Somatic Session (in person)

Service Description

In-person somatic sessions offer space to explore the patterns, emotions, and nervous-system responses that shape your experience. We slow down enough to notice what your body is already communicating—through sensation, breath, posture, impulses, and subtle shifts that often go unnoticed in daily life. This mindful attunement is at the heart of somatic self-inquiry: rather than talking about your experience, we explore how it lives in your body in the present moment. These sessions draw from both Hakomi (mindful, body-centered exploration) and Somatic Experiencing® (nervous-system regulation and trauma resolution). SE helps us work safely with activation, freeze, hypervigilance, shutdown, and the aftereffects of overwhelming experiences. Together we track the physiology of stress and trauma, help incomplete survival responses begin to express, and support the nervous system in finding more stability, choice, and capacity. Somatic work is powerful because it meets the layers of experience that often live below conscious thought—long-held protective patterns, relational imprints, and emotional responses that were never given space to be felt. When these states are explored gently and at the pace your system chooses, the body begins to unwind its defenses, access clarity, and reorganize around a deeper sense of Self. A session may include mindful awareness, guided inquiry, noticing impulses or boundaries, gentle movement, relational attunement, and—when supportive—light touch or steady contact to help anchor and regulate.  Many people find this work helpful for PTSD and trauma-related symptoms, chronic stress, anxiety, overwhelm, dissociation, relational challenges, or physical symptoms with an emotional or nervous-system component. 
I also offer simple self-care practices—somatic tools, grounding, breathwork, movement, or herbal allies—to support integration between sessions and help you continue building a deeper relationship with your own system.