#43 PART 1 BIG lessons from the "Little Littles" & the Power of Somatic Learning. With Cacky Mellor & Emmanuela Feliciano Carascal

Changing the game of education from the 'Little Littles' to University to Lifelong learners! 

Come on over to listen and learn:

* Why Regulation is NECESSARY to set up your Conscious Classroom

* How SOMATIC EXPERIENCING can propel the collective learning impact if guided with integrity

* What it is to Teach with INTEGRITY on an Embodied Level

* We can Start Super Small; World Changing Power of MIRCO INTERACTIONS in Education

* The Magic of INVITATIONS Combined With Responsibility

* Big Lessons from the Little Littles and Their Grief Creatures

* Examples of Embodied Tools for Emotional Regulation with Kids 

// DESCRIPTION

This is such a nourishing conversation on how to create a transformational learning container where there's space for the relational aspect to learning next to the individual layer of learning. These two SUPER SOMANAUTS  take us to the heart of learning, and it's like a Somatic Symphony where they bring together Education + Embodiment + Power of Play and Presence. 

I am so moved by there impact on their students, from the Little Littles where Emmanuela guides 3-8 year olds from Grief to Growth. And Cacky who opens the hearts, and power of her 

And together these two form a powerfull Team that Change the Game of Teaching! 

// TIMESTAMP PART 1

00.00 Welcome to The Embodied Educator Podcast

00.25 Introducing Cacky And Emmanuela

03.37 Welcoming Cacky and Emmanuela into the conversation

05.03 The Importance of Teachers who Really See You; Like 

 Miss Melville

08.11 Emmanuella’s Montessori Journey

11.44 Somatic Experiencing Explained & What it Brings 

19.54 An Experiential INVITATION To Arrive In The Room

27.22 The Gift of Receiving - we as Educators are often Natural Givers / Allowing Yourself Effortless Moments 

32.16 HE Psychology Students and Somatic Experiencing 

34.35 Practical steps For Setting Up the Space and Encountering resistance 

39.42 How to Repair after Rupture in the Group 

42.07 Embodied Self Care for Educators to Hold the Container

// EMBODY MOMENT 19.54

PART 1 Tune in Cacky will guide us into the Space and Awaken Our Senses to Connect to Our Own Space as well as the Collective Learning Space.

What would it be like to receive 1% more support? 

// BIO'S

Emmanuela Feliciano Carrascal is an international student from Bogotá, Colombia, pursuing a Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health and Counseling with a specialization in Expressive Arts Therapy at Lesley University. She is deeply passionate about the mindbody connection and views somatic healing as an essential pathway to emotional transformation. Committed to honoring the wisdom of the body, she is actively working toward certification as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, integrating movement, breath, and creative expression into her therapeutic practice.

As a dedicated volunteer with The Children’s Room, she supports bereaved children and teens process their grief through creative expression and body-centered healing, believing in the body's innate ability to release trauma and restore balance. With an unwavering commitment to grief work and holistic healing, she envisions weaving together expressive arts, somatics, and cultural traditions to bring deep, transformative healing to the communities she serves.

Dr. Cacky Mellor, Ph.D., MSMT/E, SEP is Visiting Assistant Professor at Lesley University’s Mental Health & Wellbeing department and has a remote somatic private practice, Somatic Reclamation, working with individuals around the world. In undergrad, Dr. Cacky studied art therapy and holistic psychology at Lesley University, where her passion for somatics began to grow. After which she received her Masters of Education in art-based activism and social entrepreneurship. She earned her Ph.D. in Depth Psychology with an emphasis in Somatic Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Dr. Cacky was awarded the Peter A. Levine Research Award in Dissertation Leadership by Somatic Experiencing International in 2022 for her dissertation, “Somatic Reclamation: Exploring the Lived Experience of Words”. Drawing from extensive training in Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Movement Therapy & Education, and Dynamic Attachment Repatterning, Dr. Cacky has cultivated a robust somatic pedagogy to support students in cultivating inspired, relational, and transformational learning communities. 

// THE EMBODIED EDUCATOR

🌍 www.theembodiededucator.nl  

👀 Watch+subscribe via Youtube @TheEmbodiedEducator 

📱LinkedIn: @Liz Wientjes

📱Instagram: @Liz Wientjes - The Embodied Educator

The Embodied Educator Podcast 👩🏻‍🏫 is hosted by Liz Wientjes. I am curious how body wisdom lands with you! Don't be shy, contact me any way you feel comfortable to share anything you like regarding your embodied practice inside or outside your classroom. Hearing your ideas/experiments/questions/doubts/moves rocks my world ❤️‍🔥

// IN CONTACT WITH CACKY

💌  Email: somaticreclamation @ gmail.com 

🌍  Her website: www.somaticreclamation.com 

📱  Instagram: @somaticreclamation  https://www.instagram.com/somaticreclamation/

🤳🏻  LinkedIn: @Cacky Mellor  https://www.linkedin.com/in/cacky-mellor 

// IN CONTACT WITH EMMANUELA

💌 Email: efmanu01 @ gmail.com

🤳🏻 LinkedIn: @Emmanuela Feliciano Carrascal www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuela-feliciano-carrascal-633a48249

// RESOURCES 

• Somatic Experiencing International: www.traumahealing.org  
• Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
• In an Unspoken Voice by Peter Levine
• Trauma Solutions - Dr. Diane Poole Heller: www.traumasolutions.com 
• International Somatic Movement Therapist & Educator Association: www.ISMETA.org 

• Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection by Deb Dana

• Radical Belonging by Lindo Bacon
• The Children’s Room: https://childrensroom.org/ 

Breathing Resources for working with children: 

• Alphabreaths: The ABCs of Mindful Breathing by Christopher Willard PsyD, Daniel Rechtschaffen MA and Holly Clifton-Brown

• Breathe like a Bear by Kira Willey and Anni Betts

• The Breathing Deck by The Calm Classroom

• Mindful Kids: 50 Mindfulness Activities for Kindness, Focus and Calm by Whitney Stewart and Mina Braun