Exeter Loves Yoga

Sacred Somatic Journey · from £85 · 1.5 hr sessions

Somatic Journeys

A Sacred Somatic Journey (SSJ) combines bodywork, breathwork, sound and energy. Deep healing in the physical tissues alongside the energy flow inside and around the body.

Somatic Journeys

What is a Somatic Journey?

A Sacred Somatic Journey (SSJ) is a deeply profound process that transforms the way you experience your life. Somatic Journeys combine bodywork, breathwork, sound and energy to create a powerful and effective form of deep healing. This healing takes place in the physical tissues of the body alongside the energy flow inside and around the body. Somatic Journeys can allow us to access places within that we have been separated from for a long time. More often than not, this disconnect will relate to a time when we needed to separate our physical senses as a form of protection. Because the physical body has innate memory, the parts we disconnected from can stay in this disconnect long after the events have passed. It is through this internal reconnection and reclaiming that we can step once again into our wholeness.

Training & lineage

In 2023, I trained in Sacred Somatic Journeys (SSJ) with Laura Oseland, completing three separate modules over 18 months. In 2024/2025, I dove deep into trauma and the body-brain response, completing CPD with some of the world’s leading experts: Gabor Maté, Dan Siegel, Bessel van der Kolk, Esther Perel, Janina Fisher and Tara Swart. Currently I’m learning from Pat Jackman whose Emotional Release Technique is profoundly informing my practice.

What does a session look like?

Allow 1.5 hours. We begin with time to connect — you may have a clear intention, or simply an openness to explore. Table time follows: you are on the table and I work with my hands on your body. I cover and uncover specific areas as I work. Then integration: still table-based, hands both on and off the body, you fully covered. The senses often withdraw and you can journey deep into a sacred part of yourself.

How will I feel after?

Mostly people feel better — what this means is unique to each person. Clear your schedule for the rest of the day so you have space to reflect and rest. Please refrain from alcohol or recreational drugs 24 hours before or after a session.

Who are sessions for?

I work with people for many different reasons — the one common motivation is that they would like more peace in their lives. Stress, anxiety, depression, anger, bereavement, serious health diagnosis, recovery, PTSD, abusive past. I do not see clients who are in ‘active addiction’ but I do work with them once they are in recovery. I also work with clients who do not relate to any of the above but would like to experience life on a deeper level.

Investment

Sessions start at £85. I have a 24-hour cancellation fee. I offer reduced rates for people who live on a low income — if finances are a block please contact me.