SOMATIC HEALING
My somatic practice is grounded in a deep understanding of the impacts of systems of oppression on the body, and draws upon my firsthand experience of healing through my own body, with the support of many powerful fellow somatic healers, starting at age 14.
My somatic practice is informed by…
Personal and group work with the following practitioners and lineages:
Sage Hayes (Somatic Experiencing International)
Vanissar Tarakali (generative somatics)
wes / Wendy Elisheva Somerson (generative somatics)
Dara Silverman (Strozzi Institute)
Cari Caldwell (Strozzi Institute)
A lifelong relationship with dance and intuitive/creative movement
Hatha Yoga and meditation practice since 2003
Antiracism training and facilitation since 2010
The three-year Somatic Experiencing International (SEI) professional practitioner training
My cultivated, ancestral, and innate intuitive abilities
The study and practice of cultural somatics / somatic abolitionism as taught by Resmaa Menakem since 2018
The benefits of somatic work include:
More confidence, personal empowerment, self-compassion, and self-awareness;
New choices in how you respond to pressure, conflict, stressors, and triggers;
Greater confidence in setting boundaries and asking for what you need;
Deepened intimacy, agency, connection, safety, and presence in relationships;
Reduced or alleviated physical pain, tension, and immobility;
Expanded sense of purpose, presence, creativity, aliveness, and spiritual connection;
More capacity to cultivate and track somatic awareness, integration, and coherence;
Increased executive functioning and ability to focus;
Greater capacity to discern safety and trust yourself, others, and the world; and
Increased capacity to show up resiliently for the work of collective liberation.