root + tend
GUIDED & FOCUSED somatic work
seeding your own steady ground
“We need radical honesty—learning to speak from our root systems about how we feel and what we want.”
A structured container of 4–8 somatic sessions to support you to
ROOT into resource, self-connection & security and
RESIDE more fully in your body & your life.
root + tend is a focused somatic container built around the arc of change — not a long-term therapy relationship or a checklist of goals — but a brave space for the honest work of learning to stay with yourself through what is hard, what is shifting, and what is ready to transform.
the container is four to eight sessions — enough space to go somewhere real, defined enough to keep the work purposeful. sessions are not pre-scheduled on a fixed weekly cadence. each one is booked after the previous session's integration has had time to settle in the body — so the rhythm of the work follows your nervous system.
what happens in a somatic session?
in our sessions we will get curious, slow down, notice, listen. i will offer inquiry, guidance, practice, & reflection. consent is a central value in this work; we will move at your pace and i will support you in identifying and expressing your needs & boundaries.
this work is energetic & relational; it does not involve hands-on modalities.
somatic work is attuned, emergent, & dynamic and follows the thread of resonance.
attuned: at the heart of somatic transformation is attunement ~ learning to listen deeply to your body, your emotions, your sensations, and your needs. my role is to offer you my attunement, my deep listening, and help guide you to a deeper quality of listening to your own self, co-creating with you conditions of safety, belonging and dignity for your experience.
emergent: what we “do” in a session is responsive to what emerges ~ what we see, hear, feel, realize through deep attuned listening. being with what is present allows for trust-building between you and your body, your inner life, and your intuition. all guidance I offer is optional, an invitation ~ consent is a central anchor for our work together, and we will move at the pace of your boundaries, your “i don’t know’s”, and your yes’s.
dynamic: there is an aliveness to somatic work that allows us to acknowledge and move beyond self-limiting beliefs, stories, and fears and gain deeper access to emotional truths, untended needs, and unexpressed boundaries.
resonance: you will learn to feel what your desires feel like, how your intuition communicates to you, and the presence of a boundary through a felt sense of resonance ~ a knowing ~ that we create the conditions together to allow you to practice identifying and expressing.
at the center of this work is what I call loving discipline — supporting you in rooting into self-authority and crafting the conditions to truly tend your own growth and development. Through attuned listening, emergent response, dynamic being, and experiencing resonance, clarity will emerge and reveal your shaping power. From this, you will be more able to shape your life to support the conditions you need to root, tend and reside in more wholeness, more safety, more dignity, and more belonging.
this is tree work ~ you plant the seeds, the roots take hold, we tend emerging growth with care & attention.
you bring your curiosity, insight, & willingness
I bring attuned presence, centered intuition, trauma-informed approach & somatic practices
together we build a container where growth-oriented change has room, & discipline, to happen.
the format
4–8 individual sessions, each 75 minutes
sessions are scheduled emergently and collaboratively — each one is booked after the previous session's integration work has had time to settle
all sessions completed within a 6-month window
available in-person and virtual
$125-$175 sliding scale per session
if you have financial stability or access to generational wealth, paying at the higher end of the scale helps make this work more accessible to others
how do i know if this is right for me?
questions about fit or format are welcome via email
once you schedule the first session, you'll receive a set of written reflection questions — to help orient you to this approach, to help me understand what you're ready to work with, and to help us both sense into whether this framework is the right fit
If after your written reflection or first session this isn't the right fit, we'll talk about what would serve you better.
“Action isn’t a burden to be hoisted up and lugged around on our shoulders. It is something we are. The work we have to do can be seen as a kind of coming alive. More than some moral imperative, it’s an awakening to our true nature, a releasing of our gifts.”