Your Embodied Awareness is the Most Effective Holistic Pain Management Solution
Ayurveda, Clinical Somatics, & Kriya Yoga therapies
Serving Sonoma Valley and beyond
Somatic Healing meets you where you are.
Somatic Healing by Astra offers personalized support, available at any any step of your journey into feeling and healing your innermost self. Whether it’s 1-1 instruction in Clinical Somatics, Ayurvedic health guidance and specialized therapies, breathwork, or meditation, you will find that practicing techniques that are unique to your needs creates a lasting change that provides effective relief from physical and emotional pain. Somatic Healing puts you in control. #selfhealingjourney
“I have been dealing with knee pain for the past year that has hindered my mobility and workouts to the point of having to stop mid workout because the pain was unbearable. Once I met Astra, she was able to identify my weaknesses and put me on a plan to recovery.
Now, I am pain free and couldn’t be happier. I thank you Astra for showing me skills I will use for a lifetime whenever I have any sort of pain. For anyone having body pain of any sort, don’t wait or resort to medicine. Astra is the solution. She will show you exactly why it’s causing pain, help you learn YOUR BODY, and show you the way to pain free living.”
-Victor Eric J.
How Clinical Somatics works:
Notice tension
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Contract the muscle
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Notice what you engaged
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Slowly release the contraction
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Sense
Develop your sense of inner experience and tap into your inner healing potential.
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Explore
Try variations on known movements to keep your brain engaged and discover new ways of moving your body.
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Control
Learn to mindfully engage muscles and feel how your muscles work together.
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Release
Slowly and mindfully releasing a contracted muscle sends a message to your brain. If you repeat this process, you will create a new neural pathway between your body and your brain.
"Her way of teaching stimulates the body & mind in the most gentle, yet effective ways…that bring me a peace I’ve never felt in my life."
— Stephanie, pain clinic patient
“Astra's gentle practice has enabled me to focus on the areas of chronic tension and the imbalances I carry in my body.
Her lessons are highly effective at releasing areas of chronic pain as well as calming the breath and the mind. They're safe for any age. I highly recommend her approach.”
— Cindy D, Yoga Instructor & Happy Client
Your breath is the key to your peace.
It starts with developing your ability to perceive physical sensations inside the body that relate to internal organ function - to what’s going on inside you at any given moment. You get get to this level of awareness when you learn to feel and control your breath. No hyperventilating - no breath holds. Just noticing your breath & how you can alter it. At first, it can help to get some guidance.
Swasa Yam is an 8-part breath control practice, as taught by Baba Hari Dass. Once you learn the simple steps in short video lessons, a guided audio of the entire practice will bring you inner peace in less than 15 minutes, anytime you want it.
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Somatic Healing begins with your first conscious breath.
“I am so grateful to Astra - through her teachings I have made a mind body connection and developed self awareness that has taught me to eliminate muscle tension/pain and calmed my mind and life.
If you want to sleep better, manage/eliminate tension/pain, and enjoy a higher quality of life and health, just call Astra, she will help you get there too!!
- Lorna, happily pain free client
