Rachel is a writer turned somatics practitioner & educator. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco, and has integrative certifications in Somatic Release Technique (SRT), The Points Holding Process & PsychoNeuroEnergetic (PNE) therapeutic modalities from the Somatic Institute in Los Angeles. Her debut novel, The Fifth Wall, was published by Black Sparrow Books in 2017 and was deemed by Chris Kraus in i-D Magazine as “falling within a new and exciting tradition of female philosophical fiction.” 

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Rachel incorporates her continued studies and exploration of consciousness and non-duality as well as the mindfulness practices of Tibetan Buddhism into her facilitation approach, alongside polyvagal regulation techniques taught by Dr. Stanley Rosenberg and his protege, Thor Philipsen, DO & the somatic-based practices of Dr. Peter A. Levine & Dr. Gabor Maté, offering a deeper dual spiritual + scientific component to the work. She most recently completed a 2 year PyschoNeuroEnergetics Teacher Training and a 100-hour certification to teach Mindfulness Meditation with renowned Buddhist scholar David Nictern via Dharma Moon & Tibet House. In addition to her private practice, Rachel runs a weekly somatic-focused recovery group in Los Angeles focusing on addiction and body-based self-regulation practices. 

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A devoted dreamworker, Rachel studies Jungian Dream Analysis and is developing a Somatic Dreamwork practice, currently offered as 1-hour sessions over Zoom. 

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It is her honor to be in a position to hold space for others on their journeys to realignment and attunement to Self.

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