House of Somara Energy Healing and Movement Therapy

House of Somara Energy Healing and Movement Therapy An integrative healing practice that blends somatic movement therapy, applied neurology, and energy work.

We help sensitive, high-achieving, and overwhelmed humans release tension, reconnect with their bodies, and remember who they are beneath the stress.

09/12/2026

You deserve to work with someone who listens to you, believes what you’re experiencing and looks beyond the place that hurts.

Someone who considers your whole history...not just your current symptoms.

Because the pain that moves around, the tension that keeps returning and the symptoms that seem random or disconnected may actually be important pieces of the same picture.

Maybe you’ve already tried physio, massage, stretching, strengthening or taking time off. You feel better for a little while, but eventually the pain returns.

So you go back for another treatment. You modify your workouts again. You avoid the movement that caused the last flare. Or you start wondering if this is simply how your body is now.

But temporary relief isn’t the same as lasting change and lasting change is possible for you.

Whether you’re living with chronic pain, returning to movement after an injury or continuing to train while constantly working around symptoms, you don’t need another person who only treats the area that hurts.

You need someone who can help you connect the dots.

My work brings together movement, strength training and applied neurology to understand what may be driving your symptoms- not just where they’re showing up.

And my goal isn’t to make you dependent on me.

It’s to teach you how to understand your body, recognize what it needs and respond when symptoms appear. So instead of fearing every flare, you have tools. Instead of constantly modifying, you can begin rebuilding confidence. And instead of organizing your life around pain, you can get back to training and doing the things you love.

This doesn’t have to be “just how your body is.”

You may simply need someone who knows how to look at the whole picture and can teach you to see it too.

09/10/2026

Your brain has a map of your entire body that helps it locate each joint and coordinate movement.

Pain, injury, repetitive training or avoiding certain movements can make parts of this map less detailed. Think of trying to navigate with a GPS when some of the directions are blurred out. Without clear information, your brain may become more protective—creating tension, restricting movement or increasing pain.

Precise joint movements help sharpen these maps by giving your brain more accurate sensory information. As the map becomes clearer, your brain can coordinate movement with less protection and greater ease.

And the benefits aren’t limited to the joint you’re moving. Improving the clarity of one area can help your brain organize movement across your entire system, creating changes in mobility, coordination, tension, pain elsewhere in your body.

Give these a go:

1. Finger Circles and Figure 8s

Hold one hand in front of you and focus on one finger at a time.

Start by slowly drawing circles with that finger. Explore the largest comfortable circle you can make while keeping the rest of your hand as still as possible. Move in both directions.

Once circles feel comfortable, use the finger to draw a figure 8 in the air. Move smoothly, making the shape as smooth and as large as possible.

Try this with each finger.

2. Finger Waves

Hold your hand in front of you with your fingers extended.

Beginning with your index finger, bend one finger at a time and allow the movement to travel across your hand like a wave. Then reverse the direction.

Explore the full comfortable range of motion in each finger. Try to make each finger into its full range of motion.

3. Wrist Circles

Make a relaxed fist and hold your forearm still.

Slowly circle your wrist through its full comfortable range of motion. Keep your knuckles together and pretty still-the movement should come entirely from the wrist. Aim for a smooth circles.

Have fun!

09/08/2026

I see it all the time.

People come to me after trying everything...physio, massage, exercise, therapy, stretching, breathwork…

And they’re still stuck in pain.

Eventually, they start to believe this is simply how their body is now.

That they’re broken.
That their body has failed them.
That nothing is going to work.

But often, no one has looked at the systems helping to run the entire show.

Your eyes and vestibular system affect far more than vision and balance.

They constantly send information to your brain about where you are, what’s happening around you and whether you’re stable as you move.

When your brain isn’t receiving clear information from these systems, it responds with more tension, guarded movement, reduced mobility or pain.

This doesn’t mean the physio, massage, movement or emotional work was pointless.

It means there may be another piece of the picture that hasn’t been addressed.

When we assess and train these overlooked systems, stubborn pain patterns begin to change and sometimes surprisingly quickly.

Your body hasn’t failed you.

You may have simply been working on the painful area without addressing the systems influencing it.

If you’ve “tried everything,” it's time to look at the parts of your nervous system that are actually running the show.

This is the work I do. It's awesome and has helped a lot of people. If you would like to get out of stubborn pain lets connect.

09/07/2026

When your hip hurts, it makes sense to focus on the hip.

You stretch it. Strengthen it. Roll it out. Massage it. Change your squat technique. Try to improve its mobility...

Those things can absolutely help but sometimes we become so focused on fixing the specific body part that we forget it belongs to an entire person.

Your brain doesn’t evaluate your hip in isolation.

It considers information from your whole system when deciding how much protection you need. This is where the idea of the threat bucket can be helpful.

Your hip might be one drop in the bucket, but the bucket can also be filled by:

→ Poor sleep or inadequate recovery
→ Work, financial or relationship stress
→ Training volume or intensity
→ Illness, inflammation or hormonal changes
→ Not eating or hydrating enough
→ Fear of reinjury
→ Previous experiences with pain
→ Unclear visual, vestibular or proprioceptive information

When your bucket has plenty of space, your nervous system may tolerate movement and training well.

When it’s already close to overflowing, the same movement might result in more pain, tension or restricted mobility.

This doesn’t mean the pain is “all in your head,” and it doesn’t mean we ignore the hip.

The goal isn’t to stop treating the hip. It’s to stop treating the hip as though it exists in isolation.

Your pain is real...and it's influenced by what is happening throughout your body, brain and life.

When we widen the lens, we have more options.

We can still work on hip strength and mobility while also addressing training load, recovery, stress and the sensory systems helping your brain understand and control your body.

Something I’m really skilled at is helping you see the whole picture.

I look at the painful area, but I also consider your nervous system, training, recovery and what’s happening in the rest of your life. Together, we can identify what may be filling your threat bucket and where we have the greatest opportunity to create change.

09/04/2026

Nervous-system training isn’t only about calming down or reducing stress.

It can change how you move, lift and perform in the gym.

Most training programs focus on the muscles...and strength training is incredibly important. But your muscles don’t work alone. Your brain coordinates every squat, deadlift, press and run using information from your:

👀 Visual system
🌀 Vestibular system
👋 Proprioceptive system

If that information isn’t clear, your brain may respond with increased tension, reduced mobility, poor coordination or pain.

This is why you can be strong, consistent and doing “all the right things,” but still find yourself:

→ Modifying around the same old injury
→ Avoiding certain exercises
→ Feeling pain during or after training
→ Struggling to access your full strength or mobility

Specificity matters. Dosage matters.

A random nervous-system drill may not create the change you need. Even the right drill can be unhelpful if the intensity, duration or frequency isn’t right for your system.

I’ve seen clients experience significant shifts in long-standing pain and return to exercises they had been avoiding when we identified the specific input their nervous system needed.

This is why I use an assess → input → reassess approach.

We test a movement like your squat, shoulder range of motion or balance. Then we introduce one specific visual, vestibular or proprioceptive input and test again.

If your movement improves or your pain decreases, your nervous system has given us useful information. From there, we can integrate that input into your strength training.

The goal isn’t to replace your workouts.

It’s to help you train without constantly triggering pain, modifying around old injuries or paying for your workout later.

I recently did the hardest workout of my life - I thought for sure I was going to be too sore to train again all week but my neuro drills got me back to training the bext day! It's so cool when you understand what your system needs.

If you’re already training but pain is still limiting what you can do, message me NEURO to learn more about personalized nervous-system training. ❤️

08/31/2026

Your brain keeps an internal map of your entire body. When a body part is hard to control or coordinate, that spot on the map goes blurry... like trying to follow GPS directions with half the route smudged out. Stressful, right? That's exactly how your nervous system experiences it.

Your hands are a special case. They're wired with a alot of your brain's attention.

So here's the connection: the more precisely you can control your hands and fingers, the clearer that part of your brain's map becomes. And when you sharpen this map by moving your fingers through full range of motion...pain tends to go down...performance goes up.

A clearer map means your nervous system can relax. It stops bracing and starts trusting its own signals, which frees up capacity for strength, speed, and skill. You can see this here in the video - my range of motion got a lot better after the finger figure 8s. A sign my nervous system liked that input.

And that shift ripples into performance everywhere:

Less pain
Easier, more mobile movement
Smoother coordination
Lower anxiety
Less physical guarding/tension
Better output under load

This is the core of what I cover in my 1:1 work.. the neuroscience of movement, and how to apply it to actually get people feeling and performing better.

Want to learn more? Book a free call DM me.

I see it all the time: athletes avoiding certain movements, modifying exercises so they don’t flare up an old injury, or...
08/29/2026

I see it all the time: athletes avoiding certain movements, modifying exercises so they don’t flare up an old injury, or just accepting that they will constantly be in pain...

You absolutely can resolve your pain.

Most training programs focus almost entirely on muscles...stretch what feels tight, strengthen what feels weak, and hope the problem goes away.

But your muscles don’t work independently. Your brain controls movement using information from three major sensory systems:

👁 Visual: what your eyes see and how they track movement
⚖️ Vestibular: your balance system and sense of motion
🦴 Proprioceptive: your brain’s awareness of where your body is in space

When one of these systems isn’t working efficiently, your brain creates protective tension, restrict movement, reduce strength, and pain.

By assessing and training these systems, we can change how your brain and body respond to movement, helping you stop modifying around old injuries, return to the exercises you’ve been avoiding, and train hard without paying for it later.

You don’t have to accept pain as part of your training.

Ready to discover what may be holding back your training? Send me a DM.

08/27/2026

Unblur the map = less threat

Less threat = less pain, tension and chronic symptoms.

Simple. Effective.

Do this consistently multiple times through the day and watch what happens!

08/26/2026

3D breathing will change your world!

08/24/2026

What kind of weird neuro magic is this?

Your brain is constantly trying to answer one important question:

“Where am I in space, and am I safe here?”

To figure that out, it relies heavily on three systems working together:

• Vision — what your eyes see
• Vestibular — your balance and inner ear system
• Proprioception — your body’s ability to sense position and movement

When these systems aren’t communicating well, your brain can interpret movement as less safe. That can show up as tension, dizziness, poor balance, chronic pain, coordination issues, fatigue, or feeling generally “off.”

This drill is called the Infinity Walk.

Here’s how it works:

Pick a target to keep your eyes locked on. Then walk in a figure-8 pattern around two objects without letting your eyes leave the target.

Your brain has to coordinate eye movement, balance, body awareness, and movement all at once.

And when the brain feels more organized and more confident in where you are in space, the nervous system often responds with:
• less tension
• smoother movement
• better balance and coordination
• improved mobility and strength
• reduced threat responses
• sometimes even shifts in mood, energy, and pain levels

Wild how much can change when the brain feels safer moving through the world.

This works really well if you are someone who does not respond well to visual work by itself.

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