Yoga & Somatic Movement: Returning to Yourself
Body-based healing can be a powerful tool to reconnect with yourself, especially when traditional wellness spaces have not always felt safe or welcoming. My approach centers queer, Black, larger-bodied, and historically marginalized people through trauma-informed movement, body liberation, and nervous system support.
What This Work Supports:
Reclaiming body autonomy
Supporting nervous system regulation
Reducing anxiety and dissociation
Practicing gender-affirming embodiment
Building self-compassion and body peace
Moving toward personal and collective liberation
Movement as Medicine
My approach to yoga and somatics isn’t about "fitness" or "perfection." It’s about homecoming. Whether we are moving in a dedicated yoga class or incorporating somatic tools into our therapy sessions, the goal is the same: to help you reconnect with your body in a way that feels safe, supportive, and truly yours.
Through trauma-informed movement, we work to:
Reclaim Your Story: Taking back the narrative of your body from a society that tries to define it for you.
Cultivate Body Peace: Practicing body liberation in real-time, moving in ways that honor your autonomy and your power.
Regulate Your Nervous System: Using the breath and gentle movement to find a sense of "calm and in control" that stays with you off the mat.
What is it?
Traditional yoga is a holistic practice that originated in India and Africa and includes multiple “limbs” to support individuals in their day to day life. Although the Western view of yoga typically focuses on the physical postures (asana), the core of yoga is about cultivating awareness and safety within the body, restoring safety in the body, especially after experiencing trauma and building a more compassionate relationship with yourself and others. Yoga is a space to connect your body, breath, thoughts and emotions. Trauma-Informed Yoga adapts the yoga practice to be a space for EVERYONE and EVERYBODY, creating opportunity to make choices from a place of self love instead of self judgment, fostering a greater sense of embodiment of your most authentic self and creating space for curiosity with ourselves and others instead of criticism.
Benefits of Yoga and Somatic Movement:
Restore Bodily Autonomy
Support Nervous Regulation
Reduce Overall Anxiety and Dissociation
Gender-Affirming and HUMAN Affirming Embodiment
Build Self-Compassion
Foster Community Connection
Support Trauma Recovery
Foster Body Liberation
Personal Healing, Collective Liberation
I believe that our liberation is interconnected. When we heal and honor our bodies, we aren’t just doing personal work—we are helping to unravel systems of oppression and imagining new ways of returning to our communities and our power.
My teaching is rooted in the belief that liberation is not just personal, but collective. We move together so that we can all be free.
My Qualifications & Roots
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (MSW, University of Southern California) and a Certified Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher (OG Yoga & Yoga Alliance). My background in community mental health, child welfare, and school-based therapy has deeply informed my vision of a "whole-person" approach to healing.