Somanautiko seeks to locate the source of whatever issue or inquiry brings you to seek support and care. Through active, full body listening and shared participation in our sessions, my clients and I explore the depths of what is happening in each moment. This is a “we do” kind of process. This is not a quick-fix body repair shop. Each session begins before walking in the door. Our process starts with the intention to seek support, then focuses itself during our time together, and continues to unfold in the days afterwards. The benefits are maximized by the level of commitment every client makes to their own self-awareness and self-care during each interval between sessions.
In my experience, it takes a lot of sustained effort, focus, and time for each of us to be well in our lives. Our bodies and minds require constant awareness and loving engagement to thrive. How much anyone brings to their process is how much they will get out of it.
Are you ready to prioritize your own health and wellness?
I live a philosophy of work as deep play. This means that what I choose to focus my time, energy, and attention on should be both pleasurable and in support of my thriving as a human being. This does not mean that what I choose to work with is always easy or comfortable. I take great pleasure in meeting life’s challenges in ways that allow me to see them as the learning and growth opportunities they most likely are. This takes skill that only experience gives me. It is my calling to share my life skills with anyone who chooses to receive what I have to offer.
I am always learning and becoming more skilled. In fact, I expect that I have a lot to learn from you. One of the first things we will identify are the areas of strength you possess and the tools you already have available to use as resources while you learn to be present with the areas of yourself that are difficult and need more support. I am here as a guide, a coach, and a companion on your life journey.
Humans, as social animals, are not designed to do life’s work alone.
Our first developmental task is to establish a secure relationship with ourselves and our caregivers. Starting before birth, we need to feel safe, seen, and soothed. We need this to be predictable and reliable. If these streams of connection are ruptured, we need them to be consciously repaired. This foundational work is done when we are pre-verbal, porous, and limitless in our potential. This is what generates our sense of security and trust in the world around us.
Additionally, we need caregivers who can accurately reflect our essence back to us so we can sense ourselves and live fully in our bodies. I will strive to help you cultivate a competent inner caregiver for yourself – regardless of whether you had one or not in your early life.
It is my pleasure to create safe spaces for clients to settle into so that they have a protected time and space to be with themselves during our sessions. In this protected time and space, I will invite everyone’s nervous systems to step out of fear and survival mode so we can explore the deeper questions and longings of the body-mind that most often try to get attention through discomfort, pain, or distress. It is my hope that everyone will reclaim the intrinsic sensations, subtle movements, and deeper feelings that get lost in the noise and fast pace of modern life. We need to prioritize regular intervals of time to rest and recover. We need to establish good sleep habits to be truly healthy.
You do not have to know what is “going on” with you to benefit from a session with me.
You do not have to have something “wrong,” “hurt,” or “broken” to need connection, compassion, and care. My goal in our work together is to help you find connection, compassion, and care for your own experience of living in your body. It is not always easy and there is a lot to be curious about when we can stop being afraid of it.
I also want to make sure that you have access to the deepest medicine – the ways your body has of caring for itself through self-awareness, innate movement choices, and vast knowledge of everything that nourishes your body, mind, and spirit. This is your birthright. Again, this is not a “quick fix” body shop. It takes a lot of sustained effort, focus, and time for each of us to be well in our lives. Our bodies and minds require constant awareness and loving engagement to thrive, not just merely survive. Are you ready to thrive?
Contact me to arrange a phone consultation and see if Somanautiko would be a good match for you.