Our bodies hold experiences that our minds forget.

They hold the the tone of our pain, our heartbreak, our loneliness, our grief, and all the overwhelming moments when life asked more from us than our nervous systems could handle and our environments could support. The human brain is so good at temporarily helping us survive difficult things by analyzing and reinterpreting our stories, by saying “I’m fine”, when clearly the body is saying something else entirely. This mind-body disconnect is so prevalent in our culture because we are not taught the language of the nervous system, which speaks to us through sensation, not words. We are not taught about attunement, where we learn how to connect and what safety feels like. We are taught to override our feelings, to shove down our emotions, to need no one, to “get on with it”, in hopes that the feelings will go away. But they don’t. They get stuck in our bodies, stored as an incomplete threat response, as stress, as trauma. Expressing itself through symptoms, like anxiety, depression, addiction, insomnia, pain, phobia’s, hyper vigilance, etc. Interfering with our ability to experience love, joy, connection, inspiration, vitality, and goodness.

As a Somatic Coach, Kumi holds space for you to feel safe, seen, and genuinely witnessed—a space where nothing needs to be forced or fixed.Through empathy, curiosity, and a trusting therapeutic relationship, she creates the conditions for your nervous system to feel safe enough, to be with, process and release that which felt too overwhelming to be with before. Her work is direct and slow, little by little breaking down the overwhelming experiences so they can be tolerated, communicating new information to your nervous system; that you are safe, you survived, and you can explore. Creating the conditions for your nervous system to regulate and healing can begin.

In-person or virtual sessions available.