Welcome!
My name is Gwendolyn Causer (she/they) and I’m so glad you’re here.
I’m a somatic coach, meditation guide, yoga teacher, and native-plant consultant living and practicing in Burlington, Vermont on the traditional lands of the Abenaki Nation and Odanak First Nation.
I am a queer, white, leftist, gender-expansive human and I bring my unique lived experience to this deeply embodied work.
I recently found myself collaboratively holding space for a large group of beloved activists, not knowing exactly what would be needed or precisely what I would offer. As I left my house I heard a voice in my head say, “You’ve prepared your whole life for this moment.”
And this is how I approach this practice, recognizing it’s taken my whole life to become who I am and trusting myself to find the next right step forward.
* If you’re curious about my garden consultation work, here’s more information:
https://www.somaticgrounding.com/garden-consultation
Some things I believe
Something always shifts
There’s a special kind of magic to this work that allows for things to change. Our perspective. How we’re holding something. Our implicit beliefs. And then something else becomes possible.
Trust the process
Transformation happens over time. It is a practice. You don’t have to do it alone.
We’re doing this work for our collective liberation
I believe in dedicating our practice to the collective liberation of all beings, without exception. May each one of us be free from suffering.
I also know that our freedom from oppression is bound up together. Taking time to tend to ourselves allows us to show up more fully for each other and for the long-haul work of collective action.
My Training and Teachers
Accredited Diploma in Body-Oriented Coaching, Level 2
The Somatic School
Paul Taylor-Pitt, Craig Deuchar, Nathan Blair
172 hours, July 2025
Group Body-Oriented Coaching Supervision
The Somatic School
Sam Taylor
12 hours, January-June 2026
Demonstrations in Facilitating Focusing
Focusing Resources
Ann Weiser Cornell
30 hours, winter 2024, winter 2025, spring 2026
Healing Trauma and Addiction
EmbodyLab
Gabor Maté
3 hours, September 2025
Your Path to Lasting Change;
Inner Relationship Focusing
Focusing Resources
Ann Weiser Cornell
36 hours, March 2024
Healing Trauma: Working with Somatic Wounds
EmbodyLab
Peter Levine
6 hours, April 2024
Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate
EmbodyLab
Nkem Ndefo, Kai Cheng Thom, Manuela Mishke-Reeds, Staci Haines, Bessel van der Kolk, Peter Levine, Gabor Maté, Deb Dana, Fran Booth
60 hours, March 2024
Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery
EmbodyLab
Arielle Schwartz
30 hours, February 2024
Somatic Attachment Therapy Mentoring Program
EmbodyLab
Albert Wong, Diane Poole Heller, Jessica Fern, Jessica Montgomery, Kai Cheng Thom, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Manuela Mishke-Reeds, Peter Levine, Ruella Frank and Scott Lyons
24 hours, January 2024
Integrative Somatic Parts Work Certificate
Embody Lab
Fran Booth
24 hours, September 2023
Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate
EmbodyLab
Karine Bell, Fanny Brewster, Ann Weiser Cornell, Jessica Fern, Ruella Frank, Diane Poole Heller, Scott Lyons, Peter Levine, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Kekuni Minton, Manuela Mischke-Reeds, Jessica Montgomery, Nkem Ndefo, Dan Siegel
60 hours, June 2023
Yoga Teacher Training
Sangha Studio
Caitlin Carace, Claire Pascal, Kaileigh Mulpeter, Parker Holloway, Sarah Diedrick, Sara Garside, Rachel Cowan, Eva Pascal
200 hours, June 2023
Fundamentals of Yoga Therapy
Phoenix Rising School of Yoga Therapy
Michael Lee
32 hours, April 2023
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Oberlin College
January 1990
Let’s work together
Somatic Coaching
Individual support for embodied self-discovery
Somatic Meditations
A co-created community space to practice for our collective liberation
Somatic Substack
Recorded and written somatic meditations to explore anytime at your own pace
