Hey, I’m fen rené. I’m a mad QT poet, artist, community folk magic and somatics practitioner re-weaving myself into right-relationship with the human and more-than-human family of things through devotional creative practice.
SOMATICS
The word somatics comes from the Greek root soma, which means ‘the living organism in its wholeness.’ It is the best word we have in English to understand human beings as an inegrated mind/body/spirit, and as social, relational beings. In somatic speak, we call this embodiment ‘shape,’ and the collective ‘body’ or collective psychobiology. Somatics is a path, a methodology, and a change theory by which we can embody transformation, individually and collectively. Embodied transformation is foundational change that shows in our actions, ways of being, relating, and perceiving. It is transformation that sustains over time. Somatics pragmatically supports our values and actions becoming aligned. It helps us to develop depth and the capacity to feel ourselves, each other and life around us. Somatics builds in us the ability to act from strategy and empathy, and teaches us to be able to assess conditions and “what is” clearly. Somatics is a practice-able theory of change that can move us toward individual, community and collective liberation. Somatics works through the body, engaging us in our thinking, emotions, commitments, vision and action.
POETICS
poesis root word of poetry, definition to bring to form
FOLK MAGIC
folk magic, traditional magic. transformation. initiation. altar tending. body as first altar. pld/new stories. pre christian pre capitalist pre colonial ways of relating to myself, others, and the more than human.
TESTIMONIALS
“I loved my time with fen. my practice coaching sessions with Fen felt deeply supportive and attuned. I always felt like I was being given the gift of space to slow down, listen inward, and meet myself with more curiosity”
“I'm doing a lot more than I thought I would be, I can completely see myself in a different era of my soma and still practicing my goals I set with fen.”
“I’ve become better at pausing, asking more curious questions, checking in internally for permission, and understanding what sits beneath my reactions… I feel more resourced, grounded, and able to support myself, which has moved me meaningfully toward my coaching goals.”
“10-10-10. I would recommend working with fen to anyone wanting to build a deeper connection with themselves or develop more body-based awareness and emotional resilience.”
“I always felt supported in transformation, and letting out those big mind & body feelings was easy. It felt natural explaining what my soma was expressing and moving toward it!”
“fen created a grounded, safe container where I could explore different pieces of myself without judgment. Each session helped me tune into my body’s signals, exploring various tools, and noticing / learning to listen to what different aspects of myself needed at any given moment.”
“I feel like I have a mic deeper understanding of what it means to listen to my body and nervous system and work with it rather than against it”
“Our time together helped me develop a much deeper and clearer relationship with my inner world. Through somatic practices, I learned how to connect with my body as a container for many wise parts of myself—parts that want to be listened to and cared for rather than pushed past.”
“fen is deeply intelligent and carries a rich understanding of intersectionality and the world around them, which makes them uniquely able to hold both the personal and the broader societal or global contexts that shape our experiences - and to offer that framework to people who may not yet have the language to understand those impacts. Their presence is gentle yet powerfully intuitive, and their ability to meet complexity with clarity and care made me feel consistently seen and supported. Working with fen has truly been a gift, & i am so grateful.”
TRAINING
+ STUDY
POLITICIZED SOMATICS
Center for Aliveness + Liberation, 2025
BODYWORK I
Strozzi Somatics, 2025
SOMATIC COACHING CERTIFICATION
Strozzi Somatics, 2024-2025
EMBODIED TRANSFORMATION
Strozzi Somatics, 2024
FOLK MAGIC APPRENTICESHIP
Ylva Mara Radziszewski, 2023
RUNE SCHOOL
Espen Artio, 2022
SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL MAGIC
Ylva Mara Radziszewski, 2020-2021
GRIEF RITUAL
Queer Nature, 2018
CREATIVE FACILITATION I
PYE Global, 2017
SOMATIC BOXING INTENSIVE
We Fight Back, 2016
GRIEF RITUAL
Sobonfu Somé, 2014
