(A somatic path back to closeness and capacity)
The Unspoken Gap Between Parenthood and Partnership
You expected sleepless nights. You expected chaos. What you didn’t expect was how much intimacy would change.
Touch feels different. Desire is absent or distant. Conversations are about feeding schedules, not feelings. You love your child. You love your partner. And yet, you quietly wonder:
“Will we ever feel like us again?”
This isn’t about falling out of love. It’s about your nervous system.
Why Intimacy Feels Different After Birth
Postpartum isn’t only physical—it’s somatic. Your body, brain, and hormones are recalibrating while your nervous system stays on high alert, watching for every cry, every need.
When the body is locked in protection mode, it’s hard to access play, relaxation, or passion. Research confirms what many parents feel: trauma, stress, and even joy are stored in the nervous system, not just the mind.
That’s why intimacy after children isn’t a “willpower” problem—it’s a somatic regulation problem.
How We Help at Nuna
At Nuna Holistic Retreat Center, we specialize in Somatic Healing and Emotional Healing—because real change happens when the body is involved.
We support new parents with therapies designed to:
- Somatic Massage & Bodywork — to relax chronic tension and teach the body how to feel safe again
- Somatic De-Armoring — to release emotional bracing and survival-based holding patterns after pregnancy and caregiving stress
- Somatic Coaching for Relationships and Intimacy — to rebuild touch, trust, and vulnerability in connection, at a pace that feels safe
- Holistic Somatic Healing Sessions — to help you come home to your body when words alone can’t
Our work is grounded in nervous system science and trauma research, creating results where talk therapy has reached its limits.
Real Story: “I Could Finally Be Close Without Feeling Overwhelmed”
After our second baby, I wanted closeness but every time my husband reached for me, I froze. I thought something was wrong with me. At Nuna, we started with tiny steps—five minutes of breath and hand-holding. My body softened. I didn’t feel pressured, I felt safe. For the first time in months, I wanted to be close again. — Mariela, Sarasota
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