Somatic Therapies

Somatic therapies are body-centered therapeutic approaches that focus on the connection between the mind and body to address physical, emotional, and psychological issues. These therapies emphasize the role of the body in storing trauma, stress, and emotional experiences, and they aim to help individuals release these stored tensions for healing and wellbeing.

This category incorporates embodiment practices, dance, Pilates, EFT, EMDR and more.

Lisa • Mindful Body Healing Arts

  • I offer a hands-on Mind-Body Experience for people living with chronic conditions and mobility issues to discover more ease of movement and reduce impingement and pain so they can enjoy life more fully. This trauma-informed, holistic and multilayered approach center's the body’s deep healing wisdom, and facilitates clients’ increased empowerment in their personal healing, embodiment, and well-being journey.

    I work intuitively, using a unique blend of hands-on bodywork, guided mind-body awareness, gentle breathwork, energy work, and movement facilitation to regulate the nervous system and activate the body’s innate healing capacities.

    Some of the conditions I have supported clients with are partial paralysis, symptoms of MS, surgery prep and recovery, and chronic pain and stiffness.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

    • I offer services remotely

Jen • Somatic Processing Coach

  • I am a somatic processing coach that works with repressed emotions to get to the core of your patterns of suffering. These manifest in the body as contractions which is actually a defense mechanism against feeling what we have buried.

    Working somatically with the Kiloby Inqiries, you will find more openness and freedom in your body and mind than you could have ever imagined.

    Book a free clarity call on my website to see if this modality might be right for you.

    • I offer in-person sessions out of my space in Grass Valley

    • I offer remote sessions

Lexi • Nature Way Healing

  • My somatic therapy work helps clients reconnect with their bodies to safely release stored trauma, stress, and emotional blocks.

    Through gentle, body-based techniques, we work to calm the nervous system, increase self-awareness, and restore a sense of safety within. This approach blends mindfulness, movement, and trauma-informed practices to support deep healing from the inside out.

    Clients often experience more ease, clarity, and emotional freedom as they learn to listen to and trust their body’s wisdom.

    • I work out of my own space in Nevada City

    • I offer services remotely

Gavrila • Connected Roots Therapy

  • Sometimes, healing cannot happen through words, especially if the origins of impact occur in our younger years.

    Relational Somatic Healing is a therapeutic modality designed to heal Relational Developmental Trauma (RDT) from early relationships. Since this trauma occurs within relationships, healing happens within relationship.

    This approach integrates safe somatic touch work (typically done on a massage table) and mindfulness of connection with self and others in order to strengthen the embodiment of authentic, loving connection.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

    • I offer remote sessions

Jamie Jo • Soul Bloom Wellbeing

  • Trained in Somatic Psychotherapy, I use the wisdom of the body to provide impactful therapeutic processing, restoring balance and vitality to your body, mind, and spirit.

    What to expect:

    • Expand your capacity to cope.

    • Learn bioenergetic exercises and tools that help you better tolerate uncomfortable emotions, intrusive thoughts, and stress.

    • Free up blocked energy: Release emotional and energetic blocks to allow vital life force energy to flow freely, leading to profound shifts in how you feel and express yourself.

    • I travel to clients

    • I offer services remotely

Nurturing Roots

Sukha • Nurturing Roots

  • With the framework of Somatic Therapy Practices, I guide you towards body based self inquiry. You receive support you as you move through layers of protection and old patterns that no longer serve you. This approach allows for the body to be freed up from stagnancy energy and unconscious patterns by bringing them into consciousness.

    I use a variety of Somatic Therapy Practices along with over 25 years of meditation experience and practices to support you on your journey.

    Sliding scale is available.

  • As a Tumura Method Practitioner, I work directly with the inner child. This is a hands on, energetic, touch based method where the client lays fully clothed on a massage table. As the practitioner, I uncover and release energetic holding patterns within the body.

    I use Somatic Therapy Practices and channel the universal and grounding energetic force while stepping in as a loving parent figure to support you through healing old childhood wounds.

    Over time, I guide you to learn to reparent yourself. With a base of trust, safety, and support, your inner child is able to be heard, felt, and seen. As this revealing and healing takes place, a feeling of separateness can be integrated into the whole self, leaving you feeling more at one within your own being.

    My clients report feeling more light, open, free, and grounded.
    Sliding scale is available.

    • I work out of my own space in Grass Valley

    • I offer services remotely

Daniela • Soul Lux PT

  • I offer somato-emotional release, with tools to help people feel safe to be present in their body, become aware of the wisdom the body has for healing, and to integrate trauma or support the body to heal from traumatic experiences.

    I facilitate those looking for transformational healing, or heal through complex health crisis.

    • I practice out of my own space in Grass Valley

Peregrine • Cedar Heart Wellness

  • I include EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and somatic release modalities in my acupuncture sessions, especially for those who are heading trauma.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City & Alta Sierra

Matia • Intimacy/Relational Guide

  • I guide couples and individuals into the heart, support and empower clients to learn their unique aspects of sexuality, Eros and intimacy. I guide through a somatic, eco therapeutic and wholistic approach, utilizing parts work, sexological bodywork, skills for change and Somatica.

    I utilize the natural world as a guide in my work, either through directly utilizing plant medicine or nature based eco therapy practices to support the journey.

    I also combine bodywork and am deeply committed to the practice of chi nei tsang and its powerful benefits.

    • I practice out of my own space in Nevada City

    • I offer services remotely

Sundari • Pilates & Wellness

  • Pilates for building core strength, increasing flexibility, correct alignment and gaining general strength.

    I offer private and semi-private group Reformer and Matt sessions, online or in person at my studio in Grass Valley.

    All levels welcome!

    • I work out of my own space in Grass Valley

    • I travel to clients

    • I offer services remotely

Lauryn • Arise Alchemy

  • Somatic work is a body-based approach to healing, growth & transformation that connects the body, mind & emotions. In a world wired for overwhelm, nervous system regulation isn't a luxury, it's a lifeline.

    Emotions live in the body until you learn to release them. This is the best reset you can give yourself, that ripples out into every part of your life.

    • I offer services remotely

Candice • Soul Craft Counseling

  • As a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with a special focus in somatic psychotherapy, I offer guided imagery, guided meditation and somatic practice to help heal your mind-body connection, and strengthen your relationship with your inner terrain.

    I combine Somatic Psychotherapy with IFS parts work to support you in a deeper sense of knowing yourself, as well as to support you in further developing your intuition and your discernment.

    • I offer services remotely

Noemi • Yoga with Sparks

  • Noemi Sparks is a certified Clinical EFT practitioner, Ganja Yoga Teacher, and Collective Rest Facilitator in Grass Valley, CA. She specializes in helping people overcome the side effects and symptoms of living with mental illness through collective rest, EFT, psychedelic integration, movement, & cellular hydration. She offers virtual and in-person EFT, ganja yoga classes, coaching, and psychedelic rest retreats.

    • I practice out of my own space in Grass Valley

    • I offer services remotely

Mandy • Somatic Therapist

  • I'm a licensed therapist with a Masters and a PhD in Counseling. I'm also a clinical supervisor and have worked in graduate counseling programs training psychotherapists. I specialize in somatic therapy and incorporate breathwork, attachment, and somatics to support you in your healing work.

    Life’s challenges—stress, pain, and unresolved experiences—often settle in our bodies, shaping how we move through the world. These experiences impact our nervous system, relationships, and sense of safety until we learn to work with them. By gently turning toward these parts of ourselves, we create space for healing and growth. My goal is to support you in feeling heard, seen, and empowered to transform these challenges. Through mind-body-spirit integration, you'll reconnect, find balance, and discover what transformation means for you.

    I work with adults ready to deepen their healing journey, especially around family dynamics, relationships, and attachment patterns. I meet you where you are, honoring your unique lived experience. Together, we’ll focus on your needs and build on your strengths to support meaningful, lasting transformation.

    • I offer services remotely

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Catarina Flores

  • I offer trauma-informed, integrative support grounded in somatic experiencing, transpersonal psychology, parts work, and nervous system regulation.

    With a Master’s degree in Transpersonal Psychology, intermediate III-level training in Somatic Experiencing (SE™), multiple trainings in integrative parts work and inner child work, and a background in traditional yoga studies, I guide others through somatic mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and wholeness.

    • I travel to clients

    • I offer services remotely

Ayala Kalisher

  • Talk therapy alone is often not enough. I am trained in a modality called Relational Somatic Healing that incorporates body wisdom and safe attuned touch work to support healing from relational wounds and exploring what a felt of sense safety is in relationship to another.

    • I work out of my own space in Grass Valley

    • I offer services remotely

Dionysia • Liminal Grounds

  • Hakomi-informed somatic sessions offer a doorway into endless wisdom living through the body in the present moment.

    It leads people toward their core nature, which is symbiotic with the natural world.

    It offers a path to genuine pleasure and joy — not hedonistic distraction, but a deeper fulfillment that doesn't depend on consumerism or external validation.

    Pleasure, in the Hakomi sense, is a measure of freedom — freedom from conditioning, cultural pressure, and internalized pain.

    • I work out of my own space in Nevada City

    • I travel to clients

    • I offer services remotely

Chelsea Caroline

  • Shaking medicine is based on our bodies intuition and reminds us that we, like mammals, have an innate tremor mechanism to self regulate the nervous system and shed excess energy that can cause daily tension and chronic pain.  All indigenous cultures of the world acknowledge this as an important part of their culture and place it at the center of what keeps their people strong and resilient.  Reconnecting to this intuitive body knowledge allows us to release stored trauma, unraveling root causes of many physical and psychological issues and live more freely in the moment.

    As a certified Shaking Medicine Teacher, our video session involves muscle activation and release through various exercises: disbursement principles of Qi Gong; Intuitive/ Ecstatic Dance; and Guided Yoga Nidra Savasana are all part of the journey.  Helpful for those who may have suffered traumas and want to heal from PTSD, acute and chronic pain or want to add this somatic tool to their future experiences.

    • I offer remote sessions

Michael • Well of Light

  • Michael is a Somatic Trauma Integration Counselor offering private and relational sessions, as well as Trauma Integration Circles for ancestral and collective healing.

    The journey begins with a willingness to explore the innate intelligence of our body and nervous system to protect, inform, and integrate fragmented and frozen experiences from our past. This leads to a greater sense of connection, intuition, freedom, and self-expression.

    Offered both in person and on-line.

    • I work out of Inner Path in Nevada City

    • I offer services remotely

    • I travel to clients

Makia Mullen

  • Our eroticism is an ecosystem. Alive, evolving, and deeply interconnected with our body, mind, spirit and relational selves.

    In these sessions, we will explore your desires, boundaries, and pleasure pathways through a blend of somatic practices, erotic education, therapeutic skill, coaching, and nervous system attunement.

    Whether you’re unraveling shame, rekindling desire, or seeking to explore your erotic expression, this is a space to reclaim pleasure as your birthright and a more embodied, liberated sexuality.

    • I offer day long and multi-day private retreats and immersions out of my own space in Nevada City, CA.

    • I offer sessions remotely from Dublin, Ireland.