The Marie Embodied Podcast

What does it mean when people quote Bessel van der Kolk and say "the body keeps the score"?

In this episode I sit down with guest Tess Rouse to delve into the transformative power of breathwork and the mind-body connection. Tess shares her personal journey from battling autoimmune diseases for nearly two decades to discovering breathwork. Through the breath she realized that the diseases that she'd been told were incurable were rooted in unprocessed chidhood trauma, and her willingness to breath through her emotions became her pathway to healing.

We explore how the breath can support people to awaken within their own lives by processing unfelt emotional baggage from the past, and widening people's capacity for presence, leadership, and authenticity. If you have been seeking out practical somatic tools for nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and mind-body healing - this conversation is for you.

Somatic Sisterhood Circle

The Somatic Sisterhood Circle is a weekly touch point to attune to the wisdom of your body while being held in sisterhood. Each circle includes embodiment practices and meaningful conversations. Learn more.

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What is The Marie Embodied Podcast?

The Marie Embodied Podcast is a space to slow down, listen inward, and reconnect with the wisdom of the body. Hosted by, somatic therapist and clinical herbalist, Marie Zak, this show explores embodiment through somatic practices, herbal medicine, nervous system awareness, and other healing modalities that support coming home to yourself.

Marie explores embodiment not as a concept, but as a lived experience. Through conversations, teachings, and practical insights, you will learn how to listen to your body, build capacity, and cultivate presence, resilience, and aliveness.

This podcast is for those who want to feel more grounded, resourced, and at home in themselves, and for anyone curious about somatic work, herbalism, animism, and the many modalities that support embodied healing.