THERAPEUTIC EMBODIMENT
Part of The Gaia Center’s mission is to support our clients in reconnecting with their bodies and reclaiming joyful movement.
While all of our therapists integrate somatic (body-based) principles and techniques into our psychotherapy sessions (as appropriate for each client), some clients benefit from sessions that are more explicitly focused on movement and embodiment work that aligns with their therapy goals.
In addition to our “standard” psychotherapy work, some of our clinicians are trained in movement modalities that can be a powerful complement to the inner work clients are doing here at TGC or with their existing therapist elsewhere.
(If you are a clinician wanting to refer your client for therapeutic embodiment work, we’d love to collaborate with you and your client!)
The only kind of yoga we are interested in is yoga that is accessible for bodies of diverse shapes, sizes, ages, and ability levels.
The physical aspect of a yoga practice can certainly increase strength and flexibility— but ultimately, yoga is much more than Downward Dog or Warrior II.
Yoga is a whole-person method— based in ancient philosophy and supported by modern science— for engaging mind, body, and spirit to become a more liberated version of yourself and a more powerful instrument for the collective healing and liberation of the wider world.