The Rising Sun

The Rising Sun is a one-to-one, embodied experience for curious, creative women, who want to slow down, reconnect to their sensuality, share their creative gifts into the world, express themselves authentically, and discover the wisdom of The Divine Feminine within. This 6-month, mystical journey weaves together somatic healing, embodied creativity, Ancient Dharmic wisdom, and intuitive movement.

Dear gifted artists, sensual creatives, world-weavers, dreamers, seekers, and believers.

Your voice, your ideas, your expression is powerful. You’re feeling a calling to breathe your creative voice into the world. AND you’re craving spaciousness to slow down, rest and replenish your cup.

It’s becoming crystal clear, that after years of talking therapy and CBT, you still feel disconnected from your intuition, blocked in expressing your creative gifts out into the world. Maybe you tried reading The Artist’s Way, but felt alone in the process and were wishing you had a someone to share your discoveries with, to be seen, held and witnessed.

You may be feeling your expression is too much, too weird, or even unknown to you right now. You can feel something in you is longing to expand out of you. You know it’s your time, now. To begin, to rebuild, to nurture, to refine and to share out.

You know it’s time to reconnect to your senses, to experiment with new materials, to grow a new language, to travel deeper into collect the gold within you. You’re curious to explore creative ways to heal your inner child, and feeling drawn to come closer to the wisdom of The Divine Feminine within you.

You time has arrived and is calling to you be visible, to share your creativity as an invitation for richer connections and collaborations.

Are you ready to paint your poems, to sing your stories, to explore and grow a new body of work, or will your let shame and fear hold you back from liberating your expression into the world.

The Rising Sun moodboard via Pinterest

This is for you, if:

  • You are a gifted artist, sensual creative, world-weaver, dreamer, seekers, and believer.

  • You experience beauty, awe + joy in the language of colour, pattern, shape, form, textures, and movement.

  • You feel blocked by self-doubt, perfectionism, and judgement. You might be having a hard time beginning or completing a creative project.

  • You want to connect to more ease and flow, and less “forcing” energy in the creative process

  • You want to feel more safety and ease in sharing your creative gifts authentically into the world.

  • You’re yearning to deepen into trust, courage, and embodied expression.

  • You’re curious to explore creativity through the body.

  • You’re longing to build spiritual practices, and deepen your connection to The Divine Feminine energy.

This space is for the woman who is longing to slow down, reconnect to her sensuality and deepen her connection to creative flow, and The Divine Feminine energy. This space probably isn’t for your if you’re deep in your therapy process, if you’re driven by achieving goals quickly, or not ready to dive deep in.

The expansion you desire:

Georgia O’ Keeffe, Red Canna 1924

  • Feeling more confident in sharing your creative gifts, authentically in the world.

  • Releasing the fear of “being seen” from your body, and are feeling safety and ease within yourself.

  • Deepened trust, intimacy, awareness, and sensuality.

  • Connected to your creative flow and The Divine Feminine energy - the wild, primal force of creation, expansion, destruction, and transformation.

  • Expansion in your awareness, sensitivity, aliveness, and pleasure.

How we will create this transformation together :

The Rising Sun is a potent, sacred, 6-month journey to hold yourself, as dance through your own process of (un)becoming.

Together we work experimentally and tune into your bodily sense of your experience. You will be connecting to your sensuality through breath, voice, movement, gentle womb yoga practices, and creative expression.

Every month, I will guide you through somatic coaching, embodied-slow-rituals, intuitive movement, Yoni Shakti practices, and explore play portals.

Each month you will receive a personalised play box, filled with hand hand-made textures, papers, journaling prompts, sensual goodies, and a glue stick, to support creative exploration throughout each month. You will receive 1 curated box per month, personalised to your process.

🌺 The Sacred Pillars of Soul-work:

  1. Somatic Awareness: we will be making space to slow down, enter flows of silence and stillness to observe what is happening within your body. My intention is to bring your awareness to the present moment to feel your sensations, and unlock the wisdom held in whole being, so you can express yourself authenticity in your fullness.

  2. Slow Pleasures: you will grow a generative practice of slow pleasures, through meditation, and creative exercises, to reawaken your sensuality within you. You will explore the textures of your voice through breath, movement and play. You will learn how to listen to your intuition and feel into what is congruent or dissonant in your felt sense.

  3. Play Portals: we will invite a spirit of curiosity to explore and play with expressive arts, movement, and improv tools like “Yes and” to reignite your imagination.You will receive monthly play packs filled creative materials to support you to nurture you inner child, through intuitive art-making. This will be a safe, sacred, fun space to play, express, and get messy!

  4. Sacred Rituals: A ritual is a potent seed of practice for transformation. You will slowly descend inwards to reconnect to your golden womb. We will weave intuitive movement, Yoni Shakti ( womb yoga) practice to deepen, intuitive awareness, reconnect you to the energies of creative flow.

  5. Follow the fragrance: We follow the fragrance of aliveness, to feel and experience your process emerging. We allow things to gently land, unravel, emerge and unfold open to take up space.The soil of this container is rooted in slow, bottom up processing and experience first. Our intention is to be present in the process, we release the notions of urgency, goals, and perfectionism. We allow ourselves to be an evolution in progress.

What makes Poonam’s work so potent + precious?

  • Poonam is a Somatic coach, multidisciplinary artist, texture archaeologist + alchemist of gold. I am devoted to supporting women to slow down, reconnect to the wisdom of their bodies, rise in their creative power, and build restorative healing practices, together in community.

  • My approach is centred in Somatic healing, person centred, and creative expression. My work dances between somatic healing, emergent strategy, art and play therapy, and Ancient Wisdom rooted in the Dharmic traditions. I weave together threads of craft, movement, sound, ritual, reflection, and prayer through my sessions. I offer warmth, sincerity, compassion, integrity and honesty to my clients. I bring my whole humanness into the sacred space I hold.

  • I am deeply connected to the language and Shakti of creativity, and how She expresses herself in all her forms. I taste the world in constellations of textures, colours, fragrance, and feeling.

  • I am an artist living a textured life. I feel and taste the language, methodologies, and melodies of your creative process.

  • My artistic practice explores themes of textures of home, constellations of time and connections, layers of longing, roots of belonging and discovery of sacred dimensions. Working with me is powerful, as my roots are deeply connected in God. I am a clay vessel for the creative Shakti to move through me.

Client Testimonials

“Poonam's capacity to hold what is and value it and see it for its richness is healing to experience in itself. Your sun-like energy. And a deep sense of being seen and validated in my existence. Being seen as a poet and an artist without needing to justify anything, too. Being 100% seen for what I am - all my masks of ordinary social pretence fall off. not feeling any need or pressure to act or perform. Being supported for what simply is. connecting over sensitivity to the more-than-material world. Our work allowed to settle muddy waters and give power to a sense of self. I feel it was part of me regaining access to my consciousness and trusting my voice and gut feeling; I see that as inscribed in my process of decolonising myself.” - Artist + poet

“Before I started working with Poonam I was stuck in a place of fear, carrying trauma with me everyday. I didn't know where to begin and inaction was compounding the fear.

From the start Poonam provided me with a space I felt completely safe. She gave me prompts to talk about what felt most alive to me at that moment and invited me to reground back into my body, asking me to name sensations through textures, tastes, imagery. This part of the process was so important, I use these images and methods now to bring myself back to a place of healing/re-grounding when I need to.

Poonam has an innate awareness, sensing the energy shifts and anticipating my needs at any moment. She helped me connected with what I was feeling and what I needed.

I felt so safe, heard and understood. The safety that I felt with you meant I could be truly open with you. The creative prompts in between our sessions and the treats that acted like such a rich source of inspiration. They made me feel like you knew what I needed. It reenforced the work we were doing.

The continuation between sessions was equally important. I was given feedback notes and prompts to explore (through creative expression) deeper into what emerged from the last session. Poonam also shared 'treats' in the form of reading, listening and visual materials that she felt would support and feed into progress. I truly value the notes you write to me and how thoughtful they are when I send you pieces I'm working on, unedited. I found all of this formed a nourishing space for healing and opening.

Poonam’s suggestions for reconnecting with my creative practice involved deep exploration and play in my studio. The methods were a completely new way of working. Themes and ideas emerged, she made me see the many strands to my creativity that I hadn't been aware of before and encouraged me breathe life into them.

When I work now, if I have an idea- I write it down. I act in the moment. I don't give my mind time to start justifying/planning, I take action. I no longer diminish myself or try to categorise myself according to what I see outside. I'm excited every day to be in my studio, to see new work and ideas rising to the surface. My perspective and my relationships have taken on a different form, my day looks different and most importantly my body feels different. When I feel overwhelmed now I know I have the tools to step back and feel what the right path is and where to focus my energy. I feel a sense of ease, I am so grateful to have discovered and worked with you.

Working with Poonam was like receiving the warmth and wisdom of women, family, intergenerational beliefs and ideas.  A deeply nurturing experience.” - Fine Jewellery Artist

“My main struggles before working with Poonam were linked to lacking confidence to start processes/ to speak about my practice - struggling to find more suitable language to describe the concepts behind my work - but also to feel like I'm belonging to something/ being part of a community. I was finding it really hard to think of myself as an 'artist', to verbalise my needs and to have boundaries with others and my practice.

I would describe the process as 'coming home to yourself'. I really needed the guidance in finding the path and navigating it. It was very helpful to reflect on my processes/methodologies with someone who genuinely understands how important they are for me. Poonam guided me in developing more language for what I do and learn more about myself by providing a safe space where I can be honest with myself.

Everyone can benefit from her wonderful ability to be a compass for someone who is shifting and looking to develop creatively or exploring different parts of themselves/ their practice.

Poonam offers radical facilitation to help you find the right answers and ask the right questions. She truly cares, and is commitment to see you develop. It felt radical and both healing working with you, thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Life feels less heavy. I'm definitely feeling more confident in my practice and have learnt (and re-discovered) so much about myself as an artist and woman. I'm also enjoying being more connected with my inner child. I'm now making conscious efforts to further nurture her and it's the best thing that could ever happen!” - Zine Artist + Facilitator

“ I just think you are so so incredible at what you do. There is an other worldly quality to your world and your work that is so palpable. it's very special to be in close proximity to you - its a blessing. I'm just so incredibly grateful. The depth of your space-holding and our unique connection meant I could truly sink in. I feel true understanding from you and more of me reveals itself. I loved myself more - my feet feel more planted on the ground. I stopped online dating as it just became so so clear to me that its just not it for me. I'm gliding through life differently - there's even more softness, even more depth and a knowing that this is just the beginning.” - World-weaver, embodied coach

“Poonam pours so much care and considered to those she works with.

She created a healing atmosphere to support artists to slow down, reflect and centre themselves in their work. We all felt calmer, centred, empowered. Working with Poonam was a total joy, she approached the sessions with so much bespoke care, and went above and beyond.” - Rosetta Arts

“I loved the session with Poonam. It was relaxing and helped us to focus on what 'calm' felt, looked and even smelled like. It was a session that transformed calmness into art.” - Group participant

“Being held in Poonam's presence felt like such a blessing. She offers a steady field that allowed my body and being to soak up the unconditional love and support I was so needing at a challenging time of self-doubt and confusion. She offers potent questions in her coaching - 'what does a year of fullness look like?' that redirects my energy and thoughts to expansion. Her humble and honest sharing allowed myself to see a part of my humanity in her, and gives me so much permission to receive the words and support I needed.

I also love observing my body through textures, and the nuanced qualities she picks up on. In particular, how she's able to work with my creative nature and help me find the lessons in my own art, my own wisdom. Thank you for the experience, and I would love to return to her work and presence again. The qualities of my painting are changing, the light is getting brighter and I'm seeing less of the darkness.” - Artist + coach

“Poonam is a beam of light. She holds a safe, beautiful, cocoon to connect with yourself, let go and explore what's coming up for you in a place with no judgment and process how you're feeling. Somatic coaching has resonated with me on a deeper level, more than any other coaching/ therapy ever has. I am so grateful for the space you created for me to heal, to come back to myself, and to become the more authentic version of myself that I've always been. I didn’t know it was possible to connect with myself in a deep way.” - Jewellery designer + curator

“Poonam brings such an authentic style which really gets the best out of people. She is effortlessly cool in her delivery, and truly captivated the audience. You could hear a pin drop whilst she was speaking. Poonam held the space with innate charm, warmth and calmness. She created an experience which allowed people to be present, share openly and be vulnerable.

Our team left more connected, stronger and optimistic. I truly believe that this day will have a huge and positive impact on the team on both a professional but more importantly, personal level.

She really opened the minds and hearts of our entire team. It was an honour and privilege to work with Poonam on this team building day. We loved everything about YSM8, and I would 100% work with her again.” - Saatchi & Saatchi

“The coaching session I had with Poonam was felt like a spiritual practice looking deeper inwards into myself. 

Poonam guided me in a meditation which was tremendously beneficial as it allowed me to dig deeper, have lightbulb moments and find the answers I was looking for by myself, leaving the session confident and energised.

If you are looking for a safe space to heal, dig a little deeper into something you are working on or are just looking for some guidance then I would absolutely recommend booking a session with Poonam as I guarantee you will leave the session feeling totally refreshed and transformed.”

What you will receive:

During our 6-month, journey together, you will receive a safe, sacred, nourishing space to slow down, express yourself fully, and be held with Poonam. We will gather online via Zoom for all our sessions.

Every month, I will guide you through somatic coaching, embodied-slow-rituals, intuitive movement, Yoni Shakti practices, and explore play portals. Each month you will receive a personalised play box, filled with hand hand-made textures, papers, journaling prompts, sensual goodies, and a glue stick, to support creative exploration throughout each month. You will receive 1 curated box per month, personalised to your process.

Your journey will include:

  • A safe, sacred, nourishing space to slow down, express yourself fully, and be held with Poonam. We will gather online via Zoom for all our sessions.

  • Opening call: (60 minutes) you will set your intentions for our 6-month journey together.

  • Closing ceremony: (60 minutes) we will hold a ceremony together to celebrate our work together.

Then monthly sessions of:

  • Somatic coaching calls ( 60 minutes): This is a slow, emergent space to feel wisdom of your body, gain clarity, draw inspiration from within you, process, and express what is coming up for you. You will build deeper awareness into your bodily sensations, your inner world, and develeop new ways of thinking, feeling and being. We will tend to the blocked energy, and create spaciousness for flow to gently ripple in.

  • Mystical movement + art-making (60 minutes): This is your space to reconnect to your senses through intuitive movement, making, and feeling. Together we will be opening up the channel of love and creativity, through exploring Yoni Shakti practices (gentle womb yoga), intuitive movement and art-making to support you in growing, deep intuitive awareness, reconnect you to the earth, water and fire energies of creativity, and support your nervous system regulation. Through expressive healing arts ( drawing, painting, collage, writing, movement, and vocalising) we will explore your connection to The Divine Feminine energy of creation in you, and invite it to flow onto the page. Somatic movement allows us to feel into our bodies and really experience what is happening, through creating space & time to listen to those forgotten places, allowing us to find ease in our body and mind. These sessions are designed to support you to cultivate a compassionate connection to your authentic self-expression.

  • Monthly Personalised Play Packs: that include hand-made textures, papers, journaling prompts, sensual goodies, and a glue stick, to support creative exploration throughout each month. You will receive 1 curated, play box posted to your address each month.

  • Messaging support in-between sessions: You can share ideas, insights, inspiration through written messages, voice-notes. You can connect with me Mondays - Thursdays, between 9am -5pm ( via Telegram).

  • Recordings of your sessions: video + audio.

  • Embodied inspiration: Poonam will curated resources to support your integration. These will include playlists, books, poems, podcasts, interviews, journaling prompts, exhibitions/galleries to visit.

FAQs

  • Once I receive your application, I will get back to you in 24 hours to arrange a call and chat about whether you are a good fit for the this container (or explore alternative to options.)

  • I believe we are all creative beings. The only difference between someone who identifies as an artist vs someone who doesn’t are limiting beliefs/stories, and conscious practices. Being an artist means you are connected to the Shakti, are nourishing the flow, and are longing to expand and evolve. You don’t need to be a seasoned writer, painter or maker. You simply need to be open-hearted and curious to see what emerges. My intention as your coach is liberate your expression into the world.

    • One of the key aspects of facilitating an embodied space is that I need to see your faces and body languages to sense the space and attune to the somatic information that comes from body language.

    • I kindly ask you to keep your cameras on, you are welcome to switch off for a short time, for instance if you need to pop to the loo, make a cuppa, grab a snack, organise your space etc.

  • The investment for The Rising Sun is £3150 for 6-months.

    • Yes, I offer payment in full, or 3/6/8/12 month payment plans.

    • The preferred payment method is Stripe, however if you’re having difficulties, I also offer the option of a bank transfer or Paypal.

    • Please feel free to contact me at poonam@ysm8.co.uk if you have any questions about the payment methods or programme.

  • Feel free to email me at poonam@ysm8.co.uk, and I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

  • Due to the nature of this container. I don’t offer refunds. I am available to have a chat beforehand to answer any questions or thoughts before you sign up. You can email me directly on, poonam@ysm8.co.uk and I will get back to you within 24 hours. Please only sign up if you are ready, financially resourced, and commitment to join us on this journey.

I know what it feels like to put your ideas on a pedestal, and take them so seriously, that you end up getting lost of mazes of fear, and I know what it feels like to freeze and hide when the shadows of shame rise; AND I know the bursts of joy and freedom you feel when you notice synchronicities unravelling, deep connections forming, and new doors of opportunity opening, because you took fierce courage to put your work out into the world - AUTHENTICALLY, AS THE WHOLE OF YOU!

I believe YOUR VOICE is the bridge to something bigger. It is YOUR TIME to RISE and RADIATE.

The Divine Feminine is ALIVE WITHIN YOU + expressing herself through you.

This is world needs YOU to take up your space and express yourself authentically.

YOUR ART IS AN INVITATION FOR SELF-EXPANSION AND SELF DISCOVERY.

I will right here, by your side, fully listening, nurturing and nourishing your creative spirit with you, and the Divine Cosmic energy holding us together.

I am so excited to feast alongside you, and witnessing you rise into your fullness.

With love and care,

Poonam 🧡