STACEY MADDEN she/her/they
MSME/T - SE (adv) - MBT

Stacey Madden (she/her/they) is the founder of Mindful Somatic Wellness in Calgary and a Somatic Integrationist who believes your body is not a problem to fix, but a living conversation to be met with curiosity and care. Stacey first stepped into this work over twenty years ago as a yoga and breathwork therapist, spending countless hours in rooms full of mats, watching bodies move, breathe, fidget, freeze, soften, and come back to themselves. That long apprenticeship in real human bodies has never stopped; she often jokes that she has an inexhaustible somatic curiosity, and has even been lovingly referred to as a “grandmother of somatics” in her community.

Today, Stacey’s work lives beyond yoga and breathwork while still being rooted in them. She weaves together nervous system science, emotional embodiment, and somatic movement education to support people whose systems feel anxious, collapsed, overextended, or “too much.” Rather than trying to think or talk you out of your experience, she helps you listen for what your body has been trying to say through tension, pain, shutdown, bracing, numbness, or overwhelm, and to find gentler ways to be with those signals.

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Stacey is a Master Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist (MSME/T), recognized and registered with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA). Her practice is grounded in ISMETA’s professional standards and ethics, including a clear somatic scope of practice and a strong emphasis on consent, choice, and non-discrimination. In simple terms, Stacey does not diagnose or prescribe; instead, she walks alongside you as you learn to feel, understand, and reorganize your own patterns. The work respects your “no,” your pacing, and the reality of your lived experience, while staying accountable to the wider field of somatic education and therapy.

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Over the years, Stacey has trained in and integrated a wide range of modalities, including trauma-informed somatic movement education, Somatic Experiencing®, Interpersonal Neurobiology, yoga and breathwork, Movement for Trauma, pelvic fascia training, and long-standing mindfulness and meditation practices. She is as devoted to spreading somatic awareness as she is to individual sessions—offering groups, workshops, retreats, and professional trainings so more people and practitioners can develop somatic literacy and trauma-informed skills in their own lives and communities.

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Sessions and classes blend nervous system education, gentle movement, breath and body awareness, and simple at-home practices. Nothing is standardized; each meeting is co-created around what your system can hold that day and what feels like the next doable step toward more room, more rhythm, and more choice. Her teaching style is grounded and practical, with just enough poetry to remember that we are more than our survival patterns.

Mindful Somatic Wellness is not here to demystify the body; it is here to help embody the mystery—to make space for your body’s intelligence, your history, and your becoming to all have a place at the table.

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Professional Training & Credentials

• Master Somatic Movement Educator & Therapist (MSME/T) – registered with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA)

• Somatic Experiencing® SE(ADV) – Somatic Experiencing International, founded by Dr. Peter Levine

• Mind-Body Therapy – Embodied Philosophy with Dr. Christine Caldwell, PhD, and Dr. Maureen Gallagher

• Interpersonal Neurobiology – Dr. Dan Siegel, MindSite

• Compassionate Inquiry – Dr. Gabor Maté

• Co-Regulating Touch for Trauma – Kathy Kain

• Embodied Touch Facilitator - BodyMind Centering with Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

• Movement for Trauma – Jane Clapp

• Yoga & Breathwork Therapist – over 20 years of teaching and practice

• Certified Organ & Pelvic Fascia Trainer – Franklin Method (Eric Franklin)