The Body is Our Guide.
Somatic healing centers the body as our singular guide for living a meaningful and vibrant life. Somatics is a vast field drawing from many different lineages. Here are some of the modalities I was taught and their uses:
Somatic Experiencing (SE)
SE helps us heal trauma by identifying where it lives in the body and cultivating a condition of safety so that we develop proportionate responses to external triggers.
SE is focused on safety, working with what is present in the body, not “what happened.”
Taoist Tantra, Existential Kink, & Western Pleasure Practices
Tantra, Kink and Western Pleasure Practices help us restore our connection to life-force energy.
We can use these practices to heal sexual or reproductive trauma. Fundamentally, when we take responsibility for stoking our own flame, we take responsibility for our lives.
Ayurveda & Naturism
Ayurveda and Naturism give us non-pathologizing lenses for understanding chronic conditions and bringing the body into balance with the world around us.
Attachment Theory, Parts Work & Non-Violent Communication
Attachment Theory, Parts Work and NVC are three powerful psycho-somatic tools for healing early-developmental wounds. We are able to hold our vulnerable parts at a safe distance so that we can integrate them into the whole.
Systemic
& Family Constellations
Systemic and Family Constellations help us heal at the soul level. Perhaps of all the modalities we work with, this helps us get to the root of entanglement.
Here we work in the realm of energy, a magical and humbling space, which draws us ever closer to the unconditional flow of love.