Psoma and Psoma yoga therapy integrate years of practising and teaching somatic self awareness. Psoma is informed by several modalities - especially Hakomi (which I've been teaching internationally for more than 30 years) and yoga (which I've been practising and teaching for more than 50 years). For anyone who wonders about how to facilitate a more embodied healing experience for themselves or others, or wants to learn a simple yet powerful way to support your own or another's personal transformation,  Psoma  is a unique and powerful approach.

Soma comes from the Greek for body. Ps (psyche) comes from the Greek for mind/spirit. So “psoma” yoga is my way of naming this integrated body/mind/spirit approach.

There are three main applications of psoma : first as a personal practice for self-awareness and stress management, second as a way of offering a group an embodied learning experience and third, as a way to work with someone else to support them on their personal healing journey.

Healing and transformation must be embodied experiences. Participants in my retreats are invited to  use their experience to inspire and enhance their personal and/or professional life and relationships.

Psoma can be used as a personal practice or as a way of supporting others in a therapeutic setting. Psoma is also a way of practising and teaching yoga or yoga therapy. One of the powerful discoveries that we can make in a somatic practice for self-awareness such as yoga is the connection between posture and state of mind. How we habitually hold ourselves and move in our bodies expresses the ideas we hold about who we are and what kind of world we think we’re living in. Until these models and somatic habits come into conscious awareness they remain on automatic where they not only limit us physically but also keep us living in old realities. They often cause stress and unnecessary suffering. Bringing these embodied attitudes into consciousness and exploring other possibilities allows us to experience new possibilities that can be life-changing and healing.

Psoma is inspired by Hakomi and the work of its creator, Ron Kurtz, who called his work mindfulness-based assisted self-discovery. Hakomi was deeply informed by yoga as a practice of mindfulness-based self-awareness. It was also inspired by the genius of Moshe Feldenkrais and his Awareness through Movement, and by Buddhism. Both Feldenkrais and Buddhism are deeply imbedded in Psoma as a practice of embodied mindfulness and self awareness.