Overview

Elle Miller takes an approach to health and healing that, very simply, spends time listening to the body, breath, and being of a person. It is a holistic and integrative healing practice that serves as a bridge to connect you with the innate wisdom of your body.

Somatic Therapy offers an opportunity to practice embodied present-moment awareness to enhance physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. In a world that is complex, fast-paced, and superficially hyper-connected, you may find yourself longing for a deeper connection with yourself and others.

Simplicity is often elusive. Yet there is an inner wisdom that you can access once you quiet distraction, pause, and tune into your inner voice.

The body is always speaking to us.

Are you listening?

Somatic therapy helps you engage in a dialectical process of listening to your body, heart, and mind in a manner that honors all aspects of your experience.

Key Components of a Somatic Therapy Session

A typical somatic therapy session lasts an hour and offers a tailored experience that begins with a personalized intention.

Through assisted postures, movement, and non-directive verbal cues, you are invited into a therapeutic process in which you experience yourself more fully in your body, heart, and mind. Using focused awareness, practicing presence, and working with breath, you explore what is happening in your immediate experience.

This state of embodied presence facilitates pre-verbal emotional and mental processing that allows for heightened awareness and clarity in your lived experience. A session closes with you and the somatic therapist exploring ways in which this ‘new’ (heightened) awareness intersects with various life points.

Somatic therapy is ideal for anyone who wants to connect or reconnect with themselves and engage in a process of discovery and growth. No prior yoga experience is needed. All abilities are welcome.

Inherent in the somatic therapy process is a deep respect and appreciation for listening to ways in which your body holds past and present experiences together. The memories you carry in your body and heart are acknowledged and attended to. A trauma-informed approach emphasizes individual pace, nervous system attunement, self-compassion, and present-moment choice.

Benefits of Somatic Therapy

Somatic therapy offers an opportunity to befriend the body, face and hold challenging experiences with greater compassion, manage stress, and cultivate joy. Through felt experience, yoga therapy helps uncover and foster skills to regulate emotions and cultivate greater balance in life.

Somatic therapy can be a useful and important adjunct to traditional talk therapies for managing grief, anxiety, depression, addictions, and trauma. Utilizing both therapy approaches provides the opportunity for increased growth, understanding, and deeper healing.