I offer Somatic Experiencing to individuals and groups, providing a safe and settled presence while offering guidance that uses gentle somatic techniques and practices. This approach helps clients connect with their body's innate intelligence to renegotiate and resolve stress and trauma stored in the body, all the while growing resilience and nervous system capacity to meet life's challenges.
Somatic Experiencing was developed by Peter Levine, Ph.D., in response to his observations of wild prey... show more
I offer Somatic Experiencing to individuals and groups, providing a safe and settled presence while offering guidance that uses gentle somatic techniques and practices. This approach helps clients connect with their body's innate intelligence to renegotiate and resolve stress and trauma stored in the body, all the while growing resilience and nervous system capacity to meet life's challenges.
Somatic Experiencing® was developed by Peter Levine, Ph.D., in response to his observations of wild prey animals. He observed gazelles innately regulating or "calming" their nervous systems by naturally discharging high levels of energy designed to fuel automatic survival behavior that includes fleeing, fighting, or freezing.
This type of body-oriented work is collaborative, empowering, and uses consent-based practices. It capitalizing on aspects of the body and life that are working well and moves at a pace that does not overwhelm the nervous system.
In many ways, Somatic Experiencing is akin to wildlife tracking of bodily sensations and movements, images, emotions, and meaning, using gentle curiosity while offering a pathway to resolution and healing.
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