Somatic Healing: Change You Can Feel in Your Body
Somatic healing works with your body and nervous system to gently release patterns of stress, protection, and disconnection—so safety and ease can become lived experiences, not just ideas.
Dario Droznes
Certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner
When Understanding Is Not Enough
You understand your patterns, but your body still reacts automatically
Stress, tension, or vigilance return even when life feels safe
You feel disconnected, numb, or unable to fully settle
Talking has helped, but something still feels unresolved
You want a gentle approach that does not require reliving everything
You are looking for lasting change that includes your whole body
Somatic healing begins by listening to what your body is already communicating
Your nervous system learned protective responses for a reason. Somatic healing does not force those responses away. Instead, we slow down, notice sensation, and help your system complete what it could not complete before. Over time, the body can release held activation and rediscover its capacity for regulation, connection, and ease.
What Is Somatic Healing?
Somatic healing is a body-based approach to personal growth and wellness. The word 'somatic' refers to the living body—not simply how the body looks, but how you experience sensation, movement, emotion, tension, breath, and safety from within.
Difficult or overwhelming experiences can leave the nervous system organized around protection. Even after the situation has passed, your body may continue to brace, shut down, stay alert, or prepare for something to go wrong. These patterns are not personal failures; they are intelligent survival responses that have not yet received enough support to settle.
In somatic healing sessions, we work with present-moment sensations in small, manageable amounts. Rather than pushing through discomfort or repeatedly retelling painful stories, we follow your body's pace and strengthen your capacity to move between activation and calm.
As your nervous system experiences more choice and support, old protective patterns can soften. Somatic healing may help you feel more grounded, connected, and at home in your body.
These sessions are somatic education, personal development, and wellness support. They are not psychotherapy, diagnosis, or medical treatment, and they do not replace care from a licensed mental health or medical professional.
Talk Therapy vs Somatic Healing
Talk Therapy
- Top-down approach
- "Tell me what happened"
- Uses language/insight/narrative
- Understands the "why" of patterns
- Outcome: "I understand my trust issues now"
Somatic Experiencing®
- Bottom-up approach
- "What’s happening in the body right now?"
- Works with sensation/impulse/movement
- Changes the "how" of responses
- Outcome: "My body feels more relaxed now"
What Somatic Work Can Do For You
Real, lasting change is possible. Here's what clients experience.
Greater Nervous System Regulation
Build the capacity to return to steadiness after stress, activation, or overwhelm.
Less Chronic Tension
Notice and gently release patterns of bracing that your body no longer needs.
A Stronger Sense of Safety
Help your body recognize present-day support instead of responding only from past protection.
More Connection With Yourself
Develop a clearer relationship with your sensations, needs, boundaries, and inner signals.
More Choice in Difficult Moments
Create space between an automatic reaction and the response that feels right for you now.
Change That Includes the Body
Move beyond intellectual insight toward shifts you can experience in everyday life.
How We Work Together
A gentle, collaborative approach designed to meet you exactly where you are.
Start With Safety
We begin by noticing what helps your body feel supported, present, and able to stay within a comfortable range.
Listen to Sensation
We gently track breath, tension, movement, temperature, and other body signals without judgment or pressure.
Work in Small Steps
We approach activation gradually, allowing your nervous system to process experience without becoming overwhelmed.
Integrate New Possibilities
We make space for settling, choice, connection, and other experiences your body can carry into daily life.
Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to common questions about somatic work and how I can help.
What is somatic healing?
Somatic healing is a body-based approach that works with sensation, movement, breath, and nervous system responses. It supports greater regulation and helps protective patterns soften at a pace your body can manage.
What happens during an online somatic healing session?
Sessions are gentle and conversational. We slow down, notice what is happening in your body, and follow sensations in small amounts. You remain in control, and you do not need to relive or retell every difficult experience.
Can somatic healing help if talking has not been enough?
Many people explore somatic healing because insight alone has not changed how their body reacts. Body-based work can complement what you already understand by working directly with the sensations and nervous system patterns underneath those reactions.
Do somatic healing sessions work online?
Yes. Somatic healing can work effectively online because the practice relies on awareness, guided attention, and nervous system regulation rather than physical touch. Many people appreciate doing this work from their own familiar environment.
Is somatic healing the same as psychotherapy?
No. I am not a licensed psychotherapist in the US. My sessions provide somatic education, personal development, and wellness support—not psychotherapy, counseling, diagnosis, or medical treatment. If you need treatment for a mental health condition, please consult a licensed professional.
What are your fees for somatic healing sessions?
My fee is $175 per 60-minute session. Longer sessions are prorated. I reserve a limited number of sliding scale slots between $110 and $175—if cost is a barrier, please reach out. I don't accept insurance.
Who I Am
I'm Dario Droznes, a certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner. I didn't come to this work from a textbook. I came to it because it changed my life. Now I help other people find that same shift.
I believe healing happens when we listen to what our bodies have been trying to tell us. Together, we'll gently work with tension, exhaustion, and overwhelm, helping the nervous system find its way back to safety and ease.
Get in Touch
Taking the first step can feel vulnerable. I'm here to answer any questions you might have.