What is Somatic Therapy?
Somatic Therapy is an effective and scientifically proven path to trauma healing through the tracking of sensation, completion of thwarted defensive, self-protective and/or orienting responses, and the integration of stuck emotion, meaning and images.
This body-based therapy strengthens nervous system regulation and the integration of implicit body memories that contribute to chronic stress, muscular tension and numbness, a range of inflammatory diseases, gut, endocrine and immune disorders, as well as emotional disconnection or flooding, etc. It helps to encourage greater safety within the body, and people to fully embody their lives.
How can it help me, or someone I know?
Nervous System Regulation
Restore balance by teaching parasympathetic down-regulation, enhancing overall sense of well-being.
Anxiety, Rage and Depression
Alleviate the intensity and unpredictability of emotions through body-based somatic techniques.
PTSD and Trauma Recovery
Find your way towards safety and greater ease in your body by releasing stored trauma.
Post-Surgical Trauma Recovery
Heal from surgical trauma and lingering anesthetic states, promoting physical and emotional recovery.
Increased Intimacy
Improve intimate relationships through greater nervous system regulation and safety.
Better Sleep
Invite deeper, more restful sleep by increasing vagal tone and parasympathetic (rest & digest) dominance.
Reduced Stress
Lower chronically high stress levels and improve long-term health by lowering cortisol levels.
Clear Brain Fog
Experience greater focus, cognitive function and memory by exiting your brain from survival mode.
Increased Emotional Resilience
Build nervous system capacity to manage highs and lows, remaining within your window of tolerance.
Greater Motivation and Purpose
Once out of survival mode, we gain clarity and renewed energy towards realizing our purpose in life.
Support with Spiritual Awakenings
Experience sustainable, embodied spiritual growth, deepening connection with your inner Self/Spirituality.
NDE's and Out of Body Experiences
Integrate altered states, dissociation and related traumatic events through the body and out of polarity.
How Somatics can help with Trauma
Traumatic events and ongoing stressful experiences can leave parts of us stuck in Fight, Flight, Fawn or Freeze mode —unable to fully process the events on deeper levels.
This can lead to repeated disassociation, shutting-down (voluntarily and involuntarily), hypervigilance and/or avoidance of any situations or sensations that may retrigger the experience of the trauma. Somatic Experiencing™ is especially helpful to regain a sense of safety in our bodies and feeling of empowerment in our lives.
It is commonly used to help survivors and witnesses of: motor vehicle accidents (MVAs), pre- and peri-natal trauma, medical or surgical procedures, inescapable attack, sexual abuse, rape, falls, choking, near drowning and various developmental traumas.
How Somatic Experiencing™ works:
Somatic Experiencing™ developed by Peter Levine PhD in the late 1970s, helps to assess where a person is “stuck” in the fight, flight or freeze responses, so that related energy can be discharged and integrated back into the nervous system.
Jaya has practiced this modality since 2018 and found it to be incredibly instrumental in resolving fixated physiological states resulting from acute, developmental and complex trauma.
What does "being fully embodied" mean to you?
No matter where you are on your journey home to your body, if you feel called to experience greater joy, vitality, connection, trust, intimacy and/or ease within yourself and relationships — know that this lies within the realm of possible for you.
I have witnessed these possibilities come to fruition for countless clients’, and their lives become empowered, fulfilled with new direction, reflect deeper love and satisfaction for almost 2 decades.
Know that my integrative approach also supports and augments the results of traditional therapies, as well as those of other alternative healing modalities.
What does "being fully embodied" mean to you?
No matter where you are on your journey, if you feel called to experience greater joy, embodiment, connection, trust, intimacy and/or ease —know that this lies within the realm of possibilities for you.
I have witnessed these results fill my clients lives with hope, power, love and resolution for almost 2 decades. Know that my integrative approach both supports and augments the results of traditional therapies, as well as those of other alternative healing modalities.
