Yoga Therapy is not a Yoga Class
If you have ever felt that yoga is not for you, that you are too stiff, too unwell, too injured, or simply not the type , yoga therapy was made precisely for you. Here is what it actually is, what to expect, and why it is one of the most underused therapeutic tools available.
Yoga as an ancient somatic practice?
Long before the term somatic therapy existed, yoga was doing exactly what somatic therapy does — working with the body from the inside out, building internal awareness, and supporting the integration of embodied experience. Here is why yoga is one of the oldest somatic practices we have.
The stress response, nervous system and the benefits of somatic movement.
Movement like yoga, breathwork, gentle shaking and grounding can signal safety in the body, discharge stress hormones, and shift the nervous system out of chronic activation. Here is what is actually happening physiologically — and why movement is one of the most powerful regulatory tools available.
The Vagus Nerve
The vagus nerve is the longest nerve in the body and the primary pathway of the parasympathetic nervous system. Understanding it and learning how to work with it directly through somatic practice, breath and movement can change everything about how you approach nervous system health.
Somatic Movement & Therapy for Women
Somatic movement therapy is especially powerful for women navigating perimenopause and menopause — supporting the whole person, body, mind and nervous system, during one of the most significant transitions of a woman's life. Here is why, and what it can offer.