HEALING ~ CONNECTION ~ FREEDOM
You are not a problem to be solved. You are not a project to be completed. You are an event of the cosmos. As marvelous as the stars and just as inevitable. So look again. Not with your eyes, but with your being. And perhaps you will start to recognize the miracle you have always been. -Allan Watts
HEALING & PAIN RELIEF THROUGH MOVEMENT & SENSORY AWARENESS
Welcome to Integral Somatics. Somatics is a gentle movement-based practice, that targets the root cause of most chronic pain: being our brains and the way we adapt to life, stress and trauma, through unconscious habituated movement patterns. Over time, muscles learn how to stay contracted and slowly our brains ability to sense, control and relax our muscles diminishes. This leads to what is called "Sensory Motor Amnesia." Meaning a loss of voluntary control of our muscles.
Somatic movement offers a unique appoach to re-wiring the brain to muscle connection, and putting your brain back in control of movement. Through this safe and gentle practice, you will learn to observe areas of the body where movement is restricted and areas of the body where there is freedom of movement. Working from center to periphery, using a series of movements called "Pandiculations" you will begin to release large groups of muscles back to their orignal length and function. By working at the level of the "Sensory Motor Nervous System" you will be able to create more immediate and lasting changes in increased muscle length and function. Somatics is not about working harder. It's about slowing down and giving the brain the time to sense what is happening internally. Therefore, increasing our ability to move more intelligently, more efficiently and with greater ease and joy.
The benefits of this practice are many and include: tools to safely and effectively reverse the causes of chronic pain. Renewed muscle control. Greater strength and flexibility. Improved walking, posture, and breathing. As well as helping to reduce stress, anxiety, depression, stored trauma, burnout and more.
Private Sessions:
Somatic Movement Private session - Initial Visit
In an initial one on session with me here is what you can expect:
A safe, warm and non-judgemental place to discuss the challenges that are inhibiting you from moving and feeling well.
We will discuss your hopes and goals that I can support you in achieving through working together.
Then based on what is most needed and supportive to your body and nervous system, I will guide you through a series of safe, gentle and mindful movements, that will help re-wire your brain to muscle connection, and begin to release the effects of chronic pain, tension, anxiety, depression, stored trauma, grief, and burnout.
From every session you will receive a written review and follow up check in. These sessions are designed to support you to grow your ability to sense and inhabit more of yourself. To gauge the state of your nervous system and to be empowered with tools that work for your unique nervous system. Ultimately creating a pathway for you to experience greater well being, healing connection and freedom to live more fully.
Session length: 75 mins
Cost: $100
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Somatic Movement Private sessions
One on one sessions, following an initial visit. I will guide you through a series of safe, gentle and mindful movements, that will help re-wire your brain to muscle connection and begin to release the effects of chronic pain, tension, anxiety, depression, stored trauma and more. From every session you will receive a written review and follow up check in.
Session length: 60 mins
Cost: $100
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Testimonials:
Participating in Angelica's Somatics Classes has left me much more hopeful about achieving long lasting recovery from chronic pain, posture, and balance issues for which other physical therapies have only provided temporary relief. Angelica brings the sensitivity and empathy to her coaching that allows you to safely let go of the emotional tensions that underlie most physical tightness and restricted movement.
N Cost, MA Family Therapist
Angelica is a true healer. Her compassion, deep knowledge of Somatics and the human body, her calm and caring demeanor always put me at ease. I have taken several classes from her and also some private sessions, and honestly what she does sometimes feels like magic (thanks to her comprehensive knowledge of the human body). Recently during a private session I went from being in extreme pain after pulling a muscle in my shoulder, to within 10 minutes finding my body calming down, the tension releasing and the pain greatly diminished. I was astonished at how quickly my shoulder recovered over the next couple of days. I highly recommend Angelica’s work!
-A Aeala
I did a four week somatics course with Angelica, and I can say with all honesty that it continues to help me on many levels. She is an inspired and confident teacher who cares deeply about her students. I was able to feel comfortable in slowing down while I developed more knowledge and balance in how I relate with my body and movement. There was a feeling of safety, and plenty of joy and laughter along the way as well. This is proving to be beneficial in caring for my long-term health!
- S White
The somatic movement series I completed with Angelica increased the awareness of my body and how to be more conscious in my everyday movements. Focusing in class on how I moved my body helped me address some poor posture habits I had developed over the years and gave me encouragement to correct them. I also found these somatic classes had a calming effect on me which carried over into the following days.
- Russ D
UPCOMING CLASSES:
Please stay tuned for upcoming classes.....
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Pain Free Back & Hips Workshop
Saturday December.20th 12:00-2:00pm
Are you living with chronic back and hip pain?,
Are you tired of living in pain but think that it’s just a part of getting older?
Are you tired of spending time and money on things that don’t actually help?
Then this workshop is for YOU
Come explore how gentle somatic movement gives you the tools to re-wire your brain to muscle and help you release chronically contracted muscles.
Over time we become stuck in habitual movement patterns that we may not be aware of. Our brain and our nervous system learn how to hold us in certain stress patterns, that become unconscious. Through gently sending new and novel sensory input through movement, we begin to re-wire these patterns of stress and tension and restore healthy function.
You will learn valuable tools to use whenever you experience painful back and hip muscles. This workshop is an opportunity to empower yourself to learn, experience, and explore greater FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT & WELL BEING!
Space is limited and pre-registration is required.
Cost: $50.