A whole-body therapeutic container for exploration & unwinding
The Soma Series is a progressive sequence of eleven sessions designed to improve alignment, ease chronic tension, and help your body move with greater efficiency and comfort.
Each session has a unique focus, freeing restrictions in a particular region of the body. Layer by layer, the Soma Series facilitates a deeper connection to your core and center.
It is common to feel improvements in posture, breathing, balance, sleep, flexibility, body awareness, and overall ease of movement.
The Soma Series is ideal for those seeking more than temporary relief and who are interested in a deeper exploration and connection with their body.
The Details
+ Each session is 90-120 minutes in length
+ 11 sessions in total
+ Best scheduled 1-2 weeks apart
+ Longer breaks can be taken after sessions 3 and 7
+ Once you have gone through one series, you do not need to do it again.
Session Descriptions
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These sessions aim to loosen and balance surface layers of connective tissue.
Session one is devoted to enhancing the quality of breath by addressing the ribcage, shoulders, and diaphragm. This session begins to address the upper leg, hamstrings, neck and spine as well. This results in a more upright posture, fuller, deeper breathing and ease.
Session two helps give the body more support by balancing the foot and muscles of the lower leg.
Session three typically involves a side lying position with the intention to balance the shoulders, widen the ribcage, and lengthen the sides of the body.
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To bring about the most profound benefits of Soma, we restructure, educate and enliven the center of your body: legs, pelvis, entire spine and muscles that support you from deep within.
Session four explores the territory of the inner leg from arch of the foot to the bottom of the pelvis, thus starting to balance the pelvic floor.
Session five focuses on balancing the front of the body, the abdominals, the psoas muscles, and the hip flexors.
Session six address the back of the body and builds more support and movement from the legs, pelvis, and lower back.
The seventh session addresses the deeper structures of the neck and head.
We work to lengthen the center of the body. Often after the Core Sessions more balance and freedom of movement is available. Walking takes a fraction of the energy typically expended.
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These final sessions are the key to the lasting “effects” of Soma. By focusing largely on integration and connectivity, we allow your body-mind to fully connect to this new way of moving and being in the world.
Integration is the sensation, feeling, and action of wholeness. These final sessions are designed to facilitate new neural connections by working into and across joint structures. We strive towards allowing grace, coordination and ease in movement. Additionally, less stress and increased energy as the body’s structure becomes better aligned with gravity.
Session 8/9 are focused on either the upper or lower parts of the body
Session 10 focuses on releasing and balancing the intricate structures of our arms and their connections to the shoulders.
Session 11 focuses on all joints of the body — the places of connection.
Is the Soma Series right for me?
I recommend trying either the first session, or the first three sessions. Both are introductory treatments and you can decide afterwards if you want to continue.
If you are new to bodywork or Soma, please send your questions here!
“The Soma series taught me how to better care for my body. Over 11 sessions, I re-learned how to stand, sit, and walk more efficiently. I also discovered how my limbs connect to my torso and back, which has made me stronger at the gym and less prone to injury. Tiara is nurturing, gentle, and a joy to be around!”
— Steph Y., Soma Series Client