What Is Somatic Therapy?

Somatic therapy is at the heart of the work here. Yet for many, the word somatic can feel unfamiliar—this blog aims to gently shed light on what it truly means and how it can support the healing of your mind, heart and story.

Body Before Mind

Have you ever felt any of the following?

• Startled, tearful, irritated, or suddenly small when someone honks at you from behind (a gripped gut)

• Find yourself saying, “I shouldn’t be this stressed, I have nothing to complain about”—yet the tears and tension persist

• Tongue-tied in meetings, even when you have something meaningful to say (a constricted throat)

• At a gathering, but your eyes keep scanning for problems instead of connections (gaze orientation)

• Intensely lonely, with a numb or tight chest, and stuck in loops of overthinking—feeling frustrated by your own mind

These are all signs of your autonomic nervous system in action—your body responding before your mind can catch up.

What Somatic Therapy Offers

While talk therapy focuses on thoughts and behaviors, somatic therapy works with felt sense —the subtle, silent cues that eveal the truth of how you’re doing underneath the surface.

Let’s say you identify as someone who “overthinks” which often comes with an undertone that it is a flaw. In somatic therapy, this isn’t seen as a flaw. Instead, it’s understood as stored tension in the brain—a sign of a nervous system shaped by past difficulty or a lack of emotional support. That hyper-processing, calculating, or anticipating? It’s your brain working overtime to keep you safe.

Somatic therapy helps you tune into the very sensations your thinking mind is trying to protect you from:

• Numbness in the chest

• Subtle gripping in the gut

• Clicking jaw

• Tension in the back and shoulders

• A heart that races more than it beats

• Hunching or collapsing posture

These physical cues offer insight into how your body has learned to survive, and how it may still be protecting you—even when those adapted strategies no longer serve you.

With the support of somatic tools, guided inquiry, and psychoeducation, you begin to develop a compassionate, curious relationship with your body, and in turn, a more regulated, spacious mind.

Many of us live in our heads—disconnected from our bodies, constantly overwhelmed, always “on.” Somatic therapy helps you slow down, tune in, and remember how to feel safe inside yourself - in your mind, body, and energy system.

Who Is Somatic Therapy For?

Somatic therapy is especially supportive for those who:

• Live with chronic stress, anxiety, or trauma

• Experience emotional overwhelm or shutdown

• Feel disconnected from their body or intuition

• Struggle with people-pleasing or emotional suppression

• Want to heal holistically—mind, body, and heart

What Others Say

“I have found a piece of myself once lost. It has been self care at its best and the wisdom offered will be carried throughout my life.”

“It is a simple tool which I can use in a few minutes and in any place to feel safe and centered on the heart rather than fear”

“A great set of tools that I can use to manage difficult situations”

“I could listen to my body for the first time”

“I realized after my first session that I’m normal and nothing is wrong with me. Tremendous weight and blame released from my body”

Somatic therapy isn’t about fixing what’s “wrong.” It’s about listening to what’s been unheard—and creating space for softness, safety, and self-trust.

If you’re curious about how this gentle approach can support your healing, you’re warmly invited to explore a session here. Your body holds the wisdom—you simply need the space to listen.