breaths to arrive — but always trying to come from a place of stillness before the words. What you’ll find in this workbook is exactly that: the practice I return to, again and again.
With warmth, Lara
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