What Somatic Therapy Looks Like When It Includes the Body and Spirit
Many people come to this work having already done therapy. And plant medicine. And bio-hacking and gene keys and human design and all the rest.
We understand our patterns. We can name our history. We can clearly express our sensations or patterns in the lingo of our modern technologically-connected world.
And yet… there are very glaringly obvious aspects of life that still feel held tight, crunchy, contracted.
The body remains braced, numb, guarded, or disconnected.. or the emotional body remains reactive and triggered in relationships.
Despite all of our modern insight, there is often a sense that something essential hasn’t been reached yet… Not because anything is wrong or we must always continue striving, but because words alone can only go so far and something is just… off… and beyond the scope of what we or our networks know how to try.
So… What IS Somatic Therapy (In The Way I Practice It)?
Somatic therapy is a body-based approach to healing that works directly with sensation, breath, movement, and awareness.
Rather than focusing only on thoughts or stories, it invites attention into the physical body and nervous system, where experiences are actually stored and processed.
This work is evidence-informed and trauma-aware, grounded in how the nervous system regulates, responds to safety, and integrates change.
When the body is included, healing becomes something that is felt, lived, and… embodied.
Where Many Approaches Stop
Many somatic approaches do important and necessary work. They help regulate the nervous system, reduce overwhelm, and build capacity.
At the same time, some remain quite neutral or mechanical in tone, focusing primarily on stabilization or correction.
Pleasure, intimacy, and spirituality are often avoided or treated as separate domains. The work can stop at regulation, without inviting aliveness, depth, or expansion back into the body.
I describe this like maintaining a one-room home .. vs deciding to dig under the foundation and finding a whole surprise basement underneath (and, hey, maybe you go up on the “roof” and find there’s a whole surprise second story as well).
My Approach
I love to expand somatic therapy to include spirituality and embodied aliveness as integral aspects of healing, activation, and being.
Sensation is not only something to tolerate, analyze, or manage, it becomes a doorway into presence, connection, and unity-with-all.
Pleasure, in this context, is released from its association with performance or achievement. And is remembered as a natural expression of life moving through the body when safety and permission are present.
Healing and awakening are not separate processes here; they unfold together.
Pleasure vs. Desire
It can be helpful to distinguish between pleasure and desire.
Pleasure, to me, is raw life force — what my tradition refers to as Shakti — moving through form.
Desire, on the other hand, often involves outcome-seeking, or when it’s distorted, can be used to reinforce identity. (No hate on embodied desire, because I also view it as one of the initial signposts in this work, to guide us into higher levels of life experience).
In this work, sensation is welcomed fully, while the impulse to control or extract from it is gently softened.
As attention rests in the body, pleasure becomes a solvent rather than a goal, loosening tension, self-referencing, and effort… and inviting surrender rather than striving.
The Body As A Spiritual Field
In the sessions I curate, the body is not treated as something to fix or perform.
It is approached as a living field through which consciousness moves.
Sensation becomes a language of awareness rather than a problem to solve.
Healing is less about improvement and more about remembrance… Remembering the body as sacred, intelligent, and already participating in something larger than the personal self.
The boundary between physical and spiritual begins to soften, through direct experience. Which can then shape belief, action, and practice.
What Our Sessions Actually Feel Like
Sessions are slow, attuned, and relational. Attention is guided back down and in, again and again, toward breath, sensation, and presence.
Touch, when included, is offered as a point of listening rather than stimulation. Nothing is rushed. Nothing is forced. The nervous system is met where it is, and invited — gently — into greater ease, expansion, containment, and aliveness.
Many people describe feeling deeply held, resourced, and more at home in themselves.
Who This Work Is For
I often work with those who feel a bit (or a lot) disconnected from their bodies. OR, folks who are actually pretty well embodied and grounded, who have spent years on personal growth journeys, and who — because of all the work they’ve already put in — can sense they have one or two particular areas that aren’t fully in alignment.
This work resonates with people who are post-trauma, post-birth, post-awakening, or moving through significant life initiations.
It is for those who long for depth and truth, but not overwhelm. Those who want healing that includes softness, wildness, and spiritual intimacy, with impeccable nourishment and containment through the nervous system and energy bodies.
Come Feel This, In Nosara!
I offer 1:1 sessions in person in Nosara, Costa Rica. Availability is intentionally limited to preserve the quality, pacing, and containment of the work. Sessions are held with care, consent, and deep respect for each individual’s process.
If this resonates, you’re welcome to book a 15-minute clarity call to explore whether this work is a fit. Reach out via WhatsApp to do so, or with any questions.
There is no pressure, only an open door, should you feel drawn to step through. :)
