Trauma-informed support & nervous system nourishment for practitioners, survivors and the world we a
05/01/2026
If a somatic practitioner asks “where do you feel that in your body?” and you literally don’t even know, here is what might be happening.
Did any of these resonate for you?
And, if you’re worried somatic healing won’t work for you, but something in you wants to try . . . I might be the practitioner for you!
I made a free email series called Somatic Healing for Brainy Bodies 🌀for trauma survivors who’ve tried somatic practices and felt worse, or felt nothing.
Link in bio 🌥️
04/22/2026
What are (and aren’t) you healing for? Here are a few of my hopes. Share yours in a comment if you feel moved to. 🩷
I hope we’re not healing so that we get really good at navigating painful moments. I hope we’re healing so we can be open when joy knocks on our front door.
I hope we’re not healing so we can perform okayness in a culture that demands it. I hope we’re healing so that we have access to the full spectrum of our emotions.
I hope we’re not healing so that we learn to shut out a hurting world screaming. I hope our healing helps us bear witness to the rally cries, and even join in.
I hope we’re not healing so that we make the choices easiest for others. I hope we’re healing so we have access to our agency in its true form.
I hope we’re not healing so that we forgive all of the harm, unless we want to forgive the harm. I hope our healing centers survivors.
04/04/2026
Maybe this is your moment.🌷
Heal the parts of you that talk therapy can’t reach. Practice feeling a little safer (yes, even right now) alongside a small group of people who get it.
The folks gathering for our April 8th SSP Group are really, really wonderful — and there are 2 spots left.
I can’t wait to see who else joins us. 🤗
Applications close tonight. Link in bio to apply.
04/03/2026
No I don’t think you get it. I’m here for the kind of growth that has teeth.
No I don’t think you get it. I’m here for nervous system healing that isn’t just fawning and assimilation.
No I don’t think you get it. I’m here for the kind of healing that lets you unmask but doesn’t demand you lay down the weapons that have kept you safe.
No I don’t think you get it. I’m here for healing that doesn’t require forgiving your abuser or oppressor.
No I don’t think you get it. I’m here for healing that doesn’t confuse being hurt with having a so-called victim complex.
Guess I’m feeling fiery today. How about you?
Today is the last day to apply — group starts April 8. 3 spots left. Link in bio. 🌷
04/03/2026
So… I know we don’t know each other. But I might know you a little bit.
I bet the little things feel big and challenging. Leaving the house. Going to bed at a reasonable hour. Anything executive function.
I bet you’ve graduated from talk therapy. You’re painfully self aware and know what you need to do, but can’t quite get there.
I bet you’re neurodivergent, maybe just finding out. But also you’re looking back at memories of little you and lovingly going: “oh yeah duh!”
I bet you have chronic pain or illness that swirls with anxiety, shame and grief.
And I bet you have a nervous nervous system. It’s hard to feel safe and turn your hypervigilance off. You feel freezy, stuck, between productivity and rest. You can’t do either.
Hi, I’m Jess. And I have something that might help.
Technically, it’s called an SSP Group.
But really, it’s a magical healing container filled with “omg it’s not just me thank gawd” medicine and healing that actually helps.
SSP Groups are for therapy dropouts who need help being with their bodies and shifting their nervous systems from everything-is-bad-all-of-the-time to sometimes-things-are-okay-actually. Yes, even with *gestures around at the polycrisis*.
They’re for people who smell their bagel burning and their nervous system calls the fire department.
And they’re especially for neurodivergent, q***r and chronic pain spoonies and tender hearted and brilliant folks.
The virtual group setting (4-6 folks) is inclusive, warm and autonomy-centered, and adds another layer to the healing.
Think a group might be for you? Today is the last day to apply — group starts April 8. 3 spots left! Link in bio. 🫶
04/02/2026
If you read between the lines better than the lines themselves and often think folks are mad at you (without a logical reason), I’m inviting you to an SSP Group.
If your threat detection scanning system and hypervigilance are working overtime and keeping you up at night, I’m inviting you to an SSP Group.
If your trauma history doesn’t feel historic, it feels like it’s happening in the present moment and your protective responses are making your life small and telling your nervous system to chill out isn’t working, I’m inviting you to an SSP Group.
If you’ve talked through everything in talk therapy, and want to try somatic healing but feel like you’ll get it “wrong” or don’t want to go into your body because it feels ouchie in there, I’m inviting you to an SSP Group.
If safety doesn’t always feel safe, and the things that seem easy for everyone else are hard for you (and vice versa), I’m inviting you to an SSP Group.
If the first thing you do when you walk into a new space is clock the exits, I’m especially inviting you to an SSP Group.
The Spring Wednesday evening SSP Group has space for you!
3 spots remain and apps close tomorrow, Friday April 3rd! Link in bio to join us. 💗🌷🎶
03/31/2026
TLDR; We don’t always just need to calm down. Sometimes we need to feel the damned thing. Also, maybe I can help?
Challenging, activating feelings do not always need to be downregulated. Sometimes they need to be honored, felt and experienced.
In Somatic SSP Groups, we really get to explore this.
When so much of the healing world is focused on (down)regulating [which can be helpful and the right move, I’m not bashing it!], it feels important to name that . . .
⚔️Anger can be a messenger and mobilizer.
⚔️Activation can be a wise or protective impulse.
⚔️Feelings don’t always need to be quashed; sometimes they need to be FELT.
⚔️And often, they contain messages for us.
The trick is knowing when your nervous system needs downregulation, and when the unsettling feelings need some room to express themselves.
Come stretch the range of your nervous system responses and practice making new moves in an SSP Group.
Applications close Friday, April 3rd — link in bio to apply. 🎧
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Following a career in social work and after 700 hours of bodywork education that felt too narrow and judgmental to meet clients in post-traumatic states, I felt called to cultivate a practice for clients who have lived through traumatic events. In my own healing experience, I have learned that being with the body is a catalyst for healing.
Soft Path Healing is a space for those who have experienced trauma - you will be held gently, respectfully, and compassionately in every step of your healing journey. As both a client and a practitioner of this work, I am honored to be part of your process. Dissociation, flight or freeze instincts, BIG feelings and your story (keyword: yours) are all welcome here - there is space for you and your many layers.
I am a gentle healing presence, ready to sit with whatever is alive in you.
I believe in the wisdom of your body and all of the ways you have survived.
I am intuitive with listening hands and a grounded energy.
I am steeped in the latest neuroscience and I believe the so-called unbelievable. Feet on the ground, head in the clouds - yes.
I will never (ever ever) say your pain or trauma is a gift.
I believe our healing work must also reach for justice for marginalized folks (BIPOC, LGBTQ+, differently abled), otherwise what are we doing?
Relevant Experience:
A background in trauma-informed social services
Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute, 570 Hours
Trauma Touch Training, 50 hours
The Trans Body on the Table, 8 hours
BASE (Body and Somatic Education) Trauma Practitioner Certification, 96 hours (ongoing)
