Ouroboros

Somatic Bodywork · Craniosacral Therapy · Movement · Expressive Arts · Psychedelic Support

Somatic COACHING
FOR HEALING & EMBODIMENT

why the body?

Sometimes on our journey, words aren’t enough.
Turning to the body can reveal, release, and rebalance aspects of ourselves that are held, stuck, or unconscious.
Our minds reflect our bodies, our bodies reflect our minds.
Our stories and histories are literally held in our bodies — in our posture, our tissues, our way of moving and relating.

I support people on their healing journeys who are curious about what can happen when we follow the body. What if we believed in its intelligence, wisdom, and creativity? What could be possible if we didn’t live only in our heads, but trusted our body more to lead the way in our relationships and life? What if our body could feel more like home?

Beneath the words and thoughts, your body is telling a story.
Somatic work offers a way to slow down enough to notice.

Together, we explore what is happening in your body, in relationship — with curiosity in the here and now. Rather than having a fixed agenda, we allow the body to guide the way. Sensation. Breath. Touch. Voice. Movement. Feeling. Impulse.


Whether through bodywork and craniosacral therapy, relational somatic healing, expressive arts, somatic movement, or psychedelic support, I support you wherever you are to connect more deeply to yourself — through connecting to your body.

ways we might work

  • Gentle, attentive touch invites the body toward greater balance, ease, and rest. Sessions are usually more quiet and receptive, with space to notice subtle sensations and changes as they arise. At times, I may invite dialogue to support your awareness, embodiment, or healing process.

  • Hakomi is a psychotherapeutic modality that bases its approach on mindfulness in the body. Embodied mindfulness describes a way of paying attention to the body in the here and now from the inside out. We slow down and pay attention to sensation, breath, movement, emotion, thought patterns, and awareness itself. Rather than telling you what your experience means, we explore it together and let your own knowing emerge.

  • How we do relationship in therapy reveals how we do relationship in life. How safe do we feel? How connected, free, trusting, empowered, or loved? In Relational Somatic Healing, we slow down. We notice. And we give our bodyminds the chance to relearn — on a cellular level — what might not have been possible previously.

  • Movement, drawing, writing, ritual, and other forms of expression can open pathways to knowing that aren't always accessible through thinking and words alone. The arts connect us to the dream world and the land of myth, metaphor, and symbolism. We can often express deeper truths through art making. Creativity itself can be potent medicine. Ritual creates a container for us to engage in our lives with intention.

  • Somatic and relational preparation, support, and integration for people working with ketamine or other expanded states of consciousness. These exeriences can support neuroplasticity, deep healing, and transformation.

ways we might work

  • I am trained in Hakomi mindfulness somatic psychotherapy, a gentle and holistic approach that invites you to explore your experience in the here and now. Maybe there is a tendency to clench the jaw, a slumped posture, or a big smile when you’re speaking of something sad. It might be small, and we go at your own pace.

    Through mindful awareness, and the investigation of the feeling, sensing body, we discover patterns, often started in childhood. I support you to notice what’s happening in your body, allow it, and trust your experience to discover what lies beneath. What beliefs do you hold about yourself and the world? As we continue following the body, perhaps a deeper breath comes. Perhaps a shift in posture that feels more confident. Perhaps feeling more settled and comfortable in your body with a voice that says “I’m safe.” Whatever it may be, I support you to discover new resources to be integrated into daily life.

    In person & online

  • Gentle, attentive touch invites the body toward greater balance, ease, and rest. Sessions are usually more quiet and receptive, with space to notice subtle sensations and changes as they arise. At times, I may invite dialogue to support your awareness, embodiment, or healing process. You may be suffering from anxiety, depression, or insomnia. You might be experiencing body aches or tensions, or are recovering from an injury or accident. Perhaps you are seeking deep relaxation and relief from stress.

    This work, done clothed on a massage table, is also deeply supportive for nervous system regulation, coming home to yourself, and deepening connection between mind and body.



  • Body-centered preparation and integration, alongside ketamine-assisted bodywork for those pursuing a medically supported ketamine process.

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    Format depends on the support

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ABOUT NATAN

Natan is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator (RSME/T) and Certified Craniosacral Therapist (RCST) whose work centers on embodied awareness, nervous-system regulation, movement, relational touch, and the innate healing wisdom accessed by turning toward the body. He holds a Master’s degree in Education, and has been teaching and facilitating embodied practices for over ten years, on faculty at the Tamalpa Institute. He has trained in Ketamine-Assisted Therapy through Sage Integrative Health and brings extensive experience working with the body as a resource for living a healthier, more embodied life.

His 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. This background provides a broad range of ways to listen to the body, trust its innate wisdom, and support people in strengthening the mind-body connection.

    • 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.

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.

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.

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