Transform Your Relationship with Your Body, Others & Life Itself

BraveSpace® is where embodied authenticity creates profound connection.

Welcome to BraveSpace®

BraveSpace is a living practice of somatics and spirit where aliveness, authenticity, and belonging naturally emerge.

Through bodywork, movement experiences, and transformational programs, I guide people back to the wisdom their bodies have been whispering all along.

Discovering Your Body's Truth

Imagine finally trusting the whispers of your own body, those subtle nudges and deep knowings that you've learned to ignore.

Your body holds a wisdom so profound that no amount of mental gymnastics can override its truth.

Through gentle, transformative exploration, you'll discover the language of sensation, emotion, and movement that's been speaking to you all along.

Like awakening from a long sleep, you'll find yourself coming alive to every moment, every breath.

BraveSpace is about coming home to yourself, becoming fluent in your body's native tongue, without forcing anything.

As this awareness deepens, you'll find yourself moving through life with a grace and certainty that comes not from thinking, but from knowing in your bones.

The BraveSpace® Approach

Your journey back to embodied authenticity unfolds through four interconnected practices:

Awaken your Sensual Intelligence

Discover the language of sensation and movement that's been speaking to you all along. Through gentle exploration, you'll awaken to the wisdom that lives in your body, learning to trust your inner knowing.

De-Shaming

Does connecting with your body bring up self-consciousness, judgement, or shame? Learn why, and then put these voices in the back seat so they aren't driving your behavior!

Communal Practice

Experience the profound relief of being seen without judgment, and connecting without losing yourself. You'll discover the deep, soul-nourishing belonging your heart has been craving.

Holding Space

Embody your authentic self so fully that your very being becomes an invitation for others. Learn to create containers of safety and possibility wherever you go, changing the world through your presence.

Reclaim Your Authentic Self

Break free from disconnection and rediscover the wisdom that lives within your body

Does any of this resonate?

Feeling Like a Stranger to Yourself?

Moving through life disconnected from your body's signals and wisdom?

Am I compromising my authenticity?

Struggling to stay authentic while maintaining meaningful relationships?

I Miss a Sense of Belonging

Yearning for the deep rootedness that comes from embodied presence?

As your awareness deepens...

You'll find yourself moving through life with a grace and certainty that comes not from thinking, but from knowing in your bones.

Your Pathways to Embodied Wisdom

Somatic Initiation Bodywork

One-on-one clothed bodywork sessions to unwind trauma patterns and awaken your life force.

The Love Movement Tour

Workshops, events, and embodiment journeys coming to communities across the country.

Sensual Intelligence Program

A transformative training series to awaken your body's wisdom and sensual intelligence.

What Becomes Possible

The journey through BraveSpace awakens a natural authenticity that transforms not just how you feel, but how you move through the world. With each breath, each gesture, each connection, you discover the freedom that comes from living in alignment with your deepest truth.

  • Deep comfort in your own body


  • Authentic boundaries that create genuine connection


  • Natural expression in all your relationships

  • Profound sense of belonging


  • Embodied wisdom you can trust


  • Sensual intelligence that enlivens every experience

Client Reflections

Events & Upcoming Nationwide Tour

Making Love With Life

Boise, Idaho

June 20-22, 2025

A contact improvisation and Embodied intimacy retreat with Matthew Nelson & Claire Rumore

Rediscover the poetry of your body through movement, touch, and authentic connection. Join us for a transformative Contact Improvisation and Intimacy Retreat in Boise, June 2025.. where vulnerability becomes a doorway to deeper presence and embodied belonging.

The Love Movement Tour

July 1 - October, 2025

Embark on a Journey of Embodiment

A nomadic journey of embodiment, movement, and connection—bringing BraveSpace experiences to communities ready to remember their innate wisdom.

Join the Adventure!

Begin Your Journey with the Body Language Mini-Series

7 Days to Reconnect with Your Body's Wisdom

This video series introduces you to the foundations of somatic awareness and embodied presence. At the end, you'll be invited to join our monthly Life Temple Ceremony.

Book Matthew for your podcast, interview, or event

Matthew Nelson brings a unique perspective on embodiment, sensuality, and authentic connection to any conversation. With over 25 years of somatic experience and a gift for translating complex bodywork concepts into accessible wisdom, he offers your audience practical insights on reconnecting with their bodies and living with greater presence.