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After years of being in relationships, work, or life situations that asked you to disconnect from yourself, your body is still holding that story. Tightness in your chest. Numbness in your limbs. A persistent sense that something's not right - but you can't quite name it.
Somatic therapy brings your body back into the conversation. We listen to what it's been trying to tell you all along.
Talk therapy is powerful for understanding your story. But our nervous systems don't live in words - they live in sensations, breath, movement, and the way we hold ourselves in the world. Somatic work goes deeper. It helps your body feel safe again, release what it's been holding, and find its own wisdom about what comes next.
Who I Work With
Tension that won't release. Breathing that feels shallow. A sense that your nervous system is always braced for something bad. Somatic work helps your body learn that it's safe to relax.
You know intellectually what you should feel, but your body feels numb or empty. Somatic awareness helps you reconnect with what's actually alive in you.
Betrayal, abuse, abandonment - these leave imprints in the nervous system. Body-centered work helps you metabolize what happened and find safety again.
ADHD and autistic nervous systems can benefit tremendously from somatic grounding. It's often faster and more effective than words alone.
Understanding the Approach
Somatic therapy is based on a simple understanding: you can't separate the mind from the body. They're one system. Your nervous system holds memories, trauma, and patterns in your physical being - not just in your thoughts.
When something difficult happens, your body learns protective strategies. It tightens. It numbs. It braces. Over time, these become habitual. Your body stays in a state of vigilance even when the danger has passed.
Somatic work gently invites your nervous system to notice what it's holding, understand why, and begin to release it. We work with breath, awareness of sensation, gentle movement, and grounding - so your body can find its way back to safety.
I bring 17 years of acupuncture experience to this work. I understand the body's energy, how things get blocked, and how to create pathways for natural healing. That training informs everything I do in somatic therapy.
What to Expect
We develop awareness of what's happening in your body right now - where you feel tension, where you feel numb, how your breath moves or doesn't.
Together we explore what your nervous system learned to do and why. What was it protecting you from? What does it still need to know?
Using breath, gentle movement, and grounding practices, we help your nervous system unwind. You integrate new patterns - ones that feel safe and alive.
Why This Matters
Your nervous system responds to direct work with sensation and breath. Many clients feel shifts within weeks - not years of processing.
Some memories and patterns live below language. Your body knows things your mind hasn't caught up to yet. Somatic work meets you there.
For ADHD and autistic folks especially, somatic grounding can be more effective than talk therapy alone. It gives your nervous system tools it actually uses.
We never push or force. I follow your body's pace. You're in charge of what you're ready to explore and release.
Ready to Listen?
Let's start with a screening form. I'll reach out within 24 hours and we can talk about what somatic work might look like for you.
Let's See If We're a MatchOr call / text Maring: 619-387-8725
