MOVE, BREATHE & FEEL TO HEAL
Release stress & emotions with somatic movement | Sarasota, FL
If you’re barely treading water...
Have you been feeling maxed out and stuck in a constant state of stress and overwhelm while trying to juggle all of your responsibilities and roles?
From the outside, it probably seems like you have it all together. But internally, your mind and body are always on high alert, working overtime and wearing you down.
You've tried putting the pieces together yourself, maybe even educating yourself about the nervous system, attachment styles and trauma responses -- and you might have tried working with a therapist, but nothing seems to give you the relief and the peace you’ve been craving.
You know your nervous system is out of balance, and your body needs to learn it's safe to relax, but it’s starting to feel impossible.
I’ll teach you how to peacefully float.
If we naturally live in our heads, then cognitive-focused approaches simply strengthen a muscle that is already strong-- our intellect.
In order to learn how to float, we need to strengthen the muscle of embodied awareness. This is our capacity to feel our emotions and sensations as they arise in the body so that we can release them in the moment.
Why? Because if we don’t, then our whole system gets stuck. We become unable to truly complete the stress cycle and we get locked in a state of fight/flight/freeze/fawn indefinitely.
Our emotions and stressors then become held and stored in the way we move, breathe, sleep, digest, think, work, and interact with others.
Is your body telling you that it’s been storing too much?
How many of these sound like you:
Irritability and impatience —often towards loved ones.
Feeling like relationships are becoming effortful or draining.
Zoning out, disconnecting, and struggling to stay present.
Feeling overwhelmed and overstimulated by daily life.
Pushing through tough times only to collapse later.
Frequent physical discomfort like aches, tension, sleep issues, heart palpitations, or digestive issues.
Feeling anxious, hyper-vigilant, or stuck in your thoughts.
Hi, I’m Alissa
Anxiety Therapist turned Somatic Yoga Teacher.
AND, I deeply emphasize with the experience of feeling like you’re just trying to get through the day... rather than feeling like you’re fully living it.
I also know how frustrating it is to actively seek a way out of that survival state, only to keep finding yourself sucked back into it again.
I’ve sought out yoga and psychotherapy as two separate modalities in my own healing journey-- and I always craved a space that allowed me to be with both my body and my mind at the same time.
To stretch, find some cathartic release, and regulate my nervous system through movement—while also being invited to explore my inner world and my emotions via journaling and guided discussion.
I realized other women were craving this same space, so I decided to create it.
Welcome to ROOT COLLECTIVE
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Welcome to ROOT COLLECTIVE
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If analyzing & thinking hasn’t worked, then it’s time to invite your body into the conversation
Somatic Yoga for Releasing Stress and Emotions
This weekly, 90-minute class helps you release stored stress and emotions from the body.
It consists of conscious breathwork, gentle and exploratory movement, and intentional journaling + discussion around a weekly theme that is all designed to leave you feeling more open, more grounded, and more embodied each week.
The Collective: Monthly Membership
Healing in community.
We move, breathe, feel, process, and release in our somatic yoga classes— and we also gather for fun, intentional, relationship-building events. Together we cry, laugh, explore, learn, and grow.
Whether you’re brand new to Sarasota or you’ve lived here your whole life, I invite you into The Collective—a community focused on healing and building authentic connections. A place where you can feel seen, heard, and known. We’re doing the work, but we don’t need to do it alone.
Re-Write Your Nervous System: 4- Week Group Program
Once a year, I open the doors to my signature group program that teaches you exactly how to befriend your nervous system so that it no longer controls how you feel, think, and behave.
Through a nervous system deep-dive combined with somatic movement, you’ll learn how to reprogram your body out of a chronic stress state while fundamentally shifting how you handle stress, triggers, and anxiety now and in the future. It’s like a nourishing blend of group therapy and somatic yoga.
September 2024 SOLD OUT. Join the August 2025 waitlist.
Teaching & Speaking Engagements
I support groups of all kinds in a desire to decrease feelings of stress and overwhelm and increase capacity for authenticity, connection, clarity, focused attention, productivity, creativity, and full present-moment living.
With somatic movement and nervous system education, I can teach your group how to access a calm and grounded nervous system state.
Client Love
Gentle options to begin working with me
NERVOUS SYSTEM 101 DIGITAL COURSE
This 45-minute digital course will teach you about your nervous system in a really digestive, tangible way.
If you’re craving an efficient, straight-to-the-point breakdown of your nervous system’s role in how you feel, behave, think, and relate to others— this is it!
SOMATIC YOGA
Join me to move, breathe, and feel to heal. There is no wrong way to do yoga here. This class is about creating a safe space to release your pent-up emotions and stress through gentle movement and somatic practices.
Whether you’re completely new to yoga or a seasoned yogi, you will leave with new practices to support your nervous system.
FOLLOW ME ONLINE
I share a lot of tips and education on my instagram account.
Follow me at @alissavreeland to get to know me better before joining me for a class, a course, or a program.
