Reclaim Yourself: a 4 Month Healing & Mentorship Program

understand your nervous system’s unique needs, get out of your head and learn body-based practices to process your triggers & past trauma so you can let go of anxiety and trust yourself again.

👋🏾 I’m Manisha Tare..

I’ve been a somatic practitioner for over 15 working privately with clients and students who are highly sensitive to help them slow down, quiet their minds, tune back into their bodies, and start to listen to their intuition again, without feeling overwhelmed by all the noise around them.

Many people who are highly sensitive are extra observant of the environment around them. They are more attuned to people’s feelings, moods, and even facial expressions. They take in a lot from their environment and may feel depleted more easily than others.. Because they are so attuned to others, they often anticipate other people’s needs, are more present and empathetic listeners.

Sound familiar?

When you’ve been oriented more outwards for as long as you can remember, it’s easy to keep your focus on other people and have forgotten how to tune into your own body for guidance.

You may also often be on the receiving end of people talking at you (versus to you), be easily affected by the moods and feelings of others and shape shift to make other people happy.

Instead of continuing to look to others for cues about yourself, it’s time to turn inwards to remember who you really are.

This may be challenging if you’ve experienced early trauma and looking outwards or being vigilant has protected you in some ways in the past… and if you’re a highly sensitive person, because you’re so attuned to people and situations around you,, trying to control what’s going on around you by making sure everyone else is ‘ok’ may be your way of keeping yourself feeling safe and secure.

 

We’ve all got coping mechanisms to help keep us feeling safe… humans are wired for survival so it makes sense!

 

Unfortunately, sometimes these coping mechanisms can go too far and create challenges for us in our relationships, work, and health.

 

This can look like:

  • Having a hard time saying no for fear of disappointing someone
  • Taking on more than is yours to carry
  • Anticipating everyone’s needs and ending up feeling depleted, taken for granted, or resentful
  • Walking on eggshells around those who have a stronger personality
  • Ending up in one-sided, or toxic relationships
  • Feeling exhausted, experiencing frequent migraines or stomach issues, or experiencing more severe health issues due to taking on the stress of others
  • Overthinking leading to low grade anxiety making you wonder if you’re socially anxious

I suspect you’ve been able to work around this for a long time – I bet you can read a room, tune into what people are feeling, and anticipate their needs.

This is one of your superpowers but when it’s ON all the time, it leads to a feeling of low grade anxiety and depletion especially when you’re not doing what you need to do to refuel your nervous system – and you’re not even sure how!

As a sensitive, empathic person myself, who overthinks like the best of them, I 💯 get the above and have done my share of work to understand why I’ve felt so depleted in certain environments or around specific people.

Not only have I studied the body, nervous system and trauma healing modalities (you can read more below about my experience), I really get this on a personal level… My sensitive nervous system always felt on edge and anxious until I learned what I needed to feel more grounded, centered, and connected to my body.

 

  • I felt like it was my job to help people feel better if they were upset
  • If I walked into a room filled with tension, I would want to figure out how to help
  • I often felt extra cautious because I didn’t want to do or say anything ‘wrong’
As I started to understand the connection between some of my early life experiences and how I was showing up in my relationships, it became more obvious why I was showing up constantly wanting to make sure everything and everyone was ok and minimizing conflict whenever possible.

I would feel so anxious if I sensed that other people felt upset or unsettled… it was ‘easier’ to put myself in the middle to try to fix it to avoid the conflict.

It took me years to learn that it doesn’t work this way – you can’t fix other people’s issues and getting in the middle only makes the overall problem worse.

And putting myself in the middle was really about me trying to control my anxiety – not about other people. I had to learn how to step back and learn how to sit with discomfort. My own and that of someone else.

That’s when you can truly feel free.

You can then express what you really think, need and want because you know that you can handle it when someone disagrees with you – or gets upset.

You don’t feel like you have to fix everything anymore.

Once I made those connections and focused on shifting some deeply ingrained patterns, my relationships changed for the better. I took responsibility for what was mine and communicated what I needed from others more confidently. There was less confusion, assumptions and resentment.

Without realizing it, you may be bringing your past experiences into your current relationship.

Unresolved issues in early relationships, dynamics with parents and siblings, and experiences that felt traumatic (trauma with a small ‘t’ has a huge impact on us) can creep into your relationship when they are unconscious.

You —

  • feel extra sensitive in difficult conversations
  • stay quiet when you actually want to speak up
  • freeze or overreact in tense situations and then regret it later
  • hesitate to ask for what you need

Maybe you had experiences as a child where you got in trouble for speaking up. You might have grown up in a chaotic household where it felt safer to do as you were told and not bring attention to yourself. There may not have been an adult who could tune into your level of sensitivity so you didn’t feel understood even when you tried to express yourself.

There are many reasons why our needs can go unmet… but if we don’t acknowledge that on some level, our adult relationships suffer if we try to get these needs met by our partners, friends or even children.

 

The mind-body connection is real.

If you identify as someone who is highly sensitive or an empath, then in my experience, the mental work (i.e. mindset, talk therapy) will only get you partially there. Awareness is the first part.

Learning how to soothe and regulate your nervous system when you’re upset, overwhelmed or triggered requires that you learn how to tend to your body.

This is the real magic of somatic or body based work. You get to connect to your body in a gentle way and heal the impacts of past difficulties or early trauma you may have experienced that led to people-pleasing and overgiving patterns in the first place.

Personally, somatic work has been the key for me. My mind took me far but for me to feel more settled, learn how to process my emotions so I could speak up for myself and not feel overly anxious when I had to deal with a difficult situation was 100% the result of me learning how to work with and heal my nervous system.

This work has been truly life changing for me and it’s why I love supporting others on their path as well.

In my four month mentorship, Reclaim Yourself, this is exactly the work that we do.

We work together on the following:

  • Understanding how your past experiences are impact your live in the areas of relationships, health, work and whatever else is important for you
  • Learning body based practices to to process your emotions, triggers, and past trauma so you have the skills and tools to continue to do this on your own AND feel more grounded, centered and empowered
  • Creating an internal sense of safety, rebuilding your sense of self, worthiness, and confidence in recognizing and owning your needs and expressing yourself in a way that aligns with your values.

You no longer need to trade in parts of yourself to feel connected or to feel like you belong. When you do the work to reconnect to your body, you connect back to your wisdom and intuition as well.

 

Relationships support healing. When you have the right support to help you process your life experiences, you’re rebuilding your inner foundation from the ground up and are able to release the old patterns and coping mechanisms you’ve been using to help keep you safe.

This process is highly individualized to your needs…no more solely relying on podcasts, books and IG posts to piece things together. You’ve got a partner on your journey now. We take everything you already know and heal what’s stopping you from putting it into practice.

Imagine yourself in four months time feeling like a completely different person (but more like yourself than ever before).

Ready to invest in 1:1 support to help you make the change?

We would be a good fit if:

  • you’re on a path of personal development and have done some healing, therapy or coaching
  • you’ve learned a lot about yourself through reading self-development books, listening to podcasts, etc, and while it’s been helpful, you’re not sure how to implement what you’re learning and you want the right 1:1 support
  • practices like yoga, meditation, or other movement practices help you take the edge off but it feels temporary and still deal with overwhelm, anxiety, and have a hard time navigating triggers or conflict in your relationships
  • realize that you need to go beyond talking about your challenges and want support to better understand your nervous system and how to work with triggers and past trauma that feel stuck in your body no matter how much you’ve worked with them

 

The logistics:

  • In depth questionnaire prior to our initial call to help you focus on your desired outcomes for the 4 month package
  • 75 minute initial session to identify 1-2 core challenges keeping you stuck in your relationship and establish a foundation for our work
  • 11- 55 minute virtual sessions (3 calls per month) – a combination of somatic healing, coaching and mentoring to help you understand and shift the impact past experiences/ trauma are having on your current relationships
  • Pre-session questionnaire to focus our calls
  • Access to me in between sessions for reflections and support so you don’t have to wait until the next session to receive support
  • a personalized guided meditation recorded based on your needs

Investment:
5500 USD pay in full OR
$1375 USD/monthly payments

The world needs more empathetic, compassionate humans to lead the way.
It would be my honor to support you!

Still with me?
There’s a good chance this program is exactly what you need!

Book a free consultation call so we can connect, get your questions answered and make sure this is a good fit for what you need at this time. It’s so important to me to make sure we’re the right fit for this type of deep healing work.

Read what others have to say....

“I’ve gained a lot of tools that are helpful when I feel a little off balance. One of the ways that my life has been impacted has been in the way that I view and interact with difficult emotions. Before working with Manisha I would have ignored a lot of the hard emotions I was experiencing but I have since learned how to really feel into these difficult feelings and allow them to move through me instead. This change has brought more peace into my life. I accept and trust myself more because I know myself better now.”

LJ 
LJ

“Overall, I feel more calm. I definitely understood more about boundaries and energy conservation by the end of our time together. I had many sessions where I could see the things that triggered me in day to day interactions and untangle what did or did not need to be addressed. I would recommend working with Manisha if you want to work with both your mind and body to learn skills for calming your nervous system. I valued that it wasn’t just one or the other. I also found it very relieving that she is both logical and intuitive, and has a deep understanding of the philosophies behind her work.”

Lisa W. 
Lisa W.

At first, I was nervous and felt silly for explaining my issues, but Manisha’s calm and reassuring presence made me feel like any feeling/thought/emotion I shared was valid. She strikes the perfect balance of trusted friend who “gets you” and an experienced professional who knows the right resources and tools to support you. Even a year after our first coaching session, I continue to use the resources and practices that we discussed to support myself. Specifically, I have found her brief, recorded grounding and clearing meditations valuable for times when I need to tune into my emotions. The intangible results are the most valuable to me after working with Manisha. If I am being honest, I probably went into our session thinking like a busy young professional. I wanted to explain my issue and walk out with a few tools (journaling prompts, breathing techniques, etc.) to “fix” my situation. But working with Manisha helped me to understand that you need to take the time to be with your emotions. We worked through what was really going on under the surface, and while I did walk out with plenty of helpful tools and resources, the most important lesson was learning that it’s ok to feel however you feel for as long as you feel it. That “tuning in” helped me again several months later when I was having trouble sleeping. Instead of brushing it off, I acknowledged that it was my body’s way of telling me to listen to my emotions. Looking back, I can’t believe I ever hesitated because taking time to work with Manisha was a transformative experience.

Stephanie, Washington DC 
Stephanie, Washington DC

“Working with Manisha has created huge ripple effects in my life – I feel more creative and open and I trust my body more, which is so valuable. I felt truly held and able to express things I usually hesitate talking about because Manisha is great at creating safe, non-judgemental spaces for deep inquiry. I was able to see some very long held patterns more clearly and made plans to shift and resolve things that are no longer serving me. Most importantly I feel more compassion for myself and more confident about moving forward. This was a quantum leap in my healing.”

Yarrow Magdalena, YarrowDigital.com 
Yarrow Magdalena, YarrowDigital.com

“Our sessions brought me awareness of what past experiences may be coloring how I view the world and what happens around me. Having that knowledge is an important tool when I’m faced with difficult situations and it helps me understand my gut reaction to things may be a reflection of that learning rather than true intuition. For example, one of the things we talked about was my need to take care/protect people around me and I’m now more prone to pause and assess whether a situation really warrants my intervention. It also helped me talk to my husband about some of the things I have been thinking about and feeling more clearly and without as much reaction and fear of judgment.”

S.V, Washington DC 
S.V, Washington DC

“My sessions with Manisha happened at the right time of my life, when I was feeling a sense of disconnect with my own body and mind. Each session was a revelation in itself and I felt ‘incredible,’ ‘overjoyed,’ or ‘amazed.’ Manisha has an incredible breadth of knowledge on a variety of topics and conversations are always very east. It is also incredible how she always recommends resources and book that directly speak to you. In one word, what she does it pure ‘magic.’ I know this is a personal process and I am very blessed to have her as part of my support system in this journey of self-discovery.”

Sruti, Washington DC 
Sruti, Washington DC

About your guide:

I’m a somatic healing practitioner and I’ve spent over two decades studying, practicing and teaching an array of somatic practices one on one and in groups.

While I didn’t realize it until years later, as someone with a sensitive nervous system, I’d always been drawn to practices that would help me feel grounded in my body. Over the years, I’ve studied yoga, meditation, craniosacral therapy, inner relationship focusing and the learning never ends.

The combination of learning how to slow down, be with my emotions, and navigate triggers using body based practices and studying attachment, nervous system physiology and relationship dynamics is what actually helped me engage in more fulfilling relationships.

Creating safe spaces and blending a variety of somatic modalities so people can process what’s keeping them anxious or repeating the same old (dysfunctional) patterns in relationships is the focus of my work.

I love spiritual practices and have studied and incorporated astrology into my client work for years, and I have a very grounded approach to healing as an occupational therapist, yoga teacher, and a constant student of the impacts of early traumatic experiences on our relationships.