Ep. 78: How to reconnect to your body and heal pelvic pain through somatic movement, Part 2- with Dunya Ntinizi.

In this episode, I am honored and deeply grateful to introduce you to Dunya Ntininzi — a movement educator, somatic practitioner, and massage therapist. Together, we continue and deepen the conversation about how somatic movement practices can support us in healing pelvic health challenges and reconnecting to the wisdom of the female body.

Dunya shares her lived experience, professional insights, and spiritual journey, inviting us to explore the pelvic bowl as more than anatomy — as a place of memory, healing, and profound resourcefulness.

In this conversation …

• We continue weaving the meaning of the pelvic bowl as a place of healing and resourcefulness. Dunya shares why this is the place in our female bodies where “we hold our stories,” how we can meet the pelvic bowl as a “patient listener,” and how to navigate the contrast between our inner experience and the outer world.

• Dunya speaks about her Congolese roots and Christian upbringing, which sparked an inner rebellion and led her to realize that her body is more than just a body — it is her most sacred textbook.

• She shares how the practice of Longo, a healing dance rooted in Congolese spirituality, guided her to uncover and create her unique somatic approach to working with the female body: Somapresence.

• We explore why and how somatic movement practices are an essential piece of the puzzle on the path to healing pelvic health challenges.

• Dunya explains what Somapresence is and facilitates a guided movement process rooted in the inherent expression of the pelvic bowl.

• We speak about why working with the female body is an ongoing process of opening to the unknown — and how pivotal life experiences led her to discover her own womanhood.

Enjoy!