Each session is unique and responsive to your body’s needs that day.
You can expect:

• slow, intentional therapeutic touch

• attention to breath and internal sensation

• clear communication and consent throughout

• space for rest, integration, and nervous system regulation

This is not a performance-based or goal-driven experience. You are always welcome to pause, adjust, or opt out of any aspect of the session.

Somatic Bodycare may be a good fit if you:

• experience chronic or recurring pain

• feel “stuck” despite other forms of treatment

• are highly sensitive or empathic

• want a body-centered approach that honors emotional depth

• prefer a slower, more attuned style of care.

Somatic Bodycare is not psychotherapy or trauma processing. While emotional material may arise, the focus remains on bodily sensation, regulation, and present-moment awareness. This work complements — but does not replace — mental health care or medical treatment.

Somatic Bodycare is most effective and beneficial if the individual has been receiving counseling and/or has the resources to continue counseling treatment, coaching or group therapy services.

• Go to group classes and then try the techniques at home!  You’ll notice a difference.  It’s easier when you’re guided and energetic support is available.  When you feel safe and ready to do any of these practices at home with a partner, friend or by yourself - you can continue your progress in-between therapy sessions and see what works for your body to continue as part of your routine self-care.

• Mindfulness Practices: Try out techniques such as breathwork, meditation, and guided imagery to help support your increasing awareness of bodily sensations and emotions as they arise. 

• Movement Therapies: Try out practices like dance, yoga, and other forms of intuitive movement - letting your body lead you into shapes, postures or poses to release tension and promote emotional expression.  It doesn’t have to look like anyone else.  Ground yourself into safety in your body then try releasing control of your body to the beat, the sound, the frequency and flow… you may find joy in the release of control. 

• Bodywork: Trying different styles include massage, acupressure, and other hands-on techniques to address physical discomfort and emotional blockages.  Use a foam roller or tennis ball to pinpoint a trigger point and let it gradually soften, then move to another point.  Certain points receiving pressure are great for driving or riding as passenger to engage the body - low back, a shoulder or under the thigh.

• Somatic Experiencing: When safe in the body, this is something you can do at home.  Practicing all of the above and/or sitting with the emotions that arise, or allowing the body to move in its own way after pausing - is a way to unwind and process through by focusing on bodily sensations and releasing stored energy.

These sessions support your system in shifting from survival mode into a more regulated, responsive state—where healing becomes more accessible and sustainable.

Over time, clients often experience:

• Reduced chronic pain and tension held in the body

• Increased nervous system regulation and resilience

• Greater awareness of internal sensations, emotions, and patterns

• The ability to respond rather than react to stressors

• Support in processing stored emotional or trauma-related imprints

• Improved connection to breath, body, and present-moment awareness

• A deeper sense of safety within yourself

• More clarity in decision-making and inner guidance

• Support through life transitions, hormonal shifts, and periods of change

• Feeling more grounded, centered, and connected overall