Stabilize: Somatic Therapy & Breathwork for Women
A four-month somatic container for women grounding into their bodies — in-person in Sacramento or virtual
Who Stabilize is For
Talking and thinking alone haven’t been enough. You're ready to move beyond insight into something deeper.
Your body is carrying experiences such as:
chronic stress, tension, anxiety, or pain
inconsistent caretaking or a childhood that didn't fully meet you
emotional disconnection or neglect
patterns and responses that show up faster than you can reason with them
a childhood that asked you to be older, smaller, quieter, or more capable than you were ready to be
You may have spent years in talk therapy. You may have never been. Both are welcome here — prior therapy isn't a prerequisite.
What matters is that you're ready to be in relationship with your body, and to let it become part of how you heal.
Stabilize offers a container where your body can finally do the work she’s been waiting to do.
Why Stabilize?
So much of what feels stuck isn't in the mind. It's rooted in a nervous system that learned, early, to brace, perform, and protect.
Stabilize works at that level. Not by analyzing your patterns, but by helping your body find steadiness: the felt sense of ground beneath you, a nervous system that can settle, a body that feels safe to be in, a rhythm that regulates.
This is the quiet foundation everything else is built on. When your system is steadier, life becomes more manageable.
You arrive disconnected from your body, anxious, often uncertain about what you actually need or where your life is meant to go next.
You leave grounded — with a clearer sense of direction, lower baseline anxiety, and real tools to regulate your own nervous system as life happens. You're slower, kinder to yourself, and able to look at your childhood with more neutrality and compassion.
And the internal shifts ripple outward - your relationships soften and clarify, your energy returns, and your sense of well-being is no longer something you have to perform.
Why Somatic Breathwork?
Stabilize is somatic work, and breathwork is one of its central tools — because the breath is one of the most direct ways to speak to the nervous system.
Somatic breathwork uses intentional, active breathing to access what the body is holding — the patterns, the old responses, the weight that talking alone hasn't been able to reach. It works with the body's own capacity to release and integrate, rather than trying to think your way through.
What this does, over time:
Recalibrates your nervous system — moving you out of chronic fight-or-flight and toward a steadier, more regulated baseline
Builds your capacity for stress — improving heart rate variability, your body's measurable resilience
Opens emotional release — letting stored feeling move through, rather than staying stuck
Deepens self-awareness — a clearer, more trusting connection to your body and its signals
Within Stabilize, breathwork is never a standalone experience. Each session is shaped to where you are — paced to your body's wisdom, held one-on-one, and woven together with the other somatic and creative work of the container. You're never asked to go anywhere your system isn't ready to go.
Our Pillars
Pillar One — Safety & Resourcing (Month 1)
Before anything deeper can happen, your system needs to feel safe enough to begin.
We build our working relationship and orient your system to the work
You'll learn how your nervous system functions and how the body holds what it holds
We introduce breathwork and foundational somatic practices
You'll establish internal and external resources to return to when things feel big
Pillar Two — Connection & Deeper Inquiry (Months 2–3)
With safety in place, we move into the heart of the work.
We deepen somatic inquiry around your intention and what your body is holding
You'll reconnect with parts of yourself that have been disowned, exiled, or numbed
We work with the somatic imprint of early experiences as it surfaces
We use breathwork, movement, and creative process to access what insight alone can't reach
The final phase brings the work into how you actually live.
We explore how what you've learned about yourself changes how you live
You'll identify aligned next steps — boundaries, relationships, choices, creative expression
You'll build practices you can carry forward on your own
We close the container with clarity about what's next
Pillar Three — Integration & Embodied Action (Month 4)
Once you've moved through these three phases, this is what becomes possible:
When something hard happens — a difficult email, a hard conversation, a wave of old grief — you have somewhere to go inside yourself. You can breathe, feel your feet, and stay with what's happening rather than spiraling away from it.
Slowing down stops feeling like failure, and rest stops feeling like guilt. You can be in your body without needing to fix it or perform productivity through it.
You remember a moment from your childhood, and instead of the old contraction, there's space. You can see the little girl you were with something like tenderness. You know what she needed — and you can give some of it to her now.
Conversations with the people closest to you change. You’re more present, you say no without elaborate justification, and you let people in further than you used to, because you can feel where your own ground is.
You know what you want and the wanting itself feels safe. The next step in your life is no longer a question you're solving with your mind. It's something your body is showing you, slowly, in pieces you can actually act on.
The Practical Details
Format One-on-one — virtual, or in person, in East Sacramento.
Length: A four-month container of active work.
What's included each month
Two 60-minute somatic breathwork sessions
Two 30-minute virtual check-ins, if and when needed, for additional support between sessions
Personalized resources and practices to support your intention and goals sent weekly through a secure app
Intake and care planning shaped by your Somatic Assessment
Investment $2,000 total. Paid as $500/month across four months, with five- and six-payment plans also available.
How to begin Every woman starts with a Somatic Assessment & Care Planning Session — 75 minutes, $125. If you enroll in Stabilize within 14 days of that session, $75 is credited toward your first month.
Frequently Asked Questions
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In-person sessions are available Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and occasionally on Fridays, between 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Sessions are scheduled by appointment only, and availability can book up quickly, so I recommend reaching out in advance if you have specific dates in mind.
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You’re in the right place.
Many women who come to me have little or no experience with somatics. You don’t need to know anything ahead of time. We’ll start slow, gentle, and grounded — meeting your body exactly where it is. As trust and safety build in your system, we’ll work our way into deeper layers of exploration and healing at a pace that’s just right for you. -
Most clients come every other week, which allows time to integrate between sessions. If you’re navigating something acute or need more support, weekly sessions are available on a case-by-case basis.
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Each session is tailored to your needs, but you can expect a quiet, peaceful space to connect with your breath, body, and deeper truth. Sessions may include somatic inquiry, trauma-informed breathwork, nervous system regulation tools, creative visualization, or gentle guided movement — always with full consent and collaboration.
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Wear comfortable clothing that allows you to move and breathe with ease — think yoga pants or relaxed layers. You don’t need to bring anything, but you’re welcome to bring a journal, water bottle, or any comfort items (a shawl, stone, or essential oil) that help you feel grounded.
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Yes. Some women choose to alternate between in-person and virtual sessions, especially if their schedules vary or they travel often. We'll create a rhythm that supports your healing and works with your lifestyle.
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Sessions are held in East Sacramento at a serene Quaker church. The space is quiet, private, and reserved just for your session — no waiting rooms, no distractions. You’ll be welcomed by a beautiful garden upon arrival and held in a space that feels sacred, soft, and safe.