Ouroboros

Somatic Therapies for
Healing and Embodiment

“Speaking the Language of the Body”

In-person sessions in the Hudson Valley & New York City /// Remote sessions via Zoom

Natan is a trauma-informed bodyworker, movement educator, and somatic and expressive arts therapy practitioner who supports people to access their body’s innate wisdom, creativity, and capacity to heal.

OUR TOOLS

embodied mindfulness

relational attunement

movement

breath

touch

art

OUR MODALITIES

  • gentle, non-invasive, holistic touch. we listen to the deep, subtle, fluid rhythms of your body and support homeostasis. especially good for nervous system regulation and trauma healing. done clothed on a table.

  • build mind-body connection and somatic awareness. learn to be more "in" your body through both directed movement and self-guided explorations.

  • drawing, poetry, creative writing, movement, dance, and ritual. we use the container of the arts to hold our internal experience externally, and reflect it back to us. with creative perspective, we can play with new possibilities, and learn to live life as a work of art.

  • mindfulness-based somatic psychotherapy. we slow down and notice our sensations, emotions, and thoughts in the here and now. by investigating the present moment through the body, we uncover unconscious beliefs, discover new options, and stabilize them to be integrated into daily life.

* These modalities and tools are available to us. Depending on your interests, requests, and what your system presents during a session, we may use several, or only one.

OUR AIMS

Some Possible Aims of our Work Together:

  • Body Awareness

  • Mind-Body Connection

  • Emotional Processing

  • Nervous System Regulation

  • Trauma Healing

  • “Coming Home” to the Body

  • Repatterning Healthy Attachment

  • Creative Expression

  • Living an Artful, Embodied Life

  • Pain, Injury, and Physical Healing

  • Stress Relief

  • Self Care, Well-Being and Health

  • Psychedelic Integration

  • A Richer, More Meaningful Life

  • “During the sessions with Natan, I felt many things, including: safe, relaxed, supported, aware, private but not alone.


    I have had some sad and traumatic events in my life, which are connected to my body. Working with Natan has helped me feel a sense of fullness, possibility and mystery-- like there is so much more to explore. Natan is present, gentle, respectful, and humble-- and he is a listener, in the deep sense of listening. In my sessions, it felt like Natan was using a language I didn't think I knew, but my body knew it.”

    — N.R.

  • “Natan has a gift. I've had several craniosacral sessions with him and from the very beginning, I knew that this was going to be different from my previous experiences with this modality.


    His manner and gentle insight put me at ease right away. During the sessions I honestly can't tell you what happens because it seems like a magical mystery, but I'm transported and held in a place of the deepest relaxation and slowness that feels somehow out of time. Afterward, I feel so different: my nervous system feels regulated, and my physical body, emotions, even my thoughts are slower and more at peace. It's hard to express Natan's healing gift in words - it's something that can only be experienced.”

    — K.M.

  • “Natan’s skillful touch opened me up to a much deeper relationship with my somatic self…


    He was able to tune in to the subtle physical and energetic rhythms of my body and guide me so that I was able to tune in too. It was absolutely amazing to recognize those rhythms that are always there for the first time in my life! I learned so much from him and about myself in just two sessions. He tamed my habitual anxiety by bringing my sympathetic and parasympathetic systems into balance, and seeing/experiencing the difference through the course of just one session taught me so much. I can’t recommend him highly enough!”

    — M.M.

BIO

Taught and mentored by dance pioneer Anna Halprin, Natan is on core faculty at the Tamalpa Institute, guiding training groups in embodied healing and transformation. He has a private practice in biodynamic craniosacral therapy, body-based expressive arts therapy, somatic movement therapy, and Hakomi (mindfulness-based somatic psychotherapy).

    • Certified Craniosacral Therapist (RCST) with the North American Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association (BCTA/NA)

    • Registered Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist (RSME/T) with the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA).

    • Certificate program in Mindfulness-Based Somatic Psychotherapy with the Hakomi Institute of California (Comprehensive Training Levels 1 and 2)

    • Tamalpa Practitioner, Certificate program in Movement-Based Expressive Arts Therapy with the Tamalpa Institute (On faculty since 2016)

    • Certificate program in Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Training Approach (ISITTA) through Embodywise with Manuela Mischke-Reeds

    • Relational Touch in Psychotherapy through Relational Somatic Healing, with Shirley Bar-Dvir

    • Certificate program, Somatic Education Module with Moving on Center

    • MA in Education, Goddard College

    • Ongoing study in Body Mind Centering, a somatic approach to experiential anatomy, movement, and embryology.

    • Over 500 hours of massage therapy training.

BOOK AN APPOINTMENT

I offer a free 20-minute phone consultation for new clients so we can get a sense of one another; and for you to share about your needs and ask me any questions.

Returning clients can book either 75-minute Zoom sessions or 90-min
in-person sessions in the Hudson Valley (Kingston or Woodstock) or New York City (Union Square).

Text me at (646) 717-2271 to schedule

Or, send a message below.

CONTACT

Please reach out with any questions; I look forward to hearing from you!