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Embodiment as empowerment,
movement as medicine.
In Greek, soma means body, specifically, body in "wholeness".
A language in which we understand our surroundings, what we like, what we don't like, how we make meaning in the world and with our bodies.
A space of practice that may take a physical or nonphysical form. A place to experiment, to be creative and expressive, to explore realms of possibility through sensation.
Certified Eco-Somatic Practitioner
Avika (she/her) was born and raised, and currently lives on the lands of the Lenape also known as Brooklyn, NY. She facilitates group workshops, creates somatic education curriculums, and sees clients 1:1 as an eco-somatic practitioner. She does this while balancing multiple jobs as a program coordinator for NYC community gardens, restaurant worker, and multi-hyphenate artist.
Avika intends to weave her many passions of dancing, dance ethnography, environmental justice, storytelling, archiving memory, and event coordination together. Her practice shape is defined by her training and education in various somatic schools of practice and leans on the inspirational work of Dr. Martha Eddy, Staci K. Haines, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Nkem Ndefo, and Suhaila Salimpour.
Certifications
Through accessing our sensations, we become aware of our power. We become capable of figuring out what feels good versus what does not feel good. Feeling the connection between our physical, our mental, and our emotional systems allows us to make decisions in a more intentional way. We are literally tapping into our sense of autonomy when we move from a body that is aware. We are under multiple, intersecting systems of domination that are constantly telling us to work harder, move faster, think better. As a result, the pace and play in our bodies, where our imagination and desires reside, are often forgotten in the ruckus of capitalism.
What would happen if we gave power back to our bodies? What would happen if we remembered all that we can do with our aliveness? How will we move from a place of aliveness that celebrates what we love to do?
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Free 15-min consultation →Somatic education, in community.
Curriculums to purchase.
As an eco-somatic practitioner, I do not adhere to state guidelines of psychotherapy or other state issued counseling regulations. Therefore, my practice is designed to adapt to the person I am working with. I honor the many ways people like (or don't like) to be in relation to time, space, place, their body, and other people's bodies. I work with you 1:1 to develop your own somatic practice shape.
As a result of working for myself, under few state or city guidelines, I create my own terms. If interested in a 1:1 session with me, we will discuss what needs you have for the space you want. In our initial conversation during our virtual consultation, we can create a loose plan based on your capacities and intentions if you choose to work with me as a client.
We will work together to build a meeting schedule that fits for both of us. Examples of this are:
The schedule we create is to accommodate both our schedules and work with time in a way that feels good to you. The goals and intentions you want to work with during our sessions will help guide the structure of our meetings.