Abby Ilardi

--Taking People from Autopilot to Fully Alive

Hi, I’m Abby Ilardi—a psychotherapist, somatic yoga teacher, singer-songwriter, embodied arts facilitator, and theatre-maker. My work lives at the intersection of mental health, performing arts, and embodiment, and I love designing creative practices, performances, and experiences that help people support their nervous systems, heal through creative expression and community, and move from a feeling of autopilot into a life that feels deeply alive.

That transformation is at the heart of SomaSong®, my signature singing somatics method that blends meditative singing with body-based tools to support the nervous system. I’ve also developed my own way of guiding devised theatre—or collaboratively creating original theatre from scratch for artistic and/or therapeutic purposes—using embodiment and movement practices, expressive writing, and a therapist’s eye to facilitate a process that is playful, collaborative, and deep. My somatic yoga teaching lives in the same ecosystem, weaving yoga’s roots with nervous system science and a big dose of creative expression.

You can find my work on YouTube, Substack, and the Centered with Abby podcast, as well as in-person events and workshops in Lawrence, KS and beyond. While much of my work is focused on teaching, training, and creating these days, I do still maintain a small private practice for somatic psychotherapy and therapeutic yoga. I also train therapists, teachers, and arts leaders who want to design more trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware programming and weave these tools into the rooms they hold.