FROM PARALYSIS TO FLUIDITY
TRAUMA-INFORMED SOMATIC COACHING · WORKSHOPS · ROME & ONLINE
The body knows a wisdom that the mind not always can access.
THE WORK
Lu Bellotti (they/them) — Buenos Aires, 1994. An argentinian queer non binary theater artist, ontological and somatic coach, researcher and space holder committed to liberation, currently based in Italy.
I initiated SMOT in 2020. SMOT — Sistemas en Movimiento Ontológico Teatral (Ontological & Theatrical Systems in Motion) — a body of theory and practice rooted in somatic therapies, my reinterpretation of ontological coaching and 15+ years researching theater and its potent impact on our bodies.
SMOT — In Motion
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The Offer
DETAILS
1:1 Sessions
In my 1:1 sessions we work together with attention to safety, consent and your personal pace, avoiding forcing processes or trying to "overcome" trauma. It is not about fixing or correcting anyone, but about creating a space where the nervous system can gradually expand its capacity for presence, choice, and regulation, so it can ultimately unfold it's unique creative expression. My approach is trauma-informed: it recognizes that our experiences — especially those that are difficult, violent, or oppressive — live in the body and influence the way we feel, react, and relate to others. By stretching our emotional bandwidth and commiting to your desires, you will learn to listen to your intuition, trust your gut and rebel against societal norms building the life that your body is longing for. Are you ready to taste somatic freedom?
Workshops
Workshops and online practices are designed for us to practice community, being in relationship with our bodies and other bodies, practicing the three "c"; Courage (of being witnessed) Care (relating compassionately with ourselves and others) and Creativity (cause you didn't come to this life to be perfect, you came to be yourself). Wanna jump in? Sign up here to receive info about following collective practices.
Masterclasses
In this section you can access content to keep learning somatics, emotions and body wisdom. Enjoy! Online masterclasses on specific themes — listening to intuition, nervous system regulation, queer/decolonial body politics. Updated regularly.
Free Orientation Call
Not sure yet? We meet for ~30 minutes — no commitment, no obligation. You feel if my voice and presence land in your body. I get a sense of what you're moving toward. Free of charge. The easiest place to begin.
Trauma-Informed Approach*
My approach is trauma-informed: it recognizes that our experiences — especially those that are difficult, violent, or oppressive — live in the body and influence the way we feel, react, and relate to others. A trauma-informed approach also takes social and political contexts into account — such as systemic violence, racism, or transphobia — recognizing that trauma is not only individual, but also collective and structural. *My somatic coaching sessions are not medical, psychological, or psychiatric therapy. I do not provide clinical diagnoses or prescribe medical treatments. This is a space dedicated to personal and relational growth, not medical treatment or psychoanalysis.
Bespoke Workshops
I facilitate workshops for collectives, organizations and communities. If your group is moving toward something — political, embodied, creative — and you want a facilitator who works trauma-informed and from a queer/decolonial framework, write me directly.
SHED OLD SKIN.
1:1 sessions move at your nervous system's pace. Trauma-informed, queer and decolonial. Book a free orientation call to feel if this work is for you.
PRACTICE IN COMMUNITY
Workshops and online practices designed for us to practice community, being in relationship with our bodies and other bodies. Witness the work.
Holding circle · in presence
Movement · improvisation
The circle returns
COURAGE · CARE · CREATIVITY
The frame that holds the work — collective and individual.
Courage
Of being witnessed. Of being seen in your full, messy, undefended self — and choosing to stay.
Care
Relating compassionately with ourselves and others. Not as performance, but as practice.
Creativity
Because you didn't come to this life to be perfect — you came to be yourself.
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WORDS FROM THE WORK
Working with Lu changed the way I conceive life, by helping me remember how to listen to the voice of my intuition instead of the voice of my anxiety.
Anonymous
1:1 client
If I could give a review for SMOT, I would give it all the stars possible. They manage to make SMOT a serene yet stimulating space, challenging yet warm, light yet profound. They navigate seemingly irreconcilable contradictions with incredible ease. When I cross the threshold to enter, I feel apprehensive; when I leave, I feel grounded and strong.
Anonymous
Workshop participant
I appreciate the work of going beyond words and focusing on how lived experiences settle into our bodies and movements. I appreciate their vision of body and mind as one single thing, to be treated with care. I'm hooked. I would recommend it to anyone who is curious and eager to explore new ways of understanding and expressing themselves.
Anonymous
Workshop participant
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REACH OUT
Most people find me through Instagram. DM or email — whichever feels easiest.
@smotproject
Easiest place to start
smotproject.inmotion@gmail.com
For longer messages
LOCATION
Rome, Italy
Online & in presence