Soma Yoga is a holistic practice that integrates yoga, somatics, and nervous system science.
Rather than focusing on achieving perfect poses, it emphasizes mindful embodied movement—helping you attune to your body’s wisdom, sensations, emotions, and instincts— to organically release tension and unnecessary stress patterns. Regular practice may help restore a sense of felt safety and offer profound benefits to the body, mind, and heart, supporting the well-being of the entire soma- body as a living system- and a return back home to your Self and the wisdom that already resides inside you.
Through mindful exploration of embodied movement, Soma Yoga gently reeducates the nervous system and muscles, utilizing neuroplasticity to create new neural connections. This allows the body to auto-regulate, transform, and to establish a deeper connection with others, the world, and with your true embodied Self. The practice builds nervous system flexibility and capacity to be with the ups and downs of life, cultivates resilience, and teaches how to listen to your body with curious compassion rather than judgment. Soma Yoga is a practice that adapts to you—regardless of your age, flexibility, fitness, or experience.
Soma Yoga is rooted in the understanding that our bodies hold innate instinctual wisdom—and that healing and embodied transformation begins not through force or fixing, but through relative safety, choice, and compassionate awareness.
When we’re stuck in chronic survival stress, the body prioritizes protection over connection. Pleasure, curiosity, and agency simply aren’t accessible in a threat state. As Peter Levine says, “Curious exploration, pleasure and trauma (chronic survival stress) cannot coexist in the nervous system; neurologically they contradict each other.” In other words, we cannot feel safe and unsafe at the same time.
This is why Soma Yoga invites slow, embodied movement, choice over perfection, and playful exploration. It’s not about doing it “right”—it’s about feeling good. By tuning into sensation – the language of the nervous system- and honoring your body’s cues, you naturally shift out of unnecessary chronic tension patterns and into a more regulated, connected, expansive state. Over time, this builds neuroplasticity and resilience, allowing you to move from protection into possibility.
Core principles of Soma Yoga:
•Embodied Awareness: Staying present with sensation, without judgment.
•Individual Experience: Your body is the expert—we simply listen.
•Choice & Agency: You are always in charge; your “yes” and “no” matter.
•Intuitive Movement: Follow what feels nourishing, not what looks “perfect.”
•Playfulness & Pleasure: Healing happens through joy, curiosity, and ease.
Soma Yoga isn’t about fixing what’s broken. It’s about coming home to yourself—one breath, one felt sensation, one choice at a time.
Hi, Im Olga your facilitator
I’m a certified yoga facilitator specialising in therapeutic yoga for stress, burnout, and trauma (500 RYT, TCTSY-F). I aim for all my offerings to be inclusive, trauma-informe, and accessible for all bodies, all abilities, and all identities.
You don’t need any prior yoga experience, physical fitness/ability, special equipment or trendy clothing.
During the practice, we’ll engage in the felt sense of the body, strengthening, balancing, playing + having fun, exploring what feels good and what doesn’t, breathing, building capacity + flexibility in the nervous system, organically releasing stress + tension, and cultivating the ability to rest and restore.
Soma Yoga emphasizes embodied mindfulness, self-compassion, and returning to oneself over and over again because I deeply believe that our body is our best teacher, resource, and friend. The medicine is in YOU.
Soma Yoga isn’t about achieving the perfect pose—it’s about deepening your relationship with your body, one breath at a time.
In a world that tells us to push harder, go faster, and always do more, Soma Yoga offers something different: an invitation to slow down, listen inward, and meet yourself exactly where you are—with gentleness, curiosity, and compassion.
This practice draws from ancient roots and modern science. It’s grounded in Hatha Yoga and Yoga Philosophy, Applied Polyvagal Theory, the latest neurobiology of stress and trauma, Mindfulness, Somatic Psychology, Somatic Movement Therapy, and Trauma Healing Yoga (Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga)—an evidence-based, trauma-informed approach that bridges yoga with neuroscience and attachment theory.
At the heart of Soma Yoga is the belief that your body is wise. That you don’t need to “fix” yourself—because your system is already wired for healing, connection, and self-regulation. You just need the right conditions.
Nervous System-Aware Yoga That Actually Meets You Where You Are
One of the key frameworks woven into Soma Yoga is Polyvagal Theory, developed by Dr. Stephen Porges. It helps us understand how the nervous system shifts between states of connection, mobilization, and shutdown. The vagus nerve—the longest cranial nerve in the body—plays a starring role here, influencing everything from your heart rate and digestion to your ability to feel safe and connect with others.
We move through different states depending on our environment, past experiences, and internal cues:
•Ventral vagal: Safety, connection, presence
•Sympathetic: Fight-or-flight, urgency, stress
•Dorsal vagal: Collapse, freeze, disconnection
A resilient nervous system isn’t always calm—it’s flexible. It can move fluidly between these states, responding appropriately to life’s stressors and returning to balance. But when we’ve experienced trauma, chronic stress, or ongoing dysregulation, we can get stuck in survival loops.
Soma Yoga supports your nervous system’s natural capacity to come back into regulation—gently, gradually, and at your own pace.
How Soma Yoga Supports Nervous System Regulation:
•Mindful, body-led movement helps complete stress cycles, tension patterns and discharge emotions
•Breath and interoception practices enhance vagal tone and cultivate self-awareness
•Restorative and playful shapes help reconnect with embodied pleasure and safety
•Trauma-informed guidance creates a space that welcomes all parts of you
•Community and co-regulation acknowledge our human need for connection and support
You learn to listen to your body’s cues without judgment. You build capacity to be with discomfort and savor joy. You honor your needs—not override them. And you begin to rewire your relationship with stress, emotion, and self-worth.
This is yoga that adapts to you.
Soma Yoga offers a holistic approach to well-being, emphasizing the deep connection between body and mind. Practitioners can expect the following benefits:
This is yoga that adapts to you.
You don’t need experience, flexibility, or anything to “fix.” Everything you need is already within you—Soma Yoga simply creates the space to remember.
This is a space where:
• Your body leads.
• You move with intention, not force.
• You’re not being evaluated.
• You’re allowed to feel, explore, unravel, and reweave—at your own pace.
Soma Yoga invites you into a slower, more attuned relationship with yourself—one where safety, curiosity, and self-intimacy are foundational. Instead of striving for a pose or chasing a state of calm, we listen. We notice. We honor what arises.
“Curious exploration, pleasure and trauma (survival stress) cannot coexist in the nervous system; neurologically they contradict each other.”
—Peter Levine, In an Unspoken Voice
This insight is at the heart of Soma Yoga. When the nervous system is stuck in survival—fight, flight, freeze, or fawn—curiosity and pleasure feel out of reach. But when we come into ventral vagal safety, when we feel supported and seen, the door gently opens to presence, play, and healing.
Through somatic movement, breath, stillness, and compassionate awareness, we engage the vagus nerve—the body’s social and emotional regulator. We begin to rewire our interoceptive pathways, restoring our ability to feel what’s true, respond rather than react, and shift from survival into sovereignty.
Over time, this practice builds a more flexible nervous system. We learn to ride the waves of stress and rest without getting stuck. We reconnect to the quiet knowing in our bones. We soften into wholeness—not as a goal, but as our natural state.
Soma Yoga is a return.
To what’s real.
To what feels good.
To the body’s wisdom that’s been whispering all along.
Let’s listen to it—together.
“Curious exploration, pleasure and trauma (survival stress) cannot coexist in the nervous system; neurologically they contradict each other.”
—PETER LEVINE, In an Unspoken Voice: How The Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness
soma yoga might be for you if:
Soma Yoga offers a holistic approach to well-being, emphasizing the deep connection between body and mind. Practitioners can expect the following benefits:
•Embodied Awareness: Deepen your connection to your body’s sensations and signals.
•Non-Judgmental Space: Engage in a practice free from goals or perfectionism.
•Nourishing Movement: Discover ways to move that feel good and support your well-being.
•Resilience Building: Develop the capacity to navigate life’s pleasures and challenges without feeling overwhelmed.
•Stress Reduction: Learn techniques to release tension and process stress naturally.
•Safe Environment: Practice in a welcoming and supportive setting.
•Self-Intimacy: Foster a deeper understanding and acceptance of yourself.
•Mind-Body Connection: Enhance the relationship between your thoughts and physical sensations.
•Nervous System Regulation: Cultivate a balanced and responsive nervous system.
•Joyful Exploration: Engage in playful and exploratory movements to enrich your bodily experience.
•Community Connection: Join an inclusive community that supports shared growth and connection.
•Deep Rest: Improve your ability to relax and rejuvenate.
I created Soma Yoga to help individuals connect with their body’s wisdom, nurture their nervous system, and embody their authentic selves. My approach is inclusive, accessible, and trauma-informed, embracing the belief that yoga is for every body. In this practice, your body is your greatest teacher and friend,
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