Embodied Reawakening for Depression & Shutdown
A nervous system–informed path back to energy, creativity, and full aliveness.
If there’s a quiet knowing within you that’s whispering,
“there’s more aliveness and joy possible,”
but you feel flat, “offline,” disconnected, and exhausted…
You’re in the right place.
Hi, I’m Mia.
I’m a somatic practitioner, movement facilitator, and space-holder for embodied reawakening.
I help sensitive, creative, vision-driven humans move from numbness and shutdown into sensation, aliveness, and embodied purpose — through nervous system-based tools, somatic processing, movement, and ritual.
My work is informed by:
Years of facilitating somatic, nervous system, and embodiment-based healing
A deep understanding of depression, shutdown, and survival responses
Training in counseling and integrative healing approaches
A committed relationship with movement and dance as medicine
I believe healing happens not through force, but through attunement, safety, alignment, and relational presence.
Alongside my somatic healing work, I’m also a dancer and facilitator — currently teaching Brazilian Zouk and embodied movement practices — because movement has been one of the most powerful pathways back to aliveness in my own life.
My work was born from lived experience (not just theory).
I know shutdown from the inside — and I know the slow, sacred work of coming back.
“I feel renewed, refreshed, and profoundly alight each time I work with Mia.”
—Mercedes
A Different Approach
Instead of pushing for change, we create the conditions for a return to your natural state of aliveness.
We combine nervous system education with embodied practices that allow the body to feel its way into new patterns.
Together, we work with:
Polyvagal-informed tools that help the system shift out of collapse
Somatic practices that release stored stress and emotion
Embodied movement to restore energy, agency, and presence
Creative expression as a way of completing unfinished nervous system responses
Cognitive reframing that becomes possible after the body begins to regulate
How to Work With Me
Somatic Reset Session
Come home to your body. Release what’s heavy. Remember your natural state of ease.
Somatic Reset is a one-on-one healing session designed to support your nervous system, release stored tension, and reconnect you with your body’s innate wisdom.
Through a blend of somatic therapy, energy work, and mindful embodiment practices, we’ll work together to bring your system back into balance — physically, emotionally, and energetically.
single-session | 60 mins | $90
Embodied Reawakening Coaching
Move from numbness to sensation. From shutdown to aliveness. From survival to embodied purpose.
The Embodied Reawakening Journey is a 6-session embodied transformation program for sensitive, creative, and vision-driven humans who feel stuck in cycles of chronic depression — and are ready to move toward sensation, vitality, and embodied purpose.
Through nervous-system based tools, somatic practices, movement, and ritual, we help your system slowly thaw, re-regulate, and return to aliveness.
This is not about “fixing” you — it’s about helping you reconnect with the parts of you that have gone offline so you can feel yourself again.
6 1:1 sessions | 90 min intake, 5 60-min sessions | $552
Additional coaching sessions available at $125 per hour
“My experience with Mia was incredible, and quite literally lifechanging.”
“I had been stuck in indecision over a huge life choice for 2+ years… and a session with Mia led to me taking action on what I was so afraid to do- breaking up with my partner of 4.5 years and more than that, learning to be an advocate for myself and my needs. I felt so held during the session and even days AFTER the session when my life completely flipped upside down in the best possible way. I can't even tell you the number of healers, coaches, and guides I had reached out to before I found her in order to get in tune with my intuition enough to make this decision.. I'm so grateful. I feel like all of the mental energy I spent trying to figure out that situation for years has finally returned to me, and I've even noticed physical changes after resolving it.. what I thought was hormonal acne around my jawline and neck disappeared almost immediately when I was able to release all of that emotional stress. Mia is something else.. I have no idea what magic she worked but I am so grateful and I will without a doubt book another session in the future.”
—Brin D.
Aliveness is your natural state of being.
It’s not something you need to create. It’s something we help your body remember.
“I went into my session feeling overwhelmed and with very high anxiety. My hope was to come out feeling more present and relaxed, and the session completely exceeded my expectations.
Mia was able to calm me and bring me to the present moment, but also helped me go beneath the surface, identify the source of these feelings, and gave me tangible practices I could do outside of the session to continue this work. I would highly recommend Mia to anyone who needs a little bit of zen and healing in their life!”
— Sarah
Movement, Workshops, & Ritual Spaces
While Embodied Reawakening is the heart of my work, I also offer 1:1 somatic healing sessions, personalized instruction, and facilitate group spaces for movement, expression, and connection.
See my upcoming offerings below.
Upcoming Offerings
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Tending the Embers Within
An Afternoon Retreat
In the quiet heart of winter, our inner fires can dim — asking us to slow down, nourish deeply, and reconnect with what keeps us warm from the inside out.
Tending the Embers Within is a somatic afternoon retreat designed to help you come home to your body and rekindle your inner glow through embodied practices and rituals, warming nourishment, and heartfelt community.
January 11th, 2026 | Amethyst Retreat Center (Duncannon, PA)
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Dancing into Connection (Vol. 2)
Embodied Movement Intensive
An embodied movement workshop exploring nervous system regulation, relational presence, and authentic expression through dance.
February 28th, 2026 | Carlisle, PA
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The Activation Project
Transformational Group Program
An 8-week group journey for moving out of shutdown and into embodied aliveness — integrating somatics, movement, nervous system education, and ritual.
More details coming soon. Launching February/March.
What’s Emerging…
I’m currently in the process of establishing a weekly movement offering rooted in somatic awareness, expression, and nervous system support.
This offering will become part of the larger constellation of offerings here — a living framework for embodied reawakening that will continue to grow over time.
If you’d like to be the first to know when this begins, I invite you to join the mailing list using the form below.
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You don’t need to force your way back to life.
You don’t need to be “more disciplined” or “try harder.”
Aliveness returns through safety, connection, alignment, and embodied presence.
When you’re ready to begin — I’m ready for you.