Enhance your well-being through Somatic Bodywork

Somatic bodywork nurtures and supports your self-development through relaxing chronic areas of contraction in your body and allowing your life energy to flow. These chronic contractions are what noted psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich called muscular armoring. Armoring limits the flow of life energy, disintegrates our bodies, and generates pockets of numbness and unconsciousness that impede our ability to perform, to build new skills, and to develop fully as humans.

Armoring develops in each one of us as a natural part of ego development. Receiving somatic bodywork regularly, say once or twice monthly, makes a powerful contribution to a healthy and spiritually fulfilling lifestyle. Somatic bodywork relaxes armoring and integrates the whole body through working with awareness, touch, breath, voice, and gesture in an intelligent and sensitive way.

Somatic bodywork derives from the pioneering work of Randolph Stone (Polarity Therapy), Ida Rolf (Structural Integration aka Rolfing), and Moshe Feldenkrais (Feldenkrais Method). Somatic bodywork is the creation of Richard Strozzi-Heckler who is the co-founder of the Lomi School of bodywork and the founder of the Strozzi Institute. I am a student of Richard's and am a certified Somatic Coach  from the Strozzi Institute.

Over five decades of research and practice in the field of somatics has shown that when we consciously and fully inhabit our bodies we achieve greater levels of effectiveness, self-leadership, and enhance our sense of well being. With such conscious embodiment it becomes possible to life, relate, and work with more ease, greater effectiveness, and more fulfillment.

We start with a conversation about where you are in your life, what commitments and ambitions you hold, what changes you want to make, and what challenges you are facing. Then you lie down and I customize the session to offer the support and self-development you need. We end the session with a conversation about what you learned about yourself and how you can take that into your life. I'll also offer you my assessment about the kind of support you need based on what I've learned about your body in relation to your commitments and ambitions.

A typical session is 60 minutes long. It is not necessary to remove your clothing for this form of bodywork. All work is performed while you are clothed lying on your back on a massage table.

Often, somatic bodywork is included in the Self-leadership coaching that I offer. However, individual sessions are also available. One session of somatic bodywork is $80.

If you are interested in exploring how Somatic Bodywork could enhance your well-being and support your self-development, please contact me.

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