Your body remembers. Long before your mind processes a moment, your nervous system senses it, responds, and holds onto it. Trauma, chronic stress, or overwhelming life experiences are stored in this system, shaping how you move, feel, and relate to the world. Somatic Experiencing® (SE) is a gentle, body-centered approach designed to help your nervous system release these held experiences, restoring balance, resilience, and ease.

What is Somatic Experiencing®?

Developed by Dr. Peter Levine, SE is a therapeutic approach that works with the body rather than the story of the trauma alone. Instead of reliving events, SE helps the nervous system complete interrupted stress responses, allowing the body to safely release tension and return to a state of regulation. It’s an approach rooted in the understanding that healing begins in the body.

How SE Works

SE is personalized to meet each individual where they are. Sessions may include:

• Gentle movement or guided awareness of bodily sensations

• Breathwork and grounding exercises

• Touch or hands-on support when appropriate

• Stabilization tools to strengthen the nervous system

The practice is paced to expand your capacity safely, helping you navigate stress, trauma, and overwhelm without re-traumatization. Over time, this work fosters a nervous system that can respond to life’s challenges with resilience, rather than staying stuck in survival mode.

Who Can Benefit

Somatic Experiencing® is for anyone who wants to restore their nervous system’s natural balance. People often seek SE for:

• Trauma, whether developmental, relational, or acute

• Chronic stress or anxiety

• Emotional dysregulation

• Physical tension, chronic pain, or fatigue

• Difficulty connecting to self or others

• Anyone ready to feel safer, more grounded, and present in their body

Benefits of Somatic Experiencing®

Clients report a wide range of physical, emotional, and mental benefits, including:

• Reduced stress and anxiety

• Relief from tension, pain, or somatic symptoms

• Greater emotional regulation and resilience

• Improved sleep and overall well-being

• Enhanced capacity for connection, presence, and joy

What to Expect in a Session

No two bodies are alike, and neither are sessions. Your experience in SE is guided by your body’s cues and needs in the moment. Together, we create a safe, contained environment where your nervous system can begin to release what it has been holding. Over time, this fosters greater ease, flexibility, and capacity to engage fully with life.

Why Choose Somatic Experiencing®

SE is not about “fixing” or reliving your past. It’s about reconnecting with your body’s innate ability to heal, and restoring your nervous system’s natural rhythm. With each session, you build resilience, expand your capacity for safety and connection, and cultivate a sense of ease that extends far beyond the session itself.

Your body holds the map to your healing. Somatic Experiencing® helps you read it with care, curiosity, and compassion.