About Setu Somatic Yoga
Individualized Somatic Yoga for Holistic Wellbeing
Setu means bridge. A bridge can provide a connection between two spaces. It can provide safe passage over treacherous terrain. Setu Somatic Yoga aims to help build healing bridges within our students by providing yoga instruction focused on nervous system regulation and mental health symptom management. It bridges eastern philosophy and western medicine. It bridges mind and body. We treat the system, not just the symptom. This is yoga for all bodies, all abilities, all skill levels, from all walks of life.
When trauma occurs, it's common for certain connections between the brain and the body to become dysfunctional or break completely. This may result in physical symptoms often reported in diagnoses such as Anxiety Disorders, Major Depressive Disorders, PTSD, etc. Symptoms such as insomnia/sleeplessness, racing heart/palpitations, chronic pain, high blood pressure, shaking or pain in muscles or extremities, nausea or other digestive issues. Our somatic yoga sessions are designed to help students along the path to healing by reconnecting the mind and the body through a seamless blending of ancient yogic philosophy and modern scientific research. When the physical symptoms become manageable, the psychological healing can begin.
Yoga is more than just a physical practice - it's a path to greater self-awareness and self-acceptance. Somatics are a practice of body movement and intentional relaxation developed from the viewpoint that physiological disease could arise from psychological causes. Together, they create a powerful tool to use on a journey to healing. Choose from private sessions In-Studio, In-Home (client's home, instructor brings all props) or Online.
"True yoga is not about the shape of your body, but the shape of your life. Yoga is not to be performed; yoga is to be lived." - Aadil Palkhivala
*Please note, this work is not intended to replace any forms of mental health counseling or therapy, and it is not a replacement for medical treatment. This is meant to serve as an additional tool to complement a variety of treatment options. Please do not discontinue any current treatments without discussing with your provider(s).
"Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional."
Meet the Instructor
Hi, I'm Stacy
I am an RYT200 certified yoga instructor with specialized training in trauma-informed yoga and SomaYoga (a beautiful body of work born from the incredible women of Yoga North in Duluth, MN). I hold a Level 1 Certification in Warriors at Ease and am a certified Brain Longevity® Specialist through the Alzheimer's Research and Prevention Foundation. Through my yoga journey, I discovered how this practice can help with stress, anxiety, trauma recovery, and other brain health issues, and I am ecstatic to share it with you. My sessions are gentle, nurturing, and individually tailored to meet the needs of each student.
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