Attune
Body-based skills and nervous system support rooted in Somatic Experiencing for caring individuals who want to rebuild a relationship with their body and connect from a place of vitality and current capacity.
Why attune to our bodies as care providers?
When we support others from a place of mutual integrity, there is more space for deeper connection - both for the provider and the individual receiving care.
With more space, we clear the air for effortless relational growth.
As providers, we must know that our ability to be with our own body at the same time as tending to another, affects the quality of our care.
Our capacity to be with both sets the scene, and it does not go unnoticed.
While not always through conscious recognition, our presence is felt, and when we hold space for another without our own integrity, the connection feels forced and pressured.
This is where somatic attunement comes in.
Body-based attunement provides a way to process undigested experiences through the physical body, so that we can develop the capacity to support another without forgetting our own nervous system needs.
As care providers, we are not simply offering a service to the community; our presence and ability to be with the person across from us is the product.
We must not forget ourselves in our work.
This is the process of attunement to ourselves, our people, and our planet.
Hello!
My name is Rachel.
In Attune, we co-regulate.
Here, we practice what we preach.
Together, we develop the deeper capacity and connection needed to care for others, which requires you to center your own nervous system as a healer in the work you bring to the community.
We may be a good fit if you’re looking for:
curious inquiry and compassionate validation
I bring my curious and playful nature into each session in hopes of finding an easeful path towards clarifying and highlighting your own inherent wisdom. I also know very well how difficult it is to dig deep and find compassion for the parts of our selves that feel like the culprit. In those moments of facing a challenge, I am right there to remind you that your body holds far more than the “score”. Joy, pleasure, and ease are just waiting to be noticed.
responsive attention and trauma awareness
Your sense of safety and comfort are my top priorities. All of my offerings are aimed at tending to the nervous system with awareness of the individual’s experience, needs, and boundaries. In addition, I want to meet you where you’re at in each moment. This means we can adapt our plan to suit your needs before, during, and after the session. I suggest various props, tools, techniques, and approaches to a session so that we can create a container that looks like care to you.
a steady presence that centers relationship
I think you might already know how incredibly important relationships are in a therapeutic space. With the right person, we feel like co-regulation is a breeze, a sense of safety might be more accessible, and we feel hopeful that we can finally settle and soften with a witness. This sense of being seen and heard is key to our growth. I think you might also know that relationship building and growth take time. Please know, I am here for the slow and steady.
“Rachel is the most thoughtful practitioner I’ve had the experience of working with! It’s refreshing to find someone who integrates movement with body work, and introduces healing practices in this particular way. They are clearly knowledgeable and at the same time they are creative and kind in their work. I honestly couldn’t recommend them more.”
-Carly F.
Coaching Container.
This container provides the opportunity to meet on a month-to-month basis with a commitment of at least two 90-minute sessions each month and options for weekly appointments, so you can join for the months that require the most support or choose to stay for a whole season. Either way, the container adapts to your needs.
What’s included in a 90-minute session?
In our work together, we have many elements of a practice to integrate that include but are not limited to:
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Somatic exploration is an experiential inquiry of sensation, visualization, patterns, emotions, and beliefs.
This work is deeply influenced by the Somatic Experiencing method.
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Personal bodywork provides an opportunity to feel into sensation to respond to what needs might be present in each moment.
This is an active practice aimed at body awareness and re-patterning limiting shapes and movements.
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Therapeutic movement is curious action that invites exploration of expressive motion with:
responsive movements that meet you exactly where you’re at with an invitation to expand
foundational postures that build relationship with stability
dynamic exercises to further develop joint range and expansive patterns
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In our time, we can create rituals and practices specific to your needs as a care provider that foster ongoing devotion to your craft.
Payment Options:
Pay $195 per session
or $390 monthly for biweekly meetings
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Additionally, a limited number of sliding-scale spots are available. Please inquire about availability.
“Rachel is sensitive, intuitive, informative and comforting. They offered movement that I could carry with me outside of our session to continue to support my body. I’m so thankful that healers like this exist and grateful to have been the recipient of her care.”
— Brea Y.
What this work is
(and isn’t)
What it is:
Somatic-based guidance for care providers seeking harmony in their work while trying to prevent total burnout
A vehicle that moves you out of a state of shame freeze and into one of warm connection, so you can begin to trust yourself in your work
A place to practice somatic techniques and skills that can be used in care settings and beyond to foster deeper relational connection
A practical, grounded experience of what it means to live your values without also self-abandoning - because you are the medicine, friend
What it’s not:
Psychotherapy or a way to navigate challenges solely through narrative
Somatic modality training or continuing education, this is where we practice what we already know
Step 1: book your first session
In our first session together, we will define your needs for support, goals for sessions, and dreams in your life, all to inform the work ahead.
Step 2: integrate.
Our work begins with sessions aimed at building a strong support system for the work ahead with attention on resourcing, boundary, needs, and preferences
Each session after will vary in order to meet you in each moment, but for the most part our time together will align within this structure:
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When we first meet and settle, I’ll join you in an exercise that invites us both to arrive in the room together.
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An assessment can include body scans, a check in of movements and shapes held in your body, and a revisit of your goals to be sure we are on the right path for you.
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This care includes everything we planned on and many alternate choices available when we need to adapt.
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After your session, we can reflect on our work together and create personalized rituals and practices that will carry you long after our session.
My Approach Includes:
❋ Somatic Experiencing techniques that establish coherence
❋ Neuro-centric practices aimed at bodily connection
❋ Positive Psychology and mindfulness frameworks
❋ Rituals centered on our interconnected relationship with earth
❋ Processes informed by Attachment Styles and Parts-Work
❋ Interwoven focus on Feminist and Humanistic Theory
This offering is great for:
bodyworkers, mental health therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, acupuncturists, fitness instructors, medical providers, and other allied health professionals
providers who are feeling overextended, over-identified, or on the edge of burnout and want to build greater capacity to hold space for big emotions without being mutually activated with others
have the ability to describe their emotions, sensations, and overall internal experience, but want to feel a shift in their body so they can provide care with confident, embodied pacing
want increased somatic discernment which supports meaningful and appropriate solution finding in a care setting - attuning to body so that you can attune to others
“Rachel makes somatics make sense with practical applications. 10/10 recommended to anyone looking to tune into their personal wisdom.”
— Private Client
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