Meet Anna
Mama Bear Somatics is built on a simple and profound premise– new life begins in the mother's body before a baby is even conceived. When we anchor into our bodies before we give birth, we support the next generation. When we are more connected to ourselves, we are more connected to our children.
I'm Anna Whalen, a specialized perinatal practitioner and the founder of Mama Bear Somatics
The heart of motherhood lives in embodied instincts — sensing your baby, sensing your body, knowing whats needed intuitively.
I'm dedicated to supporting women to reclaim their natural knowing, so we can nurture the next generation with the embodied attunement they deserve.
When we support mothers, we support babies– and when we support babies, we change the world.
Somatic movement and awareness practices, guided inquiry, and neurocellular trauma healing to start new life with a spark.
Embodied Conception Preparation
my work
Physical, mental, emotional, and relational support to approach birth without fear.
Body- Mind Birth Prep
Attuned, relational, somatically oriented presence by your side as you give birth.
Birth Support
Body based support to process the birth experience and resolve trauma if needed.
Somatic Birth Integration Therapy
Multidisciplinary approach including Somatic Psychology, Brainspotting, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Perinatal & Birth Therapy, Body Ready Method, Gyrotonic movement, Body-Mind Centering, and Heart Math.
Integrative Support
My background includes more than a decade of experience working as a somatic practitioner specializing in perinatal care.
I started out in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and was clearly drawn to work with infants. From there my exploration of somatics and early development deepened. I became certified in Infant Developmental Movement Education and Perinatal & Birth Therapy, and built a thriving practice serving families with newborns.
Our work together often revealed family system patterns held in the baby’s body. In sessions, we frequently cleared birth trauma from the baby and mother, and touched on deeper layers of intergenerational trauma imprints that would begin unwinding.
I worked with families who were ready to give up on breastfeeding because it was so challenging — they had already seen chiropractors, osteopaths, and lactation consultants. I was their last resort. After one session together, the baby could nurse again. I had no lactation training at the time — but I was trained in sensing for the movement of healing forces reorganizing the somatic system into greater coherence, in following the cues of potency building, and sensing for the resonance of truth.
Most importantly, I was seeing the babies as sentient and intelligent beings with something to communicate. I was listening to them– and they let me in.
After working so much with babies and families after birth, I grew frustrated with cleaning up problems that could have been prevented. Birth itself is unpredictable and cannot be controlled. And yet, many of the issues babies face can be traced to unresolved issues in the family system– which can be addressed before the baby is born– and ideally before the baby is even conceived.
Working so closely with newborns, I couldn’t unsee what they were carrying from what came before them. It became clear— the work needed to begin earlier. This is how Mama Bear Somatics was born.
The baby is literally shaped by the mother’s body. The best thing you can do for your future child is nurture your own somatic health– body, mind, spirit, relationships. This is not about perfectionism– it is about conscious procreation.
An infant inherits the nervous system of the mother.
