Learn More About Soma & Solas
Meet Stacey
Hi, I’m Stacey, the person behind Soma & Solas.
I’m a mum of three, a somatic breathwork facilitator, and someone who spent a long time living in go mode.
I became very good at keeping everything moving. Family, work, responsibilities, routines, the endless list of things that need doing.
From the outside, I was functioning just fine.
But somewhere along the way, I had become so used to pushing through that I stopped noticing what was happening inside me.
Soma & Solas grew from learning how to slow down enough to notice again.
Not because I had everything figured out.
But because I began to understand how different it feels when you give yourself permission to pause, breathe, feel and simply be where you are.
The Meaning Behind Soma and Solas
The name is deeply personal to me.
My grandmothers were Greek and Scottish, and Soma & Solas brings those two lineages together.
Soma is Greek for body.
Solas is Gaelic for light.
For me, that light is our own inner light — the part of us that can become harder to hear beneath the noise of everyday life.
I believe the body can be a pathway back to it.
Through breath, sensation and intentional practices, we create space to slow down, listen inward and reconnect with what is already within us.
That is the heart of Soma & Solas.
How I Found This Work
My introduction to breathwork began quietly.
I first discovered it through a podcast before eventually attending a local breath and ice session almost on a whim. I nearly didn’t go. Life was busy, I was tired, and part of me felt uncomfortable stepping into something unfamiliar.
But something about the experience stayed with me.
I didn’t understand the science behind breathwork or the nervous system then. I just knew I felt different afterwards, more present, more connected, and somehow more like myself.
Over time, breathwork became less about trying to fix myself and more about learning to listen. To notice what was happening beneath the surface, and to understand that my body was often communicating long before my mind caught up.
What began as curiosity became a much deeper journey into breathwork, somatic practices and energy work and ultimately, a return to something I think we all carry within us: our own inner light.
That journey is what led me here.
How I Hold Space
I don’t believe you need to arrive with a problem to benefit from this work.
You don’t need to be falling apart.
You don’t need to have a breakthrough.
And you certainly don’t need to be good at breathwork.
You can simply arrive as you are.
My role isn’t to tell you what you should feel or to try to fix you. It’s to create a safe, grounded space, offer guidance and stay alongside you as you connect with your own experience.
Sometimes that might feel deeply restful. Other times, you may notice sensation, emotion, energy, stillness or something you weren’t expecting.
There is no right way to experience it.
My work began with energy healing. I continued to deepen my practice through complementary energy work, eventually completing my Master Energy Healer training. From there, I moved into breathwork, completing my Level 1 and Master Breathwork training, followed by further study in somatic practices.
Each step has expanded the way I understand the relationship between the body, breath, emotions and energy.
I bring all of this into the space, but I don’t believe in forcing an experience or having all the answers.
You already have your own wisdom.
Sometimes, you just need enough space to hear it.
To breathe. To feel. To reconnect with yourself.
You're Welcome Here
Soma & Solas isn't about having everything figured out.
It's about creating a little more room to listen.
To breathe.
To feel.
To notice.
And to remember that coming back to yourself doesn't have to be another thing you have to get right.
Sometimes, you simply need somewhere to pause.
A space to breathe.
A space to feel.
A space to come back to yourself.
