Somatic Embodiment Coaching

A body-based approach to regulation, resilience, and embodied performance that integrates somatic practices, yoga therapy, breathwork, and nervous system education..

What Is Somatic Embodiment Coaching?

Somatic Embodiment Coaching is an approach to personal growth and change that works with the body and nervous system as primary sources of awareness and regulation. Rather than focusing on thoughts or behavior alone, somatic coaching supports attention to physical sensations, patterns of tension, breath, and nervous system responses that shape how we experience stress, emotion, and everyday life.

This work is grounded in the understanding that many challenges—such as overwhelm, reactivity, difficulty with follow-through, or feeling stuck—are not just cognitive, but embodied. By developing a more attuned relationship with the body, clients can access greater clarity, resilience, and choice in how they respond to life.

Somatic Embodiment Coaching is experiential, present-moment focused, and collaborative. The emphasis is not on fixing or forcing change, but on listening to the body and supporting regulation so change can emerge organically and sustainably.

How Somatic Embodiment Coaching Works

Somatic Embodiment Coaching begins by slowing down and noticing what is happening in the body and nervous system in real time. Sessions may include guided awareness, gentle exploration of sensation, breath, or movement, and reflection on how these experiences connect to emotions, habits, and patterns in daily life.

The work supports:

  • Nervous system regulation and recovery

  • Increased awareness of stress and reactivity patterns

  • Greater capacity to pause and respond rather than react

  • A deeper sense of embodiment and self-trust

  • More flexibility and presence under pressure or change

Sessions are responsive rather than prescriptive, allowing the work to adapt to what is most relevant and supportive in the moment.

Somatic Experiencing®

Somatic Experiencing® (SE) is a body-based approach that supports nervous system regulation, resilience, and recovery from stress and overwhelm. This work focuses on how the body and nervous system respond to challenge, and how patterns of activation, shutdown, or holding can persist even when we cognitively understand what’s happening.

Sessions emphasize present-moment awareness of sensation, orientation to safety, and gentle pacing. Rather than revisiting or retelling past experiences, the work supports the nervous system’s natural capacity to regulate and restore balance over time.

Somatic Experiencing may be especially supportive for individuals who feel easily overwhelmed, stuck in cycles of stress or reactivity, or disconnected from their body’s signals. The focus is on building capacity, flexibility, and a greater sense of agency in how the nervous system responds.

SE sessions may be offered as a stand-alone service or integrated into ongoing somatic coaching, depending on individual needs and goals.

Tension, Stress,& Trauma Release (TRE®)

Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE®) is a body-based practice designed to support the release of deeply held tension through the body’s natural tremor response. These tremors are an innate mechanism for regulating the nervous system and discharging excess activation when the body feels safe enough to do so.

In TRE sessions, clients are guided through a structured series of exercises that help access and regulate this natural tremor response. Emphasis is placed on learning how to start, pause, and stop the process intentionally, supporting a sense of control, safety, and self-trust.

TRE can be helpful for individuals experiencing chronic stress, muscular tension, restlessness, or difficulty relaxing. The intention is not catharsis or emotional release, but supporting the body’s ability to settle, reset, and return to greater ease over time.

TRE may be offered as a stand-alone service or integrated into somatic coaching, depending on preference and readiness.

What Makes Somatic EMBODIMENT Coaching Different

Somatic Embodiment Coaching differs from traditional talk-based coaching by including the body and nervous system as active participants in the process. Instead of working only with insight, goals, or mindset, this approach attends to how experiences are held and expressed physically.

This work:

  • Emphasizes regulation and capacity before action

  • Supports pacing and safety rather than pushing through discomfort

  • Encourages integration instead of performance or pressure

  • Helps insight translate into lived, embodied change

The focus is on cultivating awareness and flexibility, not forcing outcomes.

Who Somatic Embodiment Coaching Is For

Somatic Embodiment Coaching may be especially supportive for individuals who feel overwhelmed, stressed, or easily dysregulated, or who notice patterns of tension, shutdown, or overactivation under pressure. It can also benefit those who struggle to follow through despite insight or motivation, or who want to feel more grounded, present, and connected to their body. For many, this work offers a gentle, body-based approach to change that prioritizes regulation and internal awareness.

Some clients choose to work exclusively with somatic coaching, Somatic Experiencing (SE), or TRE. Others integrate this work alongside executive functioning or performance-oriented coaching as their goals evolve.

“The goal is not to eliminate stress, but to learn how to regulate it.”

- Peter Levine

Yoga Therapy

An embodied approach to well-being

What is yoga therapy?

Yoga Therapy is a holistic, individualized approach to well-being that uses movement, breath, mindfulness, and lifestyle practices to support physical, emotional, and nervous system health. Rather than following a set sequence or group class format, yoga therapy is tailored to the unique needs, capacities, and goals of each individual.

This work focuses on understanding how stress, injury, life experiences, and habitual patterns show up in the body and nervous system. Sessions are designed to support regulation, resilience, and balance by meeting the body where it is and adapting practices accordingly. The emphasis is on accessibility, safety, and sustainability — supporting healing and integration over time rather than performance or achievement.

Yoga therapy draws from the principles of yoga, mindfulness, and modern understandings of the nervous system to help individuals build greater awareness, ease, and self-regulation. Practices may support stress reduction, recovery, emotional balance, improved mobility, and a more trusting relationship with the body. The work is experiential and collaborative, encouraging clients to develop tools they can use in daily life.

Yoga Therapy is well suited for individuals seeking supportive, personalized care — whether navigating stress, transitions, recovery, or a desire to feel more grounded and regulated. Some clients work exclusively within yoga therapy, while others later integrate coaching or performance-oriented work as their capacity and goals evolve.

How Yoga Therapy Works

Yoga therapy begins with understanding how stress, injury, life experiences, and habitual patterns are showing up in the body and nervous system. Sessions are collaborative and experiential, allowing space for conversation, observation, and guided practice. Together, we explore approaches that support nervous system regulation and recovery, increased body awareness and ease, adaptive movement and breath, emotional balance, and greater trust in the body’s signals and capacity. Practices are designed to be accessible and relevant to daily life, helping clients develop supportive tools they can return to outside of sessions.

What Makes Yoga Therapy Different from Yoga Classes

Yoga therapy differs from traditional yoga classes in both intention and structure.

  • Sessions are one-on-one or highly individualized

  • Practices are adapted to the person’s needs, capacity, and goals

  • The pace is slower and more responsive

  • There is no expectation to keep up, perform, or push through discomfort

  • The focus is on healing, regulation, and integration, not achievement

This creates a supportive environment where clients can explore movement and awareness with greater safety, agency, and care.

Who Yoga Therapy Is For

Yoga therapy may be supportive for individuals who feel overwhelmed, stressed, or dysregulated, or who are navigating transitions, recovery, or burnout. It offers a gentle, personalized approach to movement and mindfulness, particularly for those who feel disconnected from their body or internal cues and are seeking support that feels slower, more attuned, and responsive to their unique needs. Some people come to yoga therapy as their primary form of support, while others begin here and later explore coaching or performance-oriented work as their capacity and goals evolve.

“Yoga is the Stilling of the fluctuations of the mind”

- Yoga Sutra 1.2: “Yogas citta vritti nirodhah”