Embodied Intelligence: Deep Sensing for Emotional Freedom

Awaken to the subtle body as teacher and path

The body is not just a vessel, but the ground of awareness itself.

In the Buddha’s teachings, the union of nama (mind) and rupa (material form) is what constitutes full awareness. Each moment of experience arises in the conversation between body and mind.

Long before thoughts arise, the body senses and signals. We experience rich, layered landscapes within – recognizable sensations like muscle tightness or waves of hot and cold, energy and quiet vibrations, often accompanied by visual displays.

This somatic awareness – known as interoception – is recognized as key to emotional intelligence, nervous system regulation, and authentic personal agency in both neuroscience and contemplative traditions. But in our fast-paced, hyper-cognitive world, we often lose touch with this inner compass.

Join somatic mindfulness teacher Jill Satterfield on this grounded, heartfelt journey back to your embodied intelligence. Blending breathwork, visualizations, interoceptive and contemplative practices, Jill offers practical tools to reinhabit your body and the deep wisdom it contains.

Through this process, you’ll learn to decode the body’s language, gently shift patterns of reactivity, and access the freedom to respond – rather than react – with presence and compassion. Whether you are new to somatic practice or seeking to deepen your path, this 4-part series offers a spacious, personal exploration of embodied liberation.

Module 1 - Regulating the Nervous System: The Ground of Spacious Awareness

A calm nervous system creates space for insight and choice.

Our opening session introduces foundational practices for settling the body and restoring inner capacity.

Through gentle breathwork and somatic inquiry, we’ll explore the breath not just as a function, but as a barometer of energy and a medicine for the heart-mind.

As we learn to guide the breath with ease and presence, we begin to sense the subtle connection between breath, emotion, and thought – laying the groundwork for deeper awareness and meaningful choice.

Module 2 - Mapping Sensation: Discover Your Unique Somatic Language

Every body speaks a different dialect.

In our second class, we begin to listen more closely – learning to track sensations as the body’s way of communicating inner truths.

We’ll explore how emotions and thoughts arise first as physical impressions, and how tracing these sensations can illuminate patterns, habits, and emotional origins. By anchoring awareness in the body, we create a pathway out of overthinking and into embodied self-understanding.

With Jill as our guide, each of us will be invited to discover our own variation of somatic practice – because the journey to freedom is personal, and never one-size-fits-all.

Module 3 - The Power of Imagination: Rewriting the Inner Script

Imagination isn’t fantasy – it’s the root of intention and possibility, a doorway into new ways of being.

In our third session, we explore how somatic awareness and creative vision can work together to change internal patterns.

Together we’ll reflect on how much of our lived “reality” is shaped by projections of the past, and how consciously rewriting that script can free the body and mind.

Jill will teach us how to use imagination to gently shift emotional and physiological states, and how visualization – when paired with the breath – can support deep healing. Through playful, grounded practices, we’ll begin to envision and embody new possibilities.

Module 4 - The Medicine of Kindness: Soften, Open, Connect

Kindness is a somatic state that changes the body, softens contractions, and invites connection.

In our final class together, we explore how cultivating kindness can soften physical and emotional contractions, open internal space, and deepen our capacity for connection.

Through embodied practices, we’ll discover how a softened body can shift the way we think and feel, and how dissolving internal barriers reveals a spacious, compassionate presence within.

As we learn to sense the body as a container for resilience and care, kindness becomes not just something we offer – but something we are.

Praise for Jill's Teaching

“Jill is that rare teacher who speaks to the intuition as well as the intellect, activating the capacity for healing and realization in her students. Both practical and profound, she bridges the mind-body connection.”

“Jill’s wisdom, humor and lack of pretension allows me and all of us, to access mindfulness and meditation and actually bring it into our lives in ways that make sense to each of us.”

“Jill is one of the most intuitively knowledgeable teachers I know. She combines science and spirituality, seen and unseen, in ways that are practical and accessible. Having Jill teach my patients meditation and somatic practices has been an incredible support in their healing. I can’t recommend her highly enough.”

Live Online Course Details

Live Interactive Sessions

Jill will lead our weekly Sunday sessions, to include insightful teachings, guided meditations, visualizations, and embodiment practices. Each class will also include time for students to ask questions and receive support from Jill.

Daily Somatic Practices

In each module, Jill will offer somatic and subtle body practices (both sitting and lying down) to continue developing the techniques learned in that module, to be practiced for 10-20 minutes daily or as often as your schedule allows.

Community Connections

Your journey will be in community with other practitioners around the world via our interactive course platform. As you move through each module, course guides will facilitate discussions, answer questions, and provide resources and support. Every Sunday, you will come together with your coursemates in real time to practice together and share your experiences.

Lifetime Access

All teachings, meditations and Q&A's will be recorded, published and archived on our interactive course platform. Video recordings will be permanently available for you to come back to as many times as you like in the future.

Schedule

Dates & Times

Module 1: Sunday, October 5, 2025 9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT / 5:00 pm BST / 6:00 pm CEST (90 mins)

Module 2: Sunday, October 12, 2025 9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT / 5:00 pm BST / 6:00 pm CEST (90 mins)

Module 3: Sunday, October 19, 2025 9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT / 5:00 pm BST / 6:00 pm CEST (90 mins)

Module 4: Sunday, October 26, 2025 9:00 am PDT / 12:00 pm EDT / 4:00 pm GMT / 5:00 pm CET (90 mins)

Replays will be posted in the days afterwards for those who cannot attend live.

About Jill Satterfield

Jill Satterfield has been a quiet pioneer in the integration of embodied awareness practices and Buddhist teachings for over 30 years. Her heart/mind and body approach developed from somatic and contemplative psychology, 35 years of Buddhist study, extensive meditation retreat time and decades of living with chronic pain.

At the invitation of her primary teacher, Ajahn Amaro, Jill was the first to offer mindful movement and somatic practices on silent retreats – first at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, and then at the Insight Meditation Society. She has since developed teacher trainings and mentoring programs that integrate embodied awareness with Dharma ever since.

Jill is a graduate of the Sati Center’s Buddhist Chaplaincy Training, and she was the scholar and teacher in residence at Kripalu Center in 2003. She is also on the faculty for Spirit Rock’s Mindful Yoga and Meditation Training, and her Applied Embodied Mindfulness Trainings is a part of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center. Jill is currently a mentor for Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Teacher Training. Click here to learn more about Jill Satterfield.

Reconnect to your body's deepest wisdom

Cost: ~~$190~~ $170

Earlybird pricing offer ends September 21st.

Please contact us using the Financial Support link below if you are unable to afford the cost of the course, and we'll work with you to ensure you can participate.

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