Many people find me after they have exhausted the common medical remedies for chronic pain. Typically, the Contact form is filled out on my website, after which I reach out to understand your current situation and determine avenues to work together. Ailments vary from a frozen shoulder to sciatica, neck and shoulder stiffness, a rigid pelvis, back pain, knee pain, Barbie feet, fibromyalgia etc. What all these conditions have in common is that there is muscle tension held in t

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Like most disciplines, Somatics has developed some principles and sayings unique to Somatics practice. Let’s explore some of the common phrases you may have heard me use during a Somatics class! FROM THE PERIPHERY TO THE CENTER Thomas Hanna, Ph.D. referred to our limbs (legs, arms) as the periphery. Our trunk / torso or center of the body is defined as the Soma. When we walk for example, it is not just our legs moving us forward. Our arms move as well and form a diagonal co

From personal experience learning Somatics in Tampa as well as from the perspective of a Certified Essential Somatics Movement Teacher, I assure you I've seen it all! Especially if you are someone like me who was not used to sensing their body from within, struggled with meditation and body awareness. It took me a while to learn Somatics. However, once I did the rewards were bountiful! Let's take a closer look at the top three common mistakes, and strategies to overcome them!

Somatics has become a buzzword lately, attached to all kinds of therapies and disciplines. It can get confusing, so let’s start with the basics. The word soma simply means “body,” and somatic means “relating to the body.” When you see terms like somatic yoga, somatic psychology, or somatic breathwork, it usually means those practices emphasize bodily awareness. But Somatics as taught at Somatics Tampa —specifically the work of Thomas Hanna, PhD.—is something different. How Di