Somatic Therapy

Offering Integrative Body Based Trauma Healing Methods and Somatic Awarenss Practices from both Eastern and Western Healing Traditions

with Mandy L Kruger

“Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathic witness”

Dr. Peter Levine

What is Somatic Therapy Session Like?

Somatic is a latin term to mean ‘of the body.’ Where life is felt—or not felt in the body.

It is not a traditional talk therapy session. Nor is it a massage session.

Yet, we do talk and there might be gentle touch as a way to be with the body, and the present moment feeling of non verbal states within. We notice what is happening in our body when we give voice to our life experiences. We work together to slow down, to create a space to be with our emotions and feelings even when contradictory, and offer validation to these held states, in a safe container in relation to another nervous system (me). This may create an increased capacity to view our stress and pain from a more wider resourced compassionate lens, to create a greater sense of ease and release.

Sometimes we might be lying down on a massage table, sitting in a chair or even moving about the room.

Through our work together you may feel

More aliveness and life force energy
More fulfilling relationships including to yourself
Ability to handle daily stress with more grace
Confront long held emotional pain patterns in a supportive environment
Increase motivation for self care–exercise, eating well, spending time in nature
Increase sense of self worth and purpose
Increase connection to your body
Less social anxiety
Greater Self Agency