“The five somatic technologies provide flexible and powerful tools for accessing the messages my body so desperately wanted me to hear. They have become part of my toolbox for soothing, repair, investigation, change and growth. Re-discovering my inner world has been brilliantly supported through the simplicity and ease of these technologies, but more importantly through Jamie's strong, warm embodiment of Somatic Expression." - Rob, Massage Therapist

The Benefits of Somatic Expression®

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Somatic Expression is for people who desire more intimate, nourishing and pleasurable contact with their own BODY.

In Somatic Expression you are oriented to the lay of the land and given a road map for participation. By learning practical tools and creative strategies, you become more literate as a soma - a "thinking body" sensing and knowing itself.

Through the five somatic technologies of breath, vocalization, contact, movement, and stillness, you open the door to a much more lively relationship with your own being. As one client said, "there is so much more grace and fun in life than I imagined".

You learn to nurture your nature and master your own body from within. Somatic Expression practices help generate more personal self-sufficiency so you can charge up and chill out at will. These ongoing collaborations with your soma support well-being in a variety of ways. You are able to:

- calm yourself
- breathe fully and deeply
- stabilize your balance
- move with ease and grace
- decrease your stress
- increase your energy
- ease your aches and pains

The conversations you can have with your body through its own sensory intelligence can help you feel safer in your own skin and stable on your own two feet. Being centered and grounded is experienced as a physical reality and not just an imagined idea.

Somatic Expression has been particularly helpful for people with life-threatening illnesses and chronic health conditions to feel more alive, empowered and engaged in their healing process.

Somatic Expression has also been useful for caregivers and other people in the helping professions to learn tools for personal self-care while caring for others.

Therapists, educators, massage therapists, yoga and fitness instructors, and healthcare professionals have been able to learn new methods for creatively and humanely broadening the scope of their specialization.

Somatic Expression classes and individual sessions invite you to uncover the wisdom of nature as expressed through your body and discover your resilience, strength, and sensitivity.

See the article The Five Technologies of Somatic Expression to learn more about this work.

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