Ouroboros

Natan Daskal // RSME, RSMT, CST, LMT, MA

Somatic Coaching for
Healing & Embodied Change

Supporting you to slow down, turn inward, and trust in the wisdom of your body.

A body-centered, relational approach

I bring together over a decade of study and practice in somatics, bodywork, movement, expressive arts, relational work and body-based approaches to healing.

Our experiences shape us in ways that go beyond conscious thought. They influence how we breathe, move, respond to stress, relate to others, and experience ourselves.

We can understand something intellectually and still find ourselves caught in familiar patterns.

Somatic work offers another way in. By paying attention to what happens in the body, we can begin to recognize patterns that may be difficult to access through words alone—and explore new ways of responding.

Change becomes something we don't just understand, but experience.

Ways we might work together

  • We slow down and pay attention to sensation, breath, movement, and awareness.
    Rather than telling you what your experience means, we explore it together and let your own knowing emerge.

    Body sensation, breath, posture, emotions, thoughts, movements, and impulses all reveal underlying patterns of how we relate to ourselves and the world. 

    Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy brings us beneath the surface of talking about life issues, and address them at the root -- in unconscious beliefs held in the body and mind. Sessions are experiential, where I support you to notice what arises in your body in the here and now as you deepen into your life material. 

    As you talk about your challenging boss, does your breath become shallow? Do you clench your belly? Do your hands subtly begin to tense? We work in close partnership with your body to understand its cues, so you can begin to understand what it is communicating and discover alternatives -- perhaps a fuller breath, a more upright spine, and a greater sense of agency and personal power. We support change not through thinking, but through experiencing a new option. 

    Relational Somatic Healing invites us to focus on relational dynamics. Our earliest relationships shape how we experience safety, closeness, trust, and connection, and lays the imprints for how we relate throughout our lives.

    This work explores these patterns through the relationship between us. With mindful attention to what happens in the present moment, we create opportunities to experience connection, boundaries, and support in new ways.


  • Gentle, attuned touch offers an invitation to recenter, release tension, and reconnect with your body. Sessions are clothed, may be quiet and deeply restorative, or include guided awareness and exploration of your inner experience.

    Craniosacral Therapy is especially helpful for nervous system regulation and whole-system balancing. Sessions are often very relaxing, leaving you feel more resourced, integrated, and whole. Sessions can address physical challenges such as injuries or chronic pain, emotional challenges such as grief, anxiety or depression, and mental challenges such as insomnia or adhd. We address your system as a whole.


    Somatic Bodywork combines Craniosacral therapy with guided inquiry that invites you to sense into your body while receiving touch. By noticing the sensations and experiences in your body, your awareness becomes an important part of your healing. By participating in your own process you become more embodied; mind and body become more connected; your process is supported from within; and you learn skills to support your own healing and embodiment outside of session.

  • Somatic preparation, support, and integration for people working with ketamine or other expanded states of consciousness.

    Psychedelics have been used for thousands of years as powerful healing allies. They shift us out of ordinary ways of perceiving ourselves and the world, and offer new perspectives and experiences. When we find ourselves unsatisfied with life, stuck in the same grooves, or seeking a more expansive spiritual connection, some of us feel called to turn towards psychedelics. 

    Psychedelic experiences can bring insight, wonder, and an expanded sense of possibility. They can also be confusing, challenging, and difficult to put into words. Having support before and after these experiences can make a meaningful difference.

    I offer a body-centered approach to psychedelic preparation and integration, helping you clarify your intentions, navigate uncertainty, make sense of what emerges, and apply your insights into daily life. 

    Sessions often include a mix of my other offerings: Hakomi, Relational Somatic Healing, Somatic Bodywork and Craniosacral Therapy, as well as Movement and Expressive Arts.

    Ketamine-Assisted Bodywork combines the altered state produced by Ketamine with gentle, attuned somatic touch and body-based awareness. Combined with bodywork, ketamine can open space for a direct experience of presence, curiosity, and embodied awareness. You may notice new perspectives, emotions, memories, or sensations as they arise, with the support of a steady, attuned presence beside you. 

    Ketamine is prescribed by an appropriately licensed medical provider. If you are curious if ketamine might be a helpful treatment for you, reach out. I can connect you to a prescribing professional.


    Expressive Art Therapy is a natural pairing with psychedelic work. Both may bring experiences that are feeling-based, full of imagery, and connect us to the larger energies of archetype and soul. I offer somatic expressive art therapy as stand alone sessions, or as part of psychedelic support. Sessions may include movement, drawing, creative writing and/or ritual, and are accessible to anyone -- no art or movement experience required. Mentored by Anna Halprin, I have taught hundreds of students over the past ten years, and believe deeply in the healing potential of our creativity. 

Client Reflections

  • “Every time I work with Natan, I leave feeling nourished, inspired, and deeply seen.

    I’ve had the joy of learning from Natan for over two years through online programs at the Tamalpa Institute, where he is a core faculty member. I first encountered his work in a two-month Body Mapping course that was so transformative, I decided to enroll in the professional training.

    He has an intuitive gift for meeting students exactly where they are, always knowing when to guide, when to challenge, and when to simply hold space. Even in a virtual setting, Natan creates a space of deep safety, warmth, and presence. His teachings —spanning experiential anatomy, movement rituals, and creative coaching—are offered with rare skill and attunement, making each session feel personal and alive.”

    —A.B.

  • “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.

  • "I came to Natan during a transition, when I needed support to let go of the past and move into the new.

    Our sessions wove together movement and dance, expressive art, and written words in a way that felt seamless and natural. In just six sessions, I experienced significant change. Each session brought new insights and a shift in my energy. I now feel more freedom and flow in my life, and greater trust in the way ahead.

    As the culmination of our work together, Natan guided me in creating a deeply healing ritual. Experiencing the ritual allowed me to feel change in my body and find meaning in the transition. It is hard to find words to describe the power and blessing of a ritual—it can only be lived!”

    — E.M.

  • “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’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.

You don't need to know.

You might come because you're stressed, anxious, or exhausted. 

Because you're moving through a life transition.

Because you feel disconnected from your body, your emotions, or your aliveness.

Because you keep finding yourself stuck in the same patterns.

Perhaps you have a sense that your body is trying to tell you something.

That something is ready to shift. 

You may not know why, but simply sense that you need support. 

We begin wherever you are.

Whether through conversation, mindful awareness, somatic practice, touch, or psychedelic guidance,
I support you wherever you are to shift patterns, develop mind-body connection, and learn to listen more deeply to what your body is telling you.

About Me

With a background in dance, I found my way to somatics through my teacher and mentor, Anna Halprin. She opened a whole world to me, teaching me the power of healing and transformation through the body. Breath, movement, touch, voice, creative expression, awareness, connection to nature and human relationships became the tools for my own growth. Since then I have deepened my fascination of the body’s role in healing and in living a good life. I support individuals and groups in discovering new possibilities of relationship, awareness, and aliveness by turning toward the body.

My approach has been shaped by Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy, Relational Somatic Healing, the Tamalpa Life/Art Process in Expressive Arts Therapy, and other approaches to somatic and experiential practice such as Body/Mind Centering, yoga, and meditation.

I don't see the body as something that needs to be fixed or interpreted from the outside. Rather, I’m interested in helping people to notice what is already happening—to slow down, listen deeply, and come into relationship with what the body is communicating.

From this place, the body will show us the way.

    • 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).

    • Ketamine Assisted Therapy training with Sage Integrative Health

    • 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.

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