MOVE, BREATHE & FEEL TO HEAL
A somatic approach to healing from chronic stress, anxiety, and overwhelm | Sarasota, FL + Beyond
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
Psychotherapist turned Trauma-Trained Somatic Coach and Certified Yoga Teacher.
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 practice both at the same time.
To stretch my body, feel my emotions, find some cathartic release, and regulate my nervous system through movement — while also having a trained coach or therapist to help me unpack and understand why I feel stuck.
I realized other women were craving this same space, so I decided to create it.
Welcome to ROOT COLLECTIVE
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If talking & analyzing 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 group discussion around a weekly theme that is all designed to leave you feeling more open, more grounded, and more embodied each week.
Sunrise Somatic Yoga for Releasing Stress & Emotions
What better place to practice somatic yoga than at the beach at sunrise?
Join me for a 60-minute somatic practice that includes reflection and journaling time, breathwork, and gentle/intuitive movement.
Reconnect to yourself, the beauty of our natural environment, and a community of women. Stay after class for a relaxing dip in the crystal clear water.
Re-Write Your Nervous System: Group Program
Over 4 weeks, I invite you to learn exactly how to befriend your nervous system so that it no longer controls how you feel, think, and behave.
Through group discussion, guided self-exploration, and somatic practices, you’ll learn how to reprogram your body out of a chronic stress state while fundamentally shifting how you handle stress, triggers, and anxiety in the present.
September 2024 is SOLD OUT! Next group is January 2025. Join the waitlist!
Highly-Personalized Somatic Coaching
My unique gift is that I provide a highly-focused, deeply-caring, and time-efficient approach to helping my clients experience major internal shifts.
In our work together, you can expect to fundamentally change how you handle daily stress while clearing out blockages from the past that prevent you from feeling calm, resourced, productive, and alive in the present (without spending months in therapy).
If you’ve tried other things and still feel stuck in a version of yourself that you don’t love, then it might be time to try moving, breathing, and feeling your way through healing.
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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.
