In today’s fast-paced, achievement-driven world, many high achievers find themselves disconnected from their own bodies, emotionally blocked, and navigating life from a place of intellect rather than embodied wisdom. For Chen Lizra.
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— TED speaker, somatic coach, professional dancer, and founder of the Power of Somatic Intelligence — this very disconnect once dominated her life. But through a profound, decades-long healing journey, she discovered that the secret to true transformation lies not in the mind, but within the body.
Healing Trauma Through the Felt Experience
At the heart of Lizra’s work is the principle of being “seen, met, and felt” — a concept she identifies as one of the most important keys to unlocking emotional blocks and trauma stored in the body. Having endured the invisible wounds of growing up with a mother battling severe mental illness, Lizra carried undiagnosed PTSD for 30 years. “When you don’t know what you have, you don’t know how to treat it,” she reflects.
Her global search for healing revealed a crucial truth: the body holds trauma in ways the mind alone cannot reach. “One of the fastest ways to heal deep trauma from the body is through what we call the felt experience,” Lizra explains. “Trauma is mainly created from us feeling abandoned in situations where we couldn’t process or integrate our emotions back into our nervous system. The way to heal it is to be felt and received emotionally in it — what we call witnessing.”
When Lizra discovered the somatic witnessing method, her own healing accelerated dramatically, collapsing years of suffering into months of profound transformation. This revelation inspired her to help others, particularly high-achieving clients, reach their healing faster, offering them a space to process deeply stored emotions safely and effectively.
The Five Elements of Somatic Intelligence
Over Three decades of work, inspired Lizra to develop the 5 Elements of Somatic Intelligence, a proprietary methodology designed to help individuals reconnect with their natural state of being — the version of themselves that existed before life’s wounds dimmed their light. These five elements work synergistically to reprogram the body’s frequency, facilitating personal, professional, and relational breakthroughs:
Elegance: The essence of presence, loyalty, ethics, and self-possession. It’s the foundation of one’s being.
Intention: The doing energy — one’s inner drive, courage, and clarity of purpose.
Tempo: The frequency of joy, pleasure, vitality, and creativity — essential for sustaining energy and positivity.
Sabrosura: The embodiment of Divine Feminine energy — softness, connection, belonging, and flow.
Mystery: The playful, adventurous spirit that embraces risk, spontaneity, and curiosity.
By embodying these somatic elements, individuals shift the way they move through life. Lizra teaches that “the way we move is the way we live life, when we change the way we move, we change the way we live life.” Subtle changes in posture, presence, and movement unearth deeply buried emotional blocks, which can then be processed and released through somatic witnessing.
Reclaiming the Divine Feminine in Business and Beyond
In a society where women often feel pressured to suppress their femininity in order to succeed in corporate or leadership spaces, Lizra champions the Divine Feminine as a strategic asset. Reconnecting with this energy, she argues, enhances not just personal well-being but also leadership capabilities, negotiation skills, and team dynamics.
“The Divine Feminine allows for flexibility of thinking, emotional intelligence, and deeper connection — qualities often missing in ego-driven, masculine-led negotiations,” Lizra shares. Female leaders who work with her report promotions, salary increases, and a newfound ability to navigate high-stakes environments with grace and power.
Moreover, Lizra points to research showing that female founders who prioritize mental health see significant business benefits. A 2019 Entrepreneur survey found that 66% of women entrepreneurs who practiced regular self-care reported higher revenues than those who didn’t.
Tapping Into the Wisdom of the Body
Lizra believes we are living in a culture of emotional override — where productivity is prized over presence and intellect over intuition. Yet, as she emphasizes, our bodies hold innate wisdom that can guide us toward healthier relationships, smarter decisions, and greater resilience.
“When you come back to the wisdom of your body — your Somatic Intelligence — you develop higher resilience, stronger relationships, and tune into a frequency of love, success, and abundance,” Lizra explains. The measurable shifts she’s witnessed among clients include increased clarity, emotional capacity, and productivity, along with improved health, creativity, higher earnings, and interpersonal connections.
A TED Talk That Changed Everything
Lizra’s message reached global audiences through her viral TED Talk on embodiment and presence, viewed by over 12 million people. The talk’s success, she reveals, came from her willingness to be unapologetically embodied and truthful about taboo subjects. While many admired her confidence, few realized the depths of trauma and adversity she had overcome to stand on that stage.
A comment under the video — “She missed it by a little bit; if she hadn’t, she would have gotten a standing ovation” — led Lizra to a pivotal moment of reflection. Upon reaching out to the commenter, she realized many viewers mistook her confidence as something effortless. In reality, it was the product of a lifetime of healing. That realization led her to share her untold story publicly for the first time, further deepening her mission’s authenticity and impact.
A Legacy of Courage and Somatic Wisdom
Today, Chen Lizra is more committed than ever to guiding others toward courage, truth, and embodied wisdom. In a world increasingly driven by ease, shortcuts, FOMO, and superficial validation, she advocates for a return to values, ethics, and Somatic Intelligence.
“Choose courage over comfort. Lead with wisdom over conformity. Invest inward — and the outward rewards will follow,” she affirms.
As Lizra’s work continues to ripple across the globe, she remains a beacon for those seeking to heal, thrive, and reclaim the power of being truly seen, met, and felt.
To learn more about Chen Lizra’s work or to explore the Power of Somatic Intelligence, visit www.powerofsomaticintelligence.com .
Female Founder, Chief Somatic Intelligence Coach, Bestselling Author, Global Recognition Award 2024 & 12-million views TED Speaker.
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