Somatic Coaching

Somatic Coaching: Accessing Your Inner Wisdom

Somatic coaching helps individuals access their innate wisdom by tuning into the body’s intelligence. This process involves guided experiences that heighten awareness of subtle sensations, images, and textures within the body. Through these practices, we release stuck energy, ease tension, cultivate deep discernment, and interrupt destructive patterns. By bypassing the analytical mind, we engage the body’s wisdom directly, transforming limiting beliefs and empowering ourselves to make choices that align with our most authentic and fulfilling lives.

Somatic coaching recognizes the power of beginning in the depths of the body’s intuitive dimensions and letting that depth inform the actions that will lead us to our desired outcomes. 

My Background & Approach

I began meditating at age five when my mother enrolled me in martial arts classes at a school founded by a friend of hers. At the time, I had no idea that this early exposure to the physical and philosophical teachings of the East would profoundly shape my path. By then, I had already recognized my heightened sensitivity to energies and emotions. This sensitivity often made life challenging, as I would easily become overwhelmed by certain people and environments, making social gatherings and crowds difficult to navigate. During my early years, I was more likely to be found reading, painting, or writing poetry in my room rather than socializing with peers.

As a professional facilitator, I became attuned to unspoken conflicts and unhealthy group dynamics, often feeling the energy shifts in my own body when people were frustrated, tired, or hungry. Through years of study and practice, my understanding of chi—life force energy—deepened, allowing me to harness my empathic abilities as strengths rather than feeling controlled by them. I learned to work with energy consciously and restore the body to balance through practices like Qigong and Thai Yoga Massage. As a shamanic healing practitioner, I mastered techniques to shift my awareness into Alpha and Theta brainwave states, accessing information beyond ordinary consciousness on behalf of my clients.

For me, Somatic Coaching became a natural integration of these powerful modalities, offering a holistic approach to personal transformation and healing. As a coach, I collaborate with my clients, guiding them to tap into their bodies’ profound wisdom and innate healing abilities, empowering them to cultivate lasting transformation from within.

Studies & Certifications

Over the years, I have studied and practiced yoga (Anand Prakash Yoga Ashram, Rishikesh, India & Whole Yoga School, Denver, CO), Somatic Experiencing (SE International), Thai Yoga Massage (Chiang Mai, Thailand), shamanic healing (Julie Kramer, Boulder, CO), and qigong healing (Master Robert Peng, The Omega Institute). I hold certifications in:

• Feminine Embodiment Coaching (School of Embodied Arts)

• Mind/Body Coaching (The Embody Lab)

• Thai Yoga Massage (Sunshine Massage School, Chiang Mai, Thailand)

My coaching approach is deeply influenced by these modalities as well as the work of renowned somatic practitioners and thought leaders, including:

• Peter Levine – Founder of Somatic Experiencing and author of Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

• Resmaa Menakem – Somatic Experiencing practitioner and author of My Grandmother’s Hands

• Bessel van der Kolk – Author of The Body Keeps the Score