“Somatic Expression is best understood through personal experience. Somatic explorations bring unconscious patterns of moving, feeling and thinking to the surface where they can be unraveled and transformed."

What Jamie’s Students Say

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“Underlying Somatic Expression is a belief that no matter what injury, pain or trauma has occurred, the organism has the capacity and even the inclination to thrive IF given appropriate tools and support. The five Elements of Somatic Expression provide flexible and powerful tools for accessing the messages my body so desperately wanted me to acknowledge. They have become part 0f my toolbox for soothing, repair, investigation, change and growth. The long road to re-discovering my inner world has been brilliantly supported both through the simplicity and ease of these elements, but more importantly through Jamie's strong, warm embodiment of Somatic Expression."
Rob, Massage Therapist

“I moved from an intellectual understanding of the Somatic Body to one of integration. I learned to allow the sensory experience to run its course through my body while simultaneously being a witness to it. I was able to sit inside of the sensory experience fully and with awareness, to allow it to be as opposed to judging it, controlling it, or using it against another. As a result of Jamie's teaching, I have been able to begin to heal from years of depression and dis-ease."
Leah, Artist

“Somatic Expression is a skillful integration of movement, sound, music, somatic psychology, meditation, collective learning. It happens with great group facilitation, energetic healing and the naturally therapeutic release of play and laughter. As a psychotherapist working with children, youth and their families, I've been able to use Jamie's somatic practices in public school group therapy, in family therapy sessions, in treatment plans for children with attention and learning problems, with teenagers for anxiety and anger problems, and to manage my own stress, health and well-being."
Riki, Psychotherapist

“As a gay man who’s body shame often comes into play, learning to first listen to and follow my body's impulses is empowering. Where caution is often the norm, Somatic Expression impacts my ability to feel and to be powerful. Doing this work in a room of others, the balance between feeling separate and wanting to be separate gets repeatedly challenged. This challenge has taught me flexibility for being in relationship with myself and others."
David, Realtor

"Exercise did not really help me connect with or truly honor the inner sense of my body. Forcing myself to stay on a piece of equipment for at least an hour to burn a certain amount of calories is not sustainable (for me or for the environment), is not creative enough, and does not allow me to experience my body in a holistic way. Changing my vocabulary from saying I"m going to "exercise" to I"m going to intentionally "move" or "I'm going to do a movement practice" has helped me embrace and want to use the capacity of my body. I've spent most of my life not understanding the point of movement unless I had to be somewhere. I couldn't understand why someone would go for a walk, just to go for a walk...now I get it! So, to have your framework has been and will continue to be pivotal in my commitment to live my life in a more full and creative way. I see how the five elements interrelate with one another now as well. They have given me an inner and outer body language and have provided me with an powerful assessment model to help create practices that work for my life."
Latoya, Graduate Student

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