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Somatic Author:
9 Steps to Writing and Publishing Your Nonfiction Book or Memoir
by Connecting with Your Ancestors, Body, and the Land
with Tanya Taylor Rubinstein
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026 | 7:00 – 8:15 PM EST
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There comes a point in your work when what you know, what you have lived, and what you offer can no longer remain contained within sessions, private containers, or intimate circles.
You have trained deeply.
You have cultivated real mastery.
You have walked alongside others through meaningful transformation.
And yet, there is a growing awareness that your work is meant to extend beyond the spaces where it is currently held.
A book is often the threshold.
Not simply as a professional milestone, but as a living expression of your voice, your body of work, and the deeper intelligence that moves through you.
This training was created for that moment
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The Somatic Author
The Somatic Author is a 75-minute live experience that approaches writing and publishing from a fundamentally different place.
Rather than relying solely on strategy or structure, it begins with the understanding that your most powerful work emerges through connection.
Connection to your body, to your lived experience, to your lineage,
and to the ground that holds you.
You will not be asked to force clarity or perform expertise.
Instead, you will be guided into a process that allows clarity to arise from a more honest and embodied place.
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What We Will Experience Together
We will begin with a guided meditation designed to bring you into relationship with your
Ancestral Heart, your Body Altar in the gut, and your connection to the Mother or homeland.
This is not ornamental.
It is foundational.
The quality of your book is shaped by the depth of this connection.
From there, we will move into the architecture of your book.
You will be guided to clarify the deeper reason your book exists at all.
This is not a surface-level exercise in identifying a target audience or a niche.
It is an inquiry into what is truly at stake and what becomes possible when your work takes written form.
From this place, you will articulate your core message in a way that is both precise and alive,
and you will begin to shape a working title that carries the energy of your book without forcing it into something premature or overly fixed.
Once this foundation is established, we will move into structure.
You will learn how to identify what is called your Fascia Story,
the connective thread that holds the entirety of your book together.
In memoir, this takes the form of a narrative arc. In nonfiction,
it becomes the methodology or transformational pathway you are offering the reader.
This throughline ensures that your book does not become a collection of ideas,
but rather a cohesive and compelling experience.
From there, we will develop what are known as Fire and Bones stories.
These are the moments that give your book its substance and depth.
Fire stories illuminate transformation, rupture, or awakening.
Bones stories ground the reader in meaning, integration, and truth. Together, they form the body
of your book, whether through personal narrative, client examples,
or teaching stories that align with each chapter.
You will also be introduced to a living outlining process that allows your book to take shape visually and dynamically.
Using simple tools such as color-coded notes placed on a wall, you will be able to map different storylines and begin to see how they weave together.
This approach replaces rigidity with responsiveness while still providing clear structure.
The final portion of the training will address the practical realities of bringing your book into the world.
You will gain clarity on how to move through the drafting process without becoming immobilized by perfectionism, as well as how to determine the level of editorial support that is appropriate for your work.
We will also speak candidly about publishing pathways.
Traditional publishing can be viable in certain cases, particularly for those with a substantial existing platform, but for many coaches and therapists, independent publishing offers greater control,
speed, and alignment.
Marketing will be addressed in a way that is both strategic and realistic for your field.
You will be introduced to approaches such as Amazon bestseller campaigns, podcast tours, local events, and the use of your existing community as a powerful foundation for your launch.
It is important to understand that while books are currently selling well, particularly through online ecosystems such as BookTok, the deeper return on your book often comes through expanded visibility, speaking opportunities, and the caliber of clients you begin to attract.
A well-positioned book changes how people encounter you before they ever enter your world.
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Kind Words
from a Few of Tanya's Clients
"Writing my book within Tanya’s program has been a true gift...."
"I first worked with Tanya in 2020 when she coached me to develop and write the script for my one-woman stage show. I discovered then that one of her superpowers is to gently, yet dynamically coax deep, transformative stories out of my memory and onto the page.
Five years later, when I learned that Tanya offers an ancestral memoir program, my heart and soul leapt toward the opportunity. The structure and process that she and her team have created allowed me to write my book in a space where my creativity blossomed exponentially. I also learned to better express my story, not only from a place of emotions and memory, but from how my body reacted to life experiences, which has made my writing more impactful.
During this memoir mentorship, I have written stories that I’ve not shared before with the world, which has helped me understand myself, my mother and life events in a clearer and more profound way. Writing my book within Tanya’s program has been a true gift."
— Vicki Todd, Ed. D, Memoir Artist and Storyteller
“She supported me in the ultimate radical soul liberation...”
Tanya has been the ancient midwife of my story. She cradled me, wept with me, sang me through my grief, coaxed my words, and gently guided me to the courage to birth my voice.
She once said to me, ‘I can’t promise you safety here.’ In its place, she supported me in the ultimate radical soul liberation -- the telling of my story
— Melissa K. Somatic Therapist and Author
“These stories heal, inspire and ignite in ways you never imagined.”
Tanya Taylor Rubinstein is the Story Shaman. Let us not use this word lightly. What she does, better than anyone I’ve met, is weave your calling, God’s purpose, and the mundane trivialities of life into a vibrant tapestry, called Story.
These stories heal, inspire and ignite in ways you never imagined. When you receive the call to be with her, listen.
— Susan C. Author
“The experience has far exceeded my expectations...
“The Somatic Writing program is one of the best investments I’ve made in my life.
Somatic Writing is masterful at creating a nourishing structure that invites me to write from the deep places I’ve longed to connect with but couldn’t access on my own.
The experience has far exceeded my expectations and is pure nectar for my soul.”
— Mary Suzanne Garvey, Painter & Author
“There are no words to express my depth of appreciation..”
“There are no words to express my depth of appreciation for Tanya's writing process.
Nothing else compares to her method: it is potent medicine and an answer to prayers! Tanya and her team of talented mentors offered me the perfect combination of inner permission and tactical "how to" structure.
This was the missing element in me finishing the book I've wanted to write for years.”
— Dena Crowder, Mentor, Speaker & Author
It is a sacred journey of remembrance and reconnection...
"Working with Tanya offers far more than writing a memoir; it is a sacred journey of remembrance and reconnection: bringing together ancestral wisdom, deep healing, and a living dialogue with the land that continues to hold our stories.
Joining this program opened my heart to the joy of writing and reminded me that writing is not merely a craft but a sacred practice. As an Iranian immigrant, I carried many secret stories buried deep within me, memories and experiences that had long remained unspoken. This program became a sanctuary where those hidden truths could rise to the surface and find their voice. Each session opened a gateway into my inner landscape, guiding me to shape fragmented memories into a meaningful and coherent narrative."
— ZariNaz, Painter, Writer
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Who This Is For
This training is designed for Coaches, Therapists, and Practitioners who have significant depth and experience, and who are ready to express that work in a more visible and enduring form.
It is particularly suited to those who sense that conventional approaches to writing feel misaligned, and who are looking for a process that honors both structure and intuition.
Many people do not complete their books, not because they lack discipline,
but because they lack a framework that can hold both the complexity of their ideas
and the depth of their lived experience.
When you attempt to navigate that alone, it is easy to become lost or stalled.
There is a more coherent and supported way to do this work.
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About Your Guide:
Tanya Taylor Rubinstein
Founder of Somatic Author
Creator of Writing with the Ancestors
Somatic Writing Practitioner | Storytelling Mentor
Ancestral Constellations Facilitator
Tanya Taylor Rubenstein has been a writer, story mentor, and solo performance coach for over 30 years. She began her journey as a performer, writing and starring in her first solo show, Honeymoon in India, which launched a career in monologue and storytelling rooted in personal transformation.
Trained as an actor at Carnegie Mellon University, Emerson College, and HB Studios in New York, Tanya studied with celebrated teachers such as William Hickey and Sandy Dennis. While at Emerson, she met her mentor, the late monologist Spalding Gray, who inspired her passion for solo performance. Tanya went on to create and perform three critically acclaimed solo shows, with her debut named one of Santa Fe's "Top 10 Performances" by The Santa Fe Reporter, alongside productions from Santa Fe Stages and the Santa Fe Opera.
Tanya has since devoted her life to mentoring others, particularly actors, musicians, and creatives, in writing and performing their personal narratives. Her students have performed at repertory theaters across the U.S. and at fringe festivals worldwide, including New York, Toronto, Edinburgh, and beyond.
In 2010, she co-created a yearlong memoir program with author Candace Walsh, helping hundreds begin the first draft of their books.
Earlier, in 2002, Tanya released The Cancer Monologue Project, an anthology featuring work from students living with cancer. The project garnered national attention, with features in O Magazine, Rosie, NPR, Spirituality & Health, and The Dallas Morning News, establishing her as a leader in personal narrative work.
Tanya also developed The Life Monologue Project, supporting individuals facing trauma and serious illness in writing and performing their stories on stage. She has collaborated with organizations such as Gilda’s Club, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Cabrini-Green, Ambercare Hospice, San Diego Repertory Theatre, and the New Mexico Cancer Center to create safe, transformative spaces for storytelling.
In 2020, while living at the foot of Black Mesa outside Santa Fe, Tanya formally codified somatic writing as a process, a unique methodology integrating writing, embodiment, land-based wisdom, and ancestral healing. She continues to guide writers into deeper layers of truth by helping them access stories held in the body, land, and lineage.
In 2024, Tanya deepened this work by training in Hellinger Family Constellations, adding ancestral constellation work to her storytelling and memoir process. Today, she supports clients at the intersection of writing and deep healing, believing that when we tell our stories while healing at the root level, we unlock profound personal and collective transformation.
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Ready to Join?
You are invited to join us for this live training and begin the process
of bringing your book into form with clarity, integrity, and depth.
The Somatic Author:
9 Steps to Writing and Publishing Your Nonfiction Book or Memoir
by Connecting with Your Ancestors, Body, and the Land
July 14, 2026 | 7:00 – 8:15 PM EST
If you find yourself reading this with a sense of recognition rather than simple interest,
it is worth paying attention to that response.
The impulse to write a book rarely arrives without reason.
It is often an indication that your work is ready to take on a new shape and reach.
This training offers a place to begin that process in a way that is grounded,
guided, and attuned to the level at which you already operate.
We will open and close together in the same way, by returning to the body,
to your lineage, and to the ground beneath you.
Your book is not separate from these elements.
It emerges from them.
And when it does, it has the capacity to reach far beyond what is currently possible.
Love,
Tanya
