Discover Inner Body Freedom with Somatic Therapy

Reset. Regulate. Heal.

Your body holds onto overwhelm, shock and stuck patterns until it receives the safe space & resources it needs to heal. That is the power of Somatic Therapy.

Does your day-to-day feel like any of this?

You have a deep sense that your body is holding onto old shock, trauma, or overwhelm, but you aren't sure how to finally let it go.
Your nervous system feels hijacked. You might find yourself constantly swinging between high anxiety and over-giving, or living permanently in a heavy, frozen state of numbness.
You live in your head and notice you have no actual felt sense of your body—making it difficult to know what you feel, what you need, or when you are truly safe.
Your relationship with your feelings feels broken. You are either overwhelmed by sudden anxiety and unexpected outbursts, or conversely, trapped in an icy emptiness where you can't feel anything at all.
You are dealing with chronic pain, systemic inflammation, or complex health issues that never seem to fully clear, no matter what physical treatments you try.
This leaves you with a deep, intuitive suspicion that your physical ailments are intimately tied to past trauma or long-standing stress.
Your body is stuck in a looping distress response, using physical pain to signal that your underlying physiology is overwhelmed.
You struggle with structural misalignment, stubborn tightness, or a "bad back" that you can't seem to stretch or crack out of place.
Your spine, jaw, or shoulders feel permanently locked because your nervous system doesn’t feel safe enough to drop its guard.
Your body is unconsciously holding a subtle, defensive position to protect itself from past overwhelm. It’s not a lack of core strength or poor posture; it's a physical state of survival.
Setting boundaries feels terrifying, or you may not even realise you don't have them. Your own voice, desires, and needs simply disappear to keep the peace.
You are exhausted by a loud, ruminating mind, constant overthinking, and a harsh inner critic that leaves you with a painful, underlying belief that you are somehow "broken." Experiencing self-doubt is very familiar.

If you answered YES to any of these, unresolved overwhelm held in your nervous system may be the key contributing factor.

Somatic Therapy could be an important key to resetting and regulating your body so that you can heal.

When your body truly relaxes into its own process, extraordinary shifts happen: emotions release, stuck patterns reorganise, old beliefs drop away, and overwhelm dissolves.

Navigating Burnout

Rebecca came to me experiencing deep burnout, high anxiety, and a loud inner critic. Eager to try something different after past talk therapy, she chose to explore my approach to somatic therapy.
Through our sessions, she reconnected with an inner calm that quieted her internal dialogue. As she dropped into a deeper sense of presence, she tapped into an internal resource that allowed her anxiety to greatly subside. She learned entirely new ways of being with her emotions—a skill she truly appreciates.
"I learned how to be with my emotions and feelings, I highly recommend Sonia."
From Fear to Ease

When major life changes triggered intense panic attacks, Melissa felt frightened and disconnected. Her doctor suggested medication, but Melissa knew there was a different way. Through deep, somatic inner work, she learned to befriend her feelings instead of fearing them and connect to her body’s unfolding wisdom. The result a year later? A completely transformed reality filled with joy, peace, and deep connection.
"I don't live in fear anymore. I love being in my body and I trust it completely."
Finding the Life behind the pain

Rose has lived with serious health challenges from a young age, resulting in decades of chronic pain and depression. Through her sessions, she found that her nervous system was finally able to slowly calm down. This shift led to many unexpected surprises: she became more sociable, began challenging herself in new ways, and even started wearing colour for the first time in her life. While her chronic pain hasn't disappeared, her relationship to her body, her trauma, and her world has changed drastically.
“Sonia helped me immensely and brought me back to life.”
Post-concussion headaches resolved

Georgie suffered from debilitating headaches for a decade following a head injury. After just one session, her headaches disappeared. She not only became pain-free but also feels more capable of handling life's challenges.
“As soon as Sonia touched my head, it felt like she was holding it to a point where it could pour out all the pain that was being held.”
Increased self-confidence

When Francesca first came to see me, she felt weak in her body and uncertain of her self-worth. Through our somatic therapy sessions, she found her internal alignment, and her self-confidence grew. Like many clients, she looks forward to each session, they are all so unique.
“It’s always something different and unexpected.”
Reduced Pain & Medication Use

Mona is usually reluctant to give reviews, but she’s happy to share her experience of my work. She loves coming for sessions because she feels her body improving. Her shoulder problems have greatly reduced, and she rarely needs pain medication for her long-standing family-related condition.
“My health has changed beyond my wildest imaginations”

Touch is your body's first language. By safely meeting your nervous system, I invite what you are holding to release, realign, and heal.

Somatic Session Walkthrough

What a session looks like:

We start with conversation: We begin with a verbal check-in to track what your system is managing today. In your initial session, we’ll also review your physical history and significant life events to identify where your body has patterned its protective habits.
You remain fully clothed: All hands-on therapeutic touch is non-invasive and practiced while you rest comfortably on a treatment table in your everyday, comfortable clothing.
Settling onto the table: You will rest comfortably face-up on the treatment table. Using gentle, respectful contact, my touch invites your nervous system to drop out of a defensive "doing" state and slide into a deeply receptive mode.
How your body unfolds: Your somatic process is entirely unique to you. As things begin to release, you might notice physical sensations, a wave of emotional clearing, sudden insights, or a profound drop into quiet presence. There is no right or wrong way to heal — I am there as your grounded guide to navigate whatever surfaces.

Somatic Therapy

Somatic Therapy with me is a deeply restorative, hands-on experience. While some somatic practices rely solely on movement or conversation, my work uses gentle, body-led therapeutic touch to communicate directly with your physiology and nervous system.

True healing requires a biological sense of safety — a deep, body-to-body knowing that cannot be faked. By anchoring our work in this neurobiological safety, your nervous system finally receives the somatic permission it needs to drop its guard.

Together, we work with your body-mind-spirit connection to help resolve deep-seated trauma, chronic overwhelm, and stubborn holding patterns. This process doesn't force change; instead, it respects your unique system, giving your body the exact space and resources it needs to heal on all levels.

To help your body gently release and reorganise from within, I weave together these specific modalities:

NeuroAffective Touch® is a psychobiological approach that integrates key elements of somatic psychotherapy, attachment and developmental theory, and interpersonal neurobiology.
NeuroAffective Touch heals early patterns of unmet emotional needs and missing nurturing touch stored within the body.
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy is a deeply restorative, hands-on healing modality. It honours the holistic connection between your physical anatomy and the natural, life-giving rhythms that flow through your physiology.
Your body inherently benefits from being deeply heard and witnessed. When it is given the space to express its story without judgment, extraordinary change begins to unfold.
This practice creates a profound sense of safety, allowing old holding patterns and physical & emotional traumas to gently surface and resolve smoothly, without overwhelming your nervous system.
A Touch of Presence® is a Biodynamic Cranial approach to touch that honours the spiritual journey of your growth, development, and evolution.
Because we are interconnected body-mind-spirit beings, meeting your system with this depth of stillness allows your whole self to respond in an organic, deeply healing somatic unfolding.
We are interconnected body-mind-spirit beings.
When we are met with this depth of presence, our whole self responds in an organic, somatic unfolding that is deeply healing.
By inviting the nervous system to drop its defenses, this work allows your body’s innate wisdom to take over. It is less about "doing" something to you, and entirely about "being" with you, creating the space for your unique healing blueprint to unfold.

Want to deepen your understanding of how body-led touch supports trauma recovery?

Explore my blog section. A great place to start is my featured article on trauma, which includes a short animation beautifully illustrating the core principles of this practice.

My ultimate intention is to support you in stepping back into your life with a profound sense of wholeness, presence, and ease.

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What People Are Saying

I have used many different healing modalities over the last 30 years. Sonia trumped them all. She can hold a safe space to heal, space for grace, space for issues, and space for peace. She gave me a safe place to heal and finally bring out the better me.

— Abi Read

If you want bodywork to heal trauma, see Sonia. Her incredible mahi has supported me to process and integrate a profound sense of stillness and safety in my body. She is culturally sensitive, deeply knowledgeable, and incredibly kind.
— Aimee Maaka

Discovering Sonia has been a transformational blessing in my life. She embodies empathy, clarity, and a beautiful ability to hold safe space without judgement. As someone who lives with complex trauma, the emerging freedom and confidence I now feel to be able to bring into the world is liberating.

— Georgia Andrews

Meet Sonia

I am a somatic practitioner dedicated, I help you bridge the gap between mind and body to find deep-seated healing. I offer a highly specialised, deeply grounded, safe space where your nervous system can safely process and gently unravel the layers of chronic overwhelm, trauma, and exhaustion held within your body and mind.

Many of my clients have lived with a busy mind, anxiety, pain, and been in protective states for years—if not decades. Together, we work to give your body the exact resources it has been missing so you can return to a state of natural ease.

Our work together helps you:

Translating your body's story: Giving your physical form a safe space to be heard, allowing outdated holding patterns, tension, and chronic pain responses to finally release.
Restore Nervous System Flexibility: Guide your physiology out of looping anxiety or protective numbness, restoring a biological sense of safety.
Reparent the Somatic Self: Meet and soothe early, deeply held patterns of unmet emotional needs and missing nurturing touch.
Reclaim Your Presence: Melt away old, restrictive defensive structures so you can experience yourself and your life with clarity and joy.

“I have spent the last sixteen years learning how the body heals and grows from within. My passion is sharing that map, creating safe spaces for others to step into their own profound transformation.”

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When overwhelm resolves, your body reorganises, your mind releases old beliefs and you become present.

It is a surprising and beautiful journey.

What next?

Explore & Align

Step 1
Take some time to explore my website and see if my approach to somatic therapy resonates with you. You can read through my rates, session details, and answers to common questions on my FAQs page.

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Step 2
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Find Sonia in Wellington

Your healing journey begins before you even step through the door. Located within a quiet, private garden sanctuary in Brooklyn, the space is intentionally designed to help your nervous system step away from the noise of the world and find its natural rhythm

Inner Body Freedom

16 Lincoln Street, Brooklyn, Wellington