Somatic Bodywork
Nervous system focused bodywork
to heal body, mind and spirit
Somatic Bodywork is a holistic, mind-body healing modality that combines bodywork and massage with practices designed to calm the nervous system and support the processing of pain, stress, and trauma. This service is offered by Kara Streit and reflects the culmination of her years of study and practice in trauma-informed, body-based healing. This approach recognizes that the physical body is deeply connected to our mental, emotional, spiritual, and energetic experience, and that unprocessed experiences can be held in the body and expressed through pain, tension, or chronic health patterns.
In Somatic Bodywork sessions, clients are invited to build awareness of internal experience through sensation, breath, movement, and attuned touch. With increased body awareness, long-held patterns related to pain, fear, grief, or trauma can begin to soften and integrate. As this integration unfolds, many people experience a greater sense of ease, calm, groundedness, agency, and resilience, along with an expanded capacity to feel their emotions without becoming overwhelmed.
Somatic Bodywork offers attuned touch, a form of contact that cultivates a sense of internal safety within the nervous system. In early development, healthy physical contact from caregivers supports emotional connection, resilience, and a felt sense of safety in ourselves and in relationship with others. This early attunement lays the foundation for how we regulate stress, connect, and experience our bodies throughout life.
When development is disrupted by relational wounding or shock trauma, adaptive patterns can arise within the nervous system and physiology. These patterns may be protective or effective for a time, but over the long term they often contribute to chronic stress, pain, emotional dysregulation, or a sense of disconnection. This is often the point at which people seek healing support.
Attuned touch is a crucial component in healing from chronic stress and trauma. It is created when the practitioner is present, receptive, and responsive to the client’s needs. When someone is truly attuned to you, there is a felt sense of being seen, understood, and safe. This quality of contact supports healing across physical, emotional, and physiological levels.
Attunement also fosters co-regulation — the practitioner’s regulated nervous system supports the client’s system in settling and regulating more easily. The internal sense of safety that emerges through this connection is a foundational step in healing chronic emotional dysregulation, stress, and trauma.
A somatic, nervous system–focused approach allows for deeper awareness and attunement between practitioner and client. In many ways, this relational space mirrors the physiological connection between an attuned caregiver and infant. Within this space, curiosity, openness, compassion, and acceptance can emerge naturally, allowing creative movement and deeper healing to occur at the pace of the nervous system.
Somatic Bodywork May Be Helpful For:
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Chronic pain or physical symptoms not relieved by conventional massage
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Trauma-related patterns, including PTSD or CPTSD
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Shock trauma (accident, injury, medical events, or natural disasters)
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Nervous system dysregulation, including oscillation between anxiety and shutdown
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Feeling numb, disconnected, or unable to feel at home in the body
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Chronic exhaustion, burnout, or overwhelm rooted in prolonged stress
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Autoimmune conditions, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, or other complex, multi-layered syndromes
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Recovery from surgery or medical procedures where the body feels guarded or unsettled
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Sleep disturbances such as insomnia or nightmares related to nervous system activation
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Life transitions, grief, or periods of feeling stuck, hopeless, or unable to move forward
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A desire for deeper, integrative healing beyond traditional bodywork approaches
Somatic Bodywork What to Expect in a Session
Somatic Bodywork sessions are individualized and responsive, guided by your nervous system’s needs and readiness. Your first appointment is a 75-minute initial session, which allows time for orientation, conversation, and hands-on work. While sessions often include bodywork on a massage table with full draping, the touch is generally gentle and attuned, and may be combined with verbal check-ins or other supportive practices as needed.
Kara draws from a range of somatic and integrative approaches to tailor each session, including Somatic Experiencing–informed work, CranioSacral Therapy, gentle integrative massage techniques, energy-based practices, mindfulness, and other supportive modalities. Sessions unfold collaboratively rather than following a fixed protocol.
If the work feels like a good fit, Somatic Bodywork is typically approached as a cumulative process, with a series of sessions recommended to support deeper integration over time. After the initial session, you and Kara will work together to determine whether 60 or 90 minute follow-up sessions are the best fit for your treatment goals.
Initial Apt - 75 Minute somatic bodywork session: $167
$141.50 Session + $25.50 Tip
Somatic Bodywork is a nervous system-focused, trauma-informed bodywork modality that combines bodywork with practices designed to calm the nervous system and support the processing of pain, stress, and unresolved experiences. This service reflects the culmination of Kara’s years of study and practice in somatic healing and integrative bodywork. Your first appointment begins with orientation and conversation to understand your needs and goals, followed by hands-on work guided by your body’s responses. Kara draws from a range of somatic and integrative approaches—including Somatic Experiencing–informed work, CranioSacral Therapy, gentle integrative techniques, energy-based practices, and mindfulness—to tailor the session to you. Rather than following a fixed protocol, the work unfolds collaboratively and at your pace. This extended session allows space to establish safety, build awareness of internal experience through sensation, breath, and movement, and introduce attuned bodywork that supports regulation and embodied presence.
60 Minute somatic bodywork Follow-up session: $137
$116 Session + $21 Tip
Follow-up Somatic Bodywork sessions continue the work established in your initial appointment, offering attentive, nervous system–responsive care that supports ongoing regulation, integration, and embodied awareness. Sessions typically include hands-on bodywork on the massage table with gentle, attuned touch, and may be combined with verbal check-ins or other supportive practices as needed. The 60-minute format is well suited for maintaining momentum, revisiting areas of tension or chronic holding, and supporting steady, cumulative progress over time.
90 Minute somatic bodywork Follow-up session: $191
$162 Session + $29 Tip
The 90-minute follow-up session offers additional time for deeper exploration and integration within the Somatic Bodywork process. With extended time, there is space for more sustained attuned contact, expanded somatic awareness practices, and a slower, more spacious pace that supports complex feedback from the nervous system. This session length is ideal for clients seeking extended integration, working with layered stress or trauma patterns, or simply desiring more time for nervous system-focused care and embodied processing.
Why Our Rates Include a 'Tip' Amount
We compensate all our practitioners at or above industry standards for their specialty, ensuring they receive a living wage. Since gratuity is a standard part of massage therapist pay—typically 40–50% of their take-home income—our massage and bodywork rates include an 18% tip built into therapist compensation.
This approach allows our practitioners to focus fully on your care, without depending on tips—and we believe that's better for everyone.
Because gratuity is already included, you're never expected or required to tip at checkout. However, if you'd like to leave an additional amount, it will be received as a sincere and appreciated “thank you” for the care you received.