Wisdom Keepers: Dimensions of Kate White
Sara Vatore
In this installment of the Wisdom Keepers series, I sat down with Kate White to discuss the world of prenatal and perinatal somatics and how our earliest experiences in the womb and during birth shape our lives. As an award-winning educator and advanced body worker, Kate shares her 30-year journey as a "baby body worker," helping families navigate the prevention and treatment of birth trauma by honoring the baby’s unique somatic experience.
Our conversation dives into the multidimensionality of birth as a process of spirit coming into matter and the three-dimensional chess involved in healing preverbal trauma. Kate invites us to look at our wounds as portals rather than destinations, teaching us how presence and curiosity can clear overwhelming imprints to reveal the pure, spiritual essence underneath.
Kate White is an advanced bodyworker trained in somatic therapies, prenatal and perinatal somatic health, lactation, brain development, infant mental health, and has specialized in parent-baby dyad care using somatic prevention and trauma healing approaches since 1999. She is a mother of two children, holds a BA and MA in Communication, is a Registered Craniosacral Therapist in the Biodynamic Craniosacral method, a Polarity Life Counselor and a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner. Her work combines somatic trauma healing, especially the approach of Anna Chitty’s Blueprint Resonance work, energetic therapies, bodywork, pediatric therapies and education about the nervous system to help give families with babies and small children the best possible start.
She is Founding Director of Education for the Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health where from 2013 – 2019 she created and ran the Prenatal and Perinatal Educator Certificate program, a large online educational program for professionals. She went on to found Prenatal and Perinatal Healing Online and the Prenatal and Perinatal Somatics Institute. She teaches classes online and in person, and offers training called Integrated Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics that she co-created with midwife Lois Trezise. She has a private practice in Chapel Hill, NC called Kate White PPN (katewhiteppn.com) and offers her own seminars through the Center for Prenatal and Perinatal Programs, ppncenter.com and the Prenatal and Perinatal Somatics Institute, ppnsomatics.com.
Inside this episode, we explore:
The field of prenatal and perinatal somatics and why our earliest imprints shape how we inhibit our bodies and lives
Understanding the baby’s experience and how preverbal trauma lives in the nervous system long before language
Viewing birth as a multidimensional threshold where spirit comes into matter, and the soul emerges into form
The “three-dimensional chess” of somatic therapy: tracking baby, parents, and the relationship field in between
Our innate capacity as multidimensional beings with layers of consciousness available for healing
The generational ripple effect of repair — how healing moves forward to our children and backward through our lineage
Reframing difficult birth stories from defeat to triumph and reclaiming the heroism of survival
Our true human spirit and the beautiful privilege of having a physical body on planet Earth
Transforming early overwhelming imprints into the unique artistry of our incarnation
Practicing curiosity and presence as sacred tools for moving through pain towards essential nature
I hope you enjoyed this episode of the Wisdom Keepers series. To learn more about Kate’s work and her training programs, you can find all the relevant links below. We’ll be continuing these conversations with more mentors and visionaries throughout the season. If something in this conversation moved you, stirred remembrance, or sparked an “aha,” I’d love to hear from you at sara@saravatore.com.
More Wisdom Keepers to come.
Links:
Learn more about Prenatal and Perinatal Healing Online
Learn more about The Prenatal and Perinatal Somatics Institute
Learn more about Kate’s private practice
Check out Kate’s seminars at ppncenter.com and ppnsomatics.com
Learn more about how you can work with Sara
Subscribe to Sara’s newsletter
Medicine of the Moment
Curiosity - Kate