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SOMATIC HEALING SESSIONS

Engage in deep, authentic healing work with Somatic Healing Sessions. Completely tailored to your specific challenges, these sessions, which are held with Allie or Julia, are never driven by protocols or formulas, but involve a fluid blend of all of the areas in which we each hold training and expertise. Guided by the intentions and goals we establish together with the client, we tune in to the body to gain awareness of places within your life where there is tension, as well as places where ease is available. With active client participation, we collaborate to provide the nervous system, myofascial structures, and emotions new possibilities that provide a more aligned and sustainable way of life.

 

Sometimes this involves hands-on bodywork, either on the massage table or on the heated floor mats, bringing direct input into an area to affect change, while at other times we may opt for a somatic intervention that does not involve touch, such as a seated nervous system exercise, an exploration of intuitive movement patterns that want to emerge, or a drawing of boundaries utilizing various props and tools, as examples. Everything within the spacious studio is available for our use, including various sensory objects, cushions and mats, art supplies, self-treatment tools, whiteboard, etc. to allow for abundant options to somatically explore whatever shows up.

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As body-oriented practitioners, we place special attention on helping the client gain awareness of all the sensations they're experiencing as we work together, whether they be dramatic or subtle, as sensations are one of the major languages of the nervous system and provide significant clues as to how and why a particular trauma is still affecting the client's life.

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THE BODYWORK COMPONENT

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Bodywork can be a powerful and efficient way to access the deep, subconscious patterns we’ve developed in response to overwhelming or traumatic life experiences, including in our preverbal ages or other times for which we have no specific memory. Touch is our first and most primitive language as humans, and in these sessions we harness that to communicate messages of safety to the nervous system so that our deeply-held patterns can come out of hiding and begin to soften.

 

We pay close attention to the memories, images, sensations, movement impulses, and emotions that arise as we engage in hands-on bodywork, because those all serve as clues to the underlying reasons for the tension or pain that one experiences. As the unresolved events and emotions of life that are fragmented and painful are allowed to express, they naturally begin to integrate into one's fuller sense of being, which delivers greater access to ease and flow in life, including in the myofascial structures where the tension often takes on physical form.

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It is many people's experience that the combination of deep nervous system attunement and relevant hands-on techniques provides a unique therapeutic experience that accelerates their emotional and physical healing.

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Hands-on bodywork is always optional, and of course only happens with full consent of the client. The type of bodywork utilized at Studio A is extremely gentle and is never harsh, aggressive, or painful. It can be incredibly profound to receive bodywork that honors the body's natural threshold and happens within the context of attuned care and compassion.

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COMMON THEMES IN SOMATIC WORK

 

While every session is customized to each particular client, there are common themes that often emerge in somatic work. Those themes are:

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  • gaining awareness of how our body is holding and expressing our lived experiences

  • finding safety–physically, emotionally, and relationally

  • putting language to our intentions and longings

  • accessing and allowing deeply-held self-protective responses

  • fostering curiosity around our triggers and patterns

  • rewriting shame narratives we’re holding

  • discovering and drawing boundaries

  • finding greater ease in the body

  • syncing up the conscious mind with the body/unconscious

  • allowing our held grief, anger, and other strong emotions to emerge and complete

  • building our capacity to be with difficult experiences

  • increasing our ability to be present in the moment

  • holding compassion for the survival strategies we’ve developed

  • receiving and co-regulating off of others

  • self-regulating the nervous system

  • solidifying our sense of self

  • relating to our self in a new way

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Trauma is often complex and multi-dimensional, so finding full healing and relief from its effects usually requires more than just one practitioner and one type of therapy. We typically recommend that clients engaging in Somatic Healing Sessions at Studio A are also simultaneously working with a mental health therapist. We can provide referrals to local therapists whose work is compatible with somatic work if needed.

MASSAGE ADD-ON

 

After the hard work of a one-on-one session, whether that is 60, 75, or 90 minutes long, there is the offer to end your session with a 15 or 30-minute deeply relaxing massage, if you choose to book that add-on.

 

With the part of the session over that requires such active engagement, you are invited to use the massage time to simply rest and receive nourishing touch that stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system and brings on deep calm. This restful massage period supports the body-mind complex to more deeply integrate and solidify any shifts that occurred in the nervous system during the session, before heading back out into the busyness of life.

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Swedish massage on the table and Thai massage on the heated floor mats are both available options. Swedish massage is typically done with clothes removed and lying under a blanket, but of course it is always up to the client and their level of comfort, safety, and preferences. (Privacy is given for the client to undress/prepare for the massage as needed.) Thai massage is always a clothed modality as it involves moving and stretching, so wearing loose-fitting or stretchy pants and t-shirt is best.

RATES, HOURS, & SCHEDULING FOR SOMATIC HEALING SESSIONS
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Discover our open-ended pricing structure and learn about the Sliding Scale program available to clients of Somatic Healing Sessions, on the What to Expect page.
 

HSA/FSA cards accepted

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Julia Piner, LMT, PMH-C, SEP (expected 2026)

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Rates:

  • New Client Appointment: $160 (lasts 90 minutes)

  • Subsequent sessions: $100 per hour, $125 for 75 minutes, $150 for 90 minutes

  • Add-on massage rates: $25 for 15-minute, $50 for 30-minute add-on

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Hours for Client Scheduling:

  • Tuesdays, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (eventually expanding to 3:00 pm by December 2025)

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Allie Whitney, LMT, CHWC, SEP

 

Rates:

  • New Client Appointment: $175 (lasts 90 minutes)

  • Subsequent sessions: $110 per hour, $138 for 75 minutes, $165 for 90 minutes

  • Add-on massage rates: $28 for 15-minute, $55 for 30-minute add-on

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Hours for Client Scheduling:

  • Wednesdays 12:15 pm - 3:00 pm

  • Thursdays 11:45 am - 8:00 pm

  • Saturdays (1 per month) 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

 

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​Booking a Somatic Healing Session with Allie or Julia happens after contact has been established via the form below. We will reach out to you after receiving your information to discuss your goals and intentions for the work. If we feel that we are a good fit for you as a client, we will then send you a link to our private scheduler begin booking appointments. We look forward to the possibility of working with you!

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While certainly not necessary, it is highly encouraged that clients attend our 8-week Feel to Heal Program before pursuing 1:1 somatic work. This will equip you with crucial somatic tools needed for the work, plus give you an understanding of the interplay between emotions, myofascial tension, and stress/trauma. The result is a jumpstart to the 1:1 work and greatly accelerated results.

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Please be aware that sometimes (but not always) there is a long wait time for Somatic Healing Sessions. We do our best to bring in new clients as able. If interested in doing 1:1 work, it is highly recommended that you fill out the form below with as much detail as possible, and then sign up for the next round of Feel to Heal while you await the chance to begin booking 1:1 sessions. Attending our Release & Refresh classes and other group offerings is also a great way to begin somatic work while you wait. Thank you for your patience! 

TESTIMONIALS

Somatic work with Allie has brought the paradigm shift I needed to bring my body on board with healing and processing in the places where my body has been stuck.  No practitioner has been able to address the Mind-Body-Spirit connection like Allie.  She is so approachable, knowledgeable, and professional.  She creates a safe, nurturing space to explore the hard emotions and thought patterns that are causing dysregulation.  

 

Allie does not prod or push, she meets me where I am with care and compassion.  She gently guides me through exercises to help unravel the fears and anxieties that paralyze me.  During a session I can move from dysregulated, overwhelmed and shut down to safe, curious, aware, regulated and empowered.  Allie helps you see it and feel it for yourself in the most supportive way.

Stephanie L.

READY TO GIVE IT A TRY?

 

For those who feel ready to engage in one-on-one Somatic Healing Sessions, let's start a conversation! Enter your info below to get started. 

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2. How did you hear about Studio A? (check all that apply) Required
3. What level would you say you are at in terms of understanding the connection between stress/trauma, emotions, and the body?
4. Which provider(s) are you open to working with, considering their rates, hours, and areas of expertise as listed above?
5. Do you have a mental health therapist that you currently see or have recently seen?
7. Would you be in need of our Sliding Scale? (Please note this is not always available. See the What to Expect page for rates and info about the Sliding Scale program.)
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