If you're dealing with chronic tension or pain, feel limited in your movement, or want to feel more connected to your body without relying on high-intensity workouts or quick fixes, this work may be a great fit. It's especially helpful for people looking for a sustainable, body-aware path to strength and healing.

Somatic exercise supports nervous system regulation and tension release through gentle, mindful movement. Corrective, functional movement-based strength work helps restore balance, posture, and coordination. I use one or both approaches depending on what your body needs.

Yes. I offer short consultations so you can ask questions, share what you're experiencing, and see if this approach aligns with your needs and goals.

Chronic tension and pain often have roots in stress or trauma stored in the body. When we bring the nervous system out of a fight-or-flight state and into a more regulated, balanced place, muscles can relax, breathing improves, and pain signals often lessen. It’s not just about “tight” muscles, it’s about the whole system being able to feel safe and supported.

Somatic exercise is a gentle, body-based movement practice that helps release chronic tension and retrain the nervous system. These exercises are typically done lying down, seated, or sometimes standing, and they focus on moving slowly and intentionally, with awareness.

Rather than stretching or forcing the body into position, somatic exercise works by helping you sense where you're holding unconscious tension and gradually let it go. Over time, this teaches your nervous system how to shift out of a stress response and into a more balanced, regulated state. It’s less about pushing to your edge and more about gently unwinding tension through awareness and subtle, intentional movement. Unlike yoga or stretching, it’s deeply nervous-system informed and works with how your body organizes itself under stress or pain.

It’s especially effective for people living with symptoms of long-term stress or trauma, such as chronic pain, fatigue, anxiety, sleep issues, or a general sense of disconnection from the body.Somatic movement is deeply relaxing, and helps you reconnect with your body, feel safer in it, and build new patterns of ease and coordination from the inside out. It’s subtle work, but deeply impactful.

Corrective strengthening helps you build strength in ways that restore balance to your body. Instead of just targeting one muscle, we focus on how your entire body moves and holds itself, improving posture, coordination, and functional movement patterns to reduce strain and improve resilience.

We achieve this through functional movement-based exercise focuses on helping your body move in ways that support real-life activities like walking, standing, reaching, bending, or getting up from the floor, with more ease and less strain.

Instead of isolating one muscle at a time, this approach trains your whole body to work together as a coordinated system. It improves posture, joint alignment, core control, and movement efficiency, so you not only feel stronger, but also more stable and balanced in daily life.The kind of functional exercise I offer is also deeply corrective. We address imbalances, compensations, and patterns of tension that may be contributing to pain, injury, or movement limitations. And it’s always paired with mindful awareness so your nervous system can integrate the changes, not just push through them.

Many people feel a shift even after their first session, whether that’s less tension, greater ease, or feeling more grounded. However, long-term change, especially with chronic issues, requires consistency. Positive results compound over time, the more you consistently follow your routine. I’ve had many clients experience significant relief in just 4-6 weeks, and experience even more relief and freedom from pain over several months. My approach focuses on gradual, lasting improvement rather than quick but temporary fixes.

While I can’t promise to eliminate pain entirely, this work often leads to significant relief. We’ll address the root causes of imbalance and tension, not just symptoms, helping your body become more stable, resilient, and at ease over time.

This approach blends elements of movement therapy, nervous system regulation, and strength training. Unlike traditional fitness programs, it’s not about pushing through pain. Unlike massage or passive therapies, it invites you to participate in your own healing through mindful movement and awareness-based strength work.

You don’t need a full gym setup. Somatic exercise just requires you to lay on your bed, or a yoga mat or padded surface on the ground.Strengthening work can begin with bodyweight alone, but it is helpful to have a few small items. I highly recommend you have one set of light to medium weight dumbbells to begin, and a set of resistance bands with handles which I will recommend. I’ll make personalized recommendations if anything else is needed.

Nope! A small open space where you can lie down, stand up, and move around a bit is enough. Most of the exercises can be done in a living room or bedroom.

Absolutely. This work meets you where you are. It’s accessible, non-intimidating, and designed to help you rebuild trust and confidence in your body, no matter your starting point.