Somatic Movement

Somatic movement is strategic movement to allow you to become more aware of what you are experiencing and feeling in your body.

The majority of people are completely detached emotionally from their physical bodies.  When we experience trauma, our nervous system kicks into gear and does what it needs to do to keep us safe in that moment.  Often times this means us disconnecting to whatever our physical body is experiencing during that moment.  The problem with this is that we often stay disconnected, which allows for the trauma to stay trapped in our physical body.  People might complain that they have aches and pains, but what their body is really trying to communicate to them is that I have something trapped and it wants to be released. 

Somatic movement is allowing you to become more aware of what your body is communicating to you and to slowly be able to come back into your body safely.  This can start with simple mindfulness and awareness of what your body is really feeling.  Practice taking in deep breathes, closing down your eyes and doing a body scan.  Start at the top of your head and feel into the sensations in your eyes, down to your cheeks and mouth.  Then travel down to your shoulders, are you holding any tension here that maybe you didn’t even realize you were holding.  Continue to relax your body as you move down your mid back, down to your hips.  Most people hold significant trauma in their hips, do they feel tight or uncomfortable?  Then travel down your legs into your feet.  Visualize yourself connecting to mother earth with roots coming out of your feet and connecting to that grounding energy.  This is a simple technique that allows you to start to become more aware of what you are experiencing in your physical body.  

How does it help me?

The body always keeps the score.  We are not releasing our trauma unless we are moving our bodies.  We are complex human beings and what I have discovered from over a decade of working with people that have extensive trauma histories is that we can’t just talk about it, talking about it actually makes it worse.  We must come at trauma utilizing a mind, body, soul perspective for long lasting results.  We first learn to understand our trauma and what it taught you.  When we choose to look at it in a different perspective, it starts to give us our power back.  It’s important to understand what your beliefs are around your own ability to heal yourself.  If you don’t believe you can get better, then you won’t get better.  Then it’s time to start to reconnect your relationship with your physical body.  You will learn strategic techniques to help you release what you have been holding onto to start the healing process.  This work is so incredibly powerful and will change your life if you allow it to.   

This experience includes an initial consult where I will get to know and understand you, your story and your individualized needs.  From here I curate an individualized somatic body movement that I will teach you to practice over the course of 40 days.  We will meet virtually each week to discuss any barriers, progress or questions that may arise.  This experience is designed to blast through your blocks in a rapid way for accelerated healing and transformation!

Brainspotting Package 2

Initial Consult:  This consult will be to gather information necessary to determine what your trauma history is.  A trauma assessment will be completed as well as information about your physical and mental health.  With the information gathered in this session we will create a treatment plan based on your individual needs.  Estimated time of session: 1 1/2- 2 hours.

Self-Care Plan Review:  This session will consist of reviewing your self-care plan to ensure you have the tools and support necessary to start addressing your trauma.  Estimated time of session: 30-45 minutes via Microsoft Teams.

Brainspotting Session 1:  This session will be your first brainspotting session where we will go into and activate your trauma to release the trauma capsule in the brain and body.  Estimated time of session: 1-2 hours.

Body Awareness Session:  This session will be where you become more familiar with your physical body, body sensations and identify where in your body the trauma is trapped.  This session is tailored to your specific needs, and I will curate a short body movement practice that you will incorporate into your daily routine.  This practice will be about 15-20 minutes per day but must be done for the greatest benefit.  Estimated time of session:  1-2 hours.

Brainspotting Session 2:  This session will be your second brainspotting session where we will go into and activate your trauma to release the trauma capsule in the brain and body.  Estimated time of session: 1-2 hours.

Energy Clearing Session:  This session will be where I work on your energetic body to release any significant energy blocks to allow for natural flow of your energetic body.  This session is where you will be lying on a PEMF Rainbow Chakra Mat.  This mat provides the ultimate recharge that includes negative ion therapy, far-infrared therapy and PEMF technologies for the perfect reset. These technologies help us get back to our body’s natural rhythm and back to our rest and digest state of being. The far-infrared technology transfers energy as deep as 2-3cm into the tissues to accelerate blood flow and improve cell health. Relax on the mat with our customized eye mask for a deep state of relaxation.