The word “somatic” is derived from the Greek word “soma” which means “living body.” Somatic Therapy is a holistic form of counseling that is grounded in the body/mind/soul relationship.
The specific modality of Somatic therapy I practice is Transformative Touch which I learned at The Somatic Therapy Center.
WHAT IS SOMATIC THERAPY?
The word “somatic” is derived from the Greek word “soma” which means “living body.” Somatic Therapy is a holistic form of counseling that is grounded in the body/mind/soul relationship.
The specific modality of somatic therapy I practice is Transformative Touch.
Your Body tells a Story.
We live inside of this Story.
Your mind also tells a Story.
We speak this Story and believe it in our thoughts.
Often, these Stories do not match - our minds have been disconnected from our Bodies.
A solely thought/mind life is a disembodied life. A disembodied life is a life that can not be fully Lived. God came in Body to bring us "life and life to the full." This Divine being lives in you, lives in your very Body.
Part of what I will do is help facilitate the growth of your own wild Myth. The one you were born into and are questing to live into even at this very moment.
The way to live into You is by learning the language of your Body; listening to this wise friend that knows the way to your healing.
Peter Levine says "Trauma is not only what has happened to us; rather, it is what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic, fully present witness." It is my honor and joy to be this witness and lead you to your own Inner Witness.
Our sessions together will practically look like time sitting and talking, going over what is happening in your body and how that relates to what is happening in your life. There are sessions where I will also move you onto a massage table, fully clothed, and through a series of light touches will dialogue with you about what is happening in your body.
Once you begin to learn the language of your specific body, (because all bodies speak in their unique ways) you will be able to communicate and listen to what is playing out in your life in a whole new way. Old themes that have kept you down and kept you back move through you, renewing and regenerating on levels previously unconscious.
Somatic awareness is rising in Western consciousness, we are understanding on new levels the connection and oneness not only of our individual bodies but of our collective humanity. Join the somatic revolution and let's change our world.
"The myth is within you who reads this. So the question arises: Just who is you who reads this? What are the where and when of you?
What you are reading is being read with the frontal lobes of your brain, what you see, with eyes and the occipital cortex at the back of your skull... You take those things for granted, just as you take for granted that while you ponder myth, sublime, artful, and enigmatic, your heart beats most artfully and your lungs rise and fall with the mystery of a bird in flight. Your nerves are living nerves, far more real than mere pictures in an anatomy text. Your blood is truly hot. Your skin is oiled... Your sense of place and time, here. and now, is your body's gift to you.
Your body is your where and when."
J. Nigro Sansonese