{"id":1109,"date":"2025-09-20T04:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T04:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:09:24","slug":"somatic-practices-practitioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/20\/somatic-practices-practitioners\/","title":{"rendered":"Somatic Practices &amp; Practitioners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Somatics is such a huge category of practices! This is by no means a breakdown of all somatics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a list of my favorite free resources for somatic practices and practitioners. It&#8217;s like many things on here; a work in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll update as I find any new favorite &amp; notable resources.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/treesdivider.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1552\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>General Somatics<\/em> <em>(Video)<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@sheBREATH_Teresa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sheBREATH Youtube Channel<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shebreath.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Website<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=channel_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnZuWVhHdFhvVWJLcUtrUDB0Z19KbUV0Qk81d3xBQ3Jtc0tuYzRJSlZPdVVCZlB4VERRVTZqTnhzbkRON1g1QjJYR1owMGNZbXB0U0RrUmJoSzNES1VNUWRobmZJVnl2T0hrWmp5WkZ3Ul9vV2tNN1YxMzY2NWMzWnJ6dXlFejlZZmk0SXl3ZGxnRXpMeDlWbGxUcw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fshebreath_official%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Instagram<\/a>&#8211; Teresa&#8217;s YouTube Channel sheBREATH is an amazing resource for somatic routines and practices. She is a trauma informed and centered somatic experience practitioner (SEP) and breath specialist. Her routines are focused on stress relief, trauma release and processing, nervous system regulation and more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NicoleLarsonSomatics\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nicole Larson Somatics YouTube Channel<\/a> &#8211; Nicole Larson is a trauma informed somatic practitioner and has a wonderful YouTube channel that has somatic routines and individual practices for helping you build better nervous system resilience. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@EmilyWinterSE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Somatic Skills with Emily YouTube Channel <\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emilywintersep.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Website<\/a> &#8211; Emily Winter is an MHP, SEP, E-RYT sharing practices, skills and routines for stress reduction, trauma recovery and nervous system resilience. I really appreciate her joyful approach.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BrainEducationTV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Brain Education TV YouTube Channel<\/a> &#8211; This channel features different practitioners of Brain Education a mind body method from South Korea. There is vagus nerve stimulation, reflexology and much more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLThc0nryi4KOxMoi7W4cfp9T1k-KC-sRK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Faith Hunter YouTube Channel<\/a> &#8211; Faith Hunter is a somatic practitioner who focuses on nervous system healing and ancient wisdom mixed with modern healing tools. This particular playlist link shows all of Faith Hunter&#8217;s somatic healing practices. She has some lovely gentle movement practices with a dose of meditation, gentle in bed yoga and more. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ericcoopersomatics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Somatics For Everyone by Eric Cooper Youtube Channel <\/a>\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/inspiresomatics.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Website<\/a> &#8211; Eric Cooper shows his own versions of somatics that helped him heal nervous system patterns of bracing &amp; chronic pain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@dr.arielleschwartz913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Dr. Arielle Schwartz YouTube Channel <\/a>&#8211; Dr. Schwartz&#8217;s YouTube channel has several videos on vagus nerve supportive practices and trauma informed practices. She is a trauma specialist, author and clinical psychologist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@nervoussystemninja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Nervous System Ninja by Renee Ostertag YouTube Channel \">Nervous System Ninja by Renee Ostertag YouTube Channel <\/a> &#8211; Dr. Renee Ostertag&#8217;s channel has several videos on vagus nerve stimulation, stress relief and gentle body and mind practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL2Fsy2_MpMyDk83RxS3eXKf4VthQRDOiq&amp;si=S1oC-17LrnHk4b8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Steven P. Bradshaw Somatic Tools <\/a>&#8211; This is a playlist of Somatic Tools by Steven P. Bradshaw a licensed somatic experiencing practitioner and licensed psychotherapist is great for very gentle and short practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLq3mYvBeHyd7H_dIwE4Fy8k3xh8vsKb6A&amp;si=qfhpiXdViOiR2xAU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Zara Dureno NS Regulation <\/a>&#8211; This is a playlist of nervous system regulation practices guided by Zara Dureno who is an experienced occupational therapist, hypnotherapist, and coach specializing in specific chronic illnesses (ME\/CFS, Long Covid, Chronic Pain) and concussion recovery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/treesdivider.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1552\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Somatic Meditations, Audio &amp; Written Practices<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insighttimer.com\/choosingmindfulness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bhanu Harrison LCSW, SEP on Insight Timer<\/a> &#8211; I really love Bhanu Harrison&#8217;s offerings on Insight. She has many audio practices, somatic meditations and often hosts live sessions which can be found under her profile under the &#8220;events&#8221; tab. She is a LCSW and SEP specializing in trauma resolution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insighttimer.com\/radhelesny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Radhe Lesny LMFT, SEP on Insight Timer\">Radhe Lesny LMFT, SEP on Insight Timer<\/a> &#8211; Radhe Lesny is a somatic psychotherapist who specializes in trauma healing. She is trained in the following somatic trauma healing methods: &nbsp;Somatic Experiencing, Transforming Touch, Somatic Resilience and Regulation and NeuroAffective Touch. You can find several of her guided meditations and guided somatic practices here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insighttimer.com\/rachelfearnley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rachel Fearnley on Insight Timer<\/a> &#8211; Rachel Fearnely is a trauma informed educator &amp; breath work specialist. You can find many of her guided somatic practices and meditations here. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@beingwellgrounded\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Being Well Grounded by Eunia Lee Youtube Channel<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beingwellgrounded.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Website<\/a> &#8211; I really love Eunia Lee&#8217;s gentle and grounded practices. She is a professional counselor and licensed Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. There are many guided practices she offers on her YouTube Channel and they are also offered on her website (ad-free!). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@helloinnerlight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hello Inner Light YouTube Channel <\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/helloinnerlight.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Website<\/a> &#8211; Karena Neukirchner specializes in Havening touch for healing trauma, emotional blockages and more. She has a great YouTube channel with practices and a podcast that can be found on her website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drunkenbuddha.net\/nervous-system-regulation-toolkit#toolkit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nervous System Regulation Mega Toolkit<\/a> &#8211; This mega toolkit by Ben (of Drunken Buddha) has 115 techniques, practices and exercises all categorized by nervous system states and needs. Absolutely wonderful and highly recommended.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/treesdivider.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1552\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Feldenkrais<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/feldenkraisproject.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The Feldenkrais Project<\/a> &#8211; This is a website with fully free Feldenkrais lessons. It is donor supported. They also offer pay what you can zoom classes once a month.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TaroIwamoto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Feldenkrais With Taro Iwamoto YouTube Channel<\/a> &#8211; This is the channel of Taro Iwamoto, a nervous system movement coach who specializes in Feldenkrais and also has expertise in physical rehab, martial arts and athletic training.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SensingVitality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Annie Thoe Sensing Vitality YouTube Channel<\/a> &#8211; Annie Thoe has over 35 years of experience teaching Feldenkrais, Clinical Massage and Kinesiology. She has many guided practices on her channel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FeldenkraisAccess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Feldenkrais Access YouTube Channel<\/a> &#8211; This channel has a few different practitioners showing many guided practices. There is also an entire introductory to Feldenkrais class series.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/treesdivider.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1552\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The following links are of EFT practitioners and their free practices on YouTube:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@marialipuma-TappingFreedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Maria LiPuma YouTube Channel<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MichaelHetherington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Michael Hetherington YouTube Channel <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@tapwithbrad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Brad Yates YouTube Channel \">Brad Yates YouTube Channel <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ReneeMillman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Renee Millman YouTube Channel<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL8j9XPoSRQpgbaj9zAMOXRfD6moiuKwB3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Paul Polanco YouTube Channel <\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@jenniferharmony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jennifer Harmony YouTube Channel<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLOCJr5HDUy7u3ZcAubGo3nIHWHpTxzorA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Dr. Kim D&#8217;Eramo YouTube Channel <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/treesdivider.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1552\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Playlists of Somatic Practices and Meditations:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The following links are of my own personal playlists. They are not stagnant and often change so, please save any videos you like from them in to your own playlists: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insig.ht\/ZsNDa4dsGRb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Somatic (Audio) Meditations &amp; Practices Playlist on Insight Timer<\/a> &#8211; My personal playlist on Insight Timer of somatic meditations and somatic practices. It is a wide range.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insig.ht\/wLWCRVjsGRb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Somatic Tracking Only (Audio) Playlist on Insight Timer<\/a> &#8211; My personal playlist of somatic tracking only on Insight Timer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLY8LUyMjm4qrZOdN5Uouio-a3VEJzjURS&amp;si=GKWUW1TMMkgK4d26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Somatics YouTube Playlist<\/a> &#8211; This is my personal playlist on YouTube of different somatic practices and routines. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLY8LUyMjm4qq_qN0ZrgLpWFN2tj3Y0vYJ&amp;si=rj3JMlDROO44Qazk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Somatic Tracking YouTube Playlist<\/a> &#8211; This is my personal playlist on YouTube of only guided somatic tracking (physical sensations, emotions and some specific sensations).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLY8LUyMjm4qqBsWGQPcS79_o6sA5pqi60&amp;si=mz4SltP-h2Kcq1dF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">EFT YouTube Playlist<\/a> &#8211; My playlist of my favorite EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somatics is such a huge category of practices! This is by no means a breakdown of all somatics. This is a list of my favorite free resources for somatic practices and practitioners. It&#8217;s like many things on here; a work in progress. I&#8217;ll update as I find any new favorite &amp; notable resources. General Somatics (Video) Somatic Meditations, Audio &amp; Written Practices Feldenkrais EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) The following links are of EFT practitioners and their free practices on YouTube: My Playlists of Somatic Practices and Meditations: The following links are of my own personal playlists. They are not stagnant and often change so, please save any videos you like from them in to your own playlists:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healing","category-somatics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1569,"href":"https:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions\/1569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claudiacaracol.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}