Somatic Movement Coaching
customized somatic personal training for your whole person
Through guided activities and exercise instruction based on developmental movement, learn how embodied relaxation and somatic patterning can help with moving and feeling better. Whether you want to reduce repetitive injury and pain or improve fluidity and function, somatic movement coaching is a good option for supporting change.
Somatic movement coaching works with your moving awareness and body-to-brain feedback loops while re/learning movement patterns. Like a method of somatic personal training, the 1:1 sessions are skillfully guided, progressive and invite your active participation to enhance the research process. Somatic movement coaching is an organic and client-centered approach and is a powerful catalyst for behavior change. Plus, it’s non-invasive and complementary with all the other things you do for health and wellness. Progress your movement skills in a challenging yet creative way, session over session, to repattern your body’s movement system. Discover how somatic movement offers effective therapeutic support to enhance function, movement quality and well-being.
COMMON BENEFITS
- promote recovery, relaxation and regulation skills
- reduce and/or eliminate low back, hip, neck and shoulder pain
- relieve emotional overwhelm and angst
- improve movement quality and function
- improve body awareness and organization
- enhance creativity and intrinsic motivation
“The somatic learning I have done with Kaila and Somatic Groundwork has been some of the most impactful work I’ve done in my whole life. Her understanding of body mechanics and function related to movement is astounding. Kaila has helped me with core support (after 3 Cesarean sections) and frozen shoulder. The core support work decreased back pain and improved posture within a couple of weeks. With my shoulder, after one session I saw a huge improvement after having a completely frozen shoulder for months.”
Julie Trombley, USA
Wellness and Life Coach
“Years of predominantly upper body work and sports had restricted my arm mobility and grip causing numbness while sleeping, biking and with arms overhead. I absolutely love biking but found my hands were going numb while riding. I stopped biking as I thought it was causing more problems with my arms. However, after I adjusted the alignment of my body while on my bike, I am now able to bike completely numb free! Kaila is a fantastic somatic teacher. I left every session with growing confidence that my body has the ability to come back online. What I appreciated was how Kaila incorporated movements for my whole body verse my ‘problem areas’. I highly recommend Kaila to anyone who is looking to feel more ease in their bodies.”
Claire Phillips, New Zealand
gardener & life enthusiast
Somatic Movement Coaching options
OPS +
$138 usd/ month
OPS + includes 1 monthly somatic movement coaching session and access to the Online Practice Space as a resource for unlimited classes and movement education between sessions.
4 Session Package
$440 usd
4 weekly somatic movement coaching sessions. Get personalized guidance and exercise instruction on how to improve your movement patterns along with a detailed plan to implement between sessions. See details below.
Hi, I am Kaila June Keliikuli
Since 2009 I have had a 1:1Â client practice using movement as the central agent of change. To date, I have worked with all ages (from teens to seniors) and with varying ability levels. Many people work with me after having exhausted all other avenues without finding relief or long-lasting results due to experiences with repetitve injury, chronic stress and persistent pain. Other common reasons my clients have sought out my support is to improve embodied awareness, movement literacy, coordination and efficiency, stability, stamina and strength.
My foundation for somatic movement coaching is Somatic Groundwork, basic yoga asana, corrective exercise and progressive resistance training with variability. I am an ongoing student of biotensegrity and fascia science and therefore have an updated view of human anatomy and function beyond classcial anatomy and biomechanics. Overall, my approach is inside-out and ground-up and intended to enhance somatic patterning for meaningful and sustainable change. With a background as a performing artist, personal trainer and somatic movement educator, I realize movement as a tonic medicine basic to our being.
Weekly Somatic Movement Coaching
Experience the benefit of somatic movement personalized just for you. Over 4 weekly sessions, discover how to update movement patterns and move with more fluidity to enhance well-being, creativity and function. Each 1:1 movement session is 60 minutes via Zoom (or in person if you live in Boise, ID). Part of my role is to design specific movement sequences and somatic activties for you to complete between sessions. For best results, outside of our time together you will perform 1-3 movement sessions on your own. My approach is client-centered which in part means homework between sessions is based on agreements we make together. As an experienced teacher and coach, I come prepared to every session with ideas, activities and exercises based on our previous session and communication. As someone who applies a systems approach to somatics, our process together is also emergent and is realized through our relating.
Somatic Movement Coaching includes:
- Weekly somatic movement coaching sessions
- Movement assessment, session 1 (individual basis)
- Homework between sessions that includes somatic activities and exercise sequences
- Detailed electronic notes from each session (Google Drive)
- Personal email/ text communication between sessions
- Recordings of each session (Zoom) by request
Investment for 4 session package:
$440 usdÂ
I live in Boise, ID in Mountain Time. My availability is varied Mon. – Sat. 8 am – 6 pm.
Getting Started
Ready to take the next step? Schedule a 30-minute intro session with me via Zoom. This intro call is free/no charge and gives us a chance to meet and see about our compatability and to address your questions.Â