Somatic Therapy
Somatic practices help you learn to regulate your nervous system by bringing the mind-body connection into the therapy space. Despite being a body-based approach, somatic therapy is effective in online therapy sessions, too!
Whether or not I’m physically present with you, I can guide you through somatic techniques to help you tone your vagus nerve, stay less in “fight or flight” mode, and become more fully stay embodied more of the time, so you can come back to your body, mind, duties, and relationships with more ease and joy.
Somatic techniques are especially helpful if you are navigating anxiety, perfectionism, or trauma because all of these experiences impact your nervous system and what it feels like to be in your body.
Right now, you may be experiencing stressors, triggers, or high and intense emotions, such as a sense of urgency to do, achieve, become – or a sense of despair and collapse when you feel rejected, come up short, miss the mark, or hesitate to try.
Our nervous system states – from fight/flight mode to shut down/collapse – all have a unique story. You can learn to change the nervous system state you’re in by changing that story.
Through somatic embodiment practices, you can tone your nervous system to develop resiliency, have more ease, and find balance between being and becoming. The goal isn’t being perfectly regulated all the time, but learning to be comfortable in the middle of extremes, both good and bad.
Having a more flexible nervous system makes it easier to recover from feeling on edge or feeling low, prolongs your time in a more stable mood, improves your relationships with others, and cultivates a sense of peace in your own body and mind.
Learn more about somatic therapy here: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/what-is-somatic-therapy-202307072951