WELCOME TO SOMATIC MASSAGE & BODYWORK WHERE EVERY SESSION IS A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR BODY. GUIDED BY INTUITION, GROUNDED IN SCIENCE, AND CENTERED ON YOU.

The body does not separate emotional stress from physical stress. When the nervous system perceives threat from workload, trauma, overwhelm, or chronic pressure, it prepares the body to protect itself.

This can show up as tightened jaw, elevated shoulders, shallow breathing, braced hips, and restricted fascia. If the stress cycle is never completed, these protective patterns become habitual. What started as survival becomes chronic holding.

Somatic bodywork helps the body finish incomplete stress responses. Through slow pacing and attuned touch, the system learns it no longer needs to hold the same level of defense. Tension is not failure. It is adaptation.

Trauma informed care recognizes that every body has a history. The nervous system remembers patterns of safety and threat, even when we don’t consciously recall events.

Sessions prioritize consent, pacing, communication, and respect for boundaries. You remain in control at all times.

There is no pressure to explain your past. The focus is creating safety in the present moment, where healing can happen naturally.

Yes. Somatic and therapeutic massage practices draw from research in neuroscience, fascia science, polyvagal theory, and psychophysiology. Studies continue to show that regulated touch can influence stress response, pain perception, immune function, and emotional regulation.

While somatic work is experiential and individualized, it is grounded in growing scientific understanding of how the nervous system shapes health.

This approach does not replace medical care. It complements it by supporting the body’s natural regulatory systems, the foundation upon which healing occurs.