Somatic Therapy

When we limit the processing of our emotions to thinking about them (as opposed to FEELING them), we unequivocally leave traces left to be processed in our bodies: that's what we will explore in somatic therapy. The beauty of working with the body is that you don't need to know or travel back to where symptoms are coming from to address them, the body will connect the dots for us in the here and now.

Most of us have struggled with "being in our heads" about something, anxiety, not being able to let something go, or mysterious emotions "out of nowhere" that we can't quite figure out, control or get over. Equally, most of us have also struggled with mystery pains or other physical ailments that cannot be fully understood or treated from the outside in without other consequences popping up. In both cases, these frustrating struggles can be treated with trauma-informed Somatics to realign us to our dynamic nature. Let's bring you back home to yourself, to your innate self-healing wisdom, to your limitless creative inner genius, and to the powerful gifts running through your very own soma. Let's meet your shadow, your inner child, your family ties, your sensations, and your desires with the curious and loving lens of the body.

The body is constantly indicating to us when there is a piece of the puzzle missing – it's always playing in our team, even when we can't tell. In sessions, we'll safely get in touch with your body, unpack and feel what it has been storing to unblock your healing process. We'll journey into both physical sensations and emotional patterns, shedding a light on them through movement, touch, breath and sound. The body reorganises in safety, so all this exploration will be done with maximum nervous system regulation and respecting the pace and boundaries of each person individually.

Booking a Session

I offer a free 20min online call for us to get a feel for each other and for me to suggest a structure for our work together, book this here.

Afterwhich: €90 for 60min sessions (held in English or Portuguese, either in-person or online)

For more info and FAQs, please visit my website.

About me

I'm Isabel, a fellow bodyfull soul, specialised in reconnecting people with themselves through bodywork – and as a very organic consequence, witnessing their healing and expansion.

I see you, and I help you to safely see (and feel!) yourself again too. My work is grounded in loving appreciation to each individual's unique genius, what they are here to bring to the world, and their body's inner wisdom. I have worked somatically with people from all over the world, from ages 6 - 92, some feeling a lot, some feeling nothing at all: there's no better place to start than the one you are at. I'm trained in trauma-informed Somatic Therapy, Reiki, Access Bars, and Shiatsu massage. Holding all of this together is my life-long study of human energy and spirit.

My background is very international, having moved countries numerous times from the age of 11. I know exactly how much our bodies work to store things we can't process at specific times of transition and turbulence, and have had the pleasure to witness (on myself and on others) how the body holds the key to completing our emotional processes.

Education

• Somatic Inner Critic Processing– SANTA FE INSTITUTE FOR SHAME-BASED STUDIES

• Somatic Therapy & Education (IICT) – SOMATIC INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN

• Reiki (Shoden & Okuden – GANESHA ITU

• Access Bars Practitioner - CASA UNA SALTO

• Shiatsu Massage - WAHO-AN NATURE TOKYO

• MA Communications - MARANGONI MILAN INSTITUTE

• BA Management - UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM