WHAT SOMATIC SESSIONS ARE & ARE NOT

Movement, awareness, regulation.

These classes are a doorway into somatic awareness — a slow, exploratory practice that supports the nervous system through gentle, body-led inquiry. They sit alongside our therapy work, but they are something distinct.

This is not therapy. This is not clinical treatment. It is the simple act of returning to the body — through breath, supported shapes, and an unhurried hour in a quiet room.

• Therapeutic, but not psychotherapy.

  While therapeutic in nature, our somatic classes are not considered clinical mental-health services offered by Repose. They incorporate evidence-based healing practices (like yoga, breath work, and sound) that are experiential and educational within a group classes format.

• Complements clinical care

  Classes are designed to be beneficial on their own and are also supportive to integrate work being done in therapy. If you are working through significant trauma or chronic mental-health condition, our therapy group sessions or individual therapy will likely be the better starting point.

• A practice for your nervous-system

  Classes center on interoception—the practice of attuning to the body’s inner landscape—through gentle somatic exploration, often supported by intentional movement. Rooted in and respectful of Eastern traditions such as yoga, these practices also integrate Western perspectives and modern neuroscience, offering a thoughtful, cohesive approach to mind–body awareness.

• Accessible and open to everyone

  No prior experience, particular flexibility, or fitness baseline is needed — just a willingness to slow down and listen inward. Our classes are designed to accommodate all levels of ability to meet you exactly where you’re at.

Stretch & Surrender with Soundscape

With Steven Rousseau

Tuesdays 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM & Wednesdays, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Unwind one layer at a time in this gentle, candlelit class designed to soften the body and quiet the mind. Long, supported stretches and somatic guidance promote deep fascial release.

As the body settles into stillness, a live soundscape of soft, spacious tones and gentle vibration accompany the stretches, helping the nervous system downshift while inviting deeper unwinding and body awareness.

Perfect for stress relief, recovery, and deep relaxation. Open to all levels.

60 Minutes | All Levels | In-Person

Yoga Nidra with Soundscape

With Steven Rousseau

Tuesdays 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

A deeply restorative guided rest experience, set to the meditative soundscape of chimes, wave drum, tuning forks, and other therapeutic instruments. Sometimes referred to as non-sleep deep rest (NSDR), this practice is designed to support nervous system regulation, embodied awareness, and gentle emotional integration.

Practiced lying down in fully supported rest, with invitational guidance to notice breath and sensation at your own pace. A live soundscape—featuring wave drum and subtle therapeutic tones—supports deep relaxation, grounding, and a steady sense of calm.

Slow, spacious, and trauma-informed, with no movement required.

60 Minutes | All Levels | In-Person

MEET THE INSTRUCTOR

Steven Rousseau

RYT 200 · Yoga Therapy Certification · Somatic Experiencing® Professional Training Program student · Fitness Training · Holistic Nutrition · Injury Recovery

“I support others in reconnecting with their bodies, quieting the mind, and honoring the wisdom within. My classes are an invitation to slow down, tune in, and cultivate a deeper sense of alignment — physically, mentally, and spiritually.”

Steven is a registered yoga teacher with yoga therapy training. Currently pursuing Somatic Experiencing® Professional Training, he bridges his background as a registered yoga teacher with nervous-system and trauma informed methodology to create a safe and deeply healing experience for clients.

Somatic classes offered at Repose are not led by licensed psychotherapists and are not considered mental health services. To learn more about our drop-in therapy groups led by our licensed clinicians, please see Somatic therapy Groups.

How do somatic classes help?

Something has shifted in how we live.

The pace is faster. The noise is louder. And somewhere in the middle of managing it all, many of us have lost the thread back to ourselves.

We are wired for connection, for depth, for presence. But the world we inhabit moves faster than our nervous systems were designed to handle. When nothing slows down long enough to let us land, we adapt by going numb, going through the motions, or disappearing into the endless scroll.

Repose somatic classes offer a way back in. Rooted in nervous system science and evidence-based practices, our somatic classes help integrate the work of individual therapy, and can support building self-regulation, resilience and connection.

Because Healing Happens from the Inside Out

Our classes are designed as an extension of the therapeutic process — the place where insight becomes something you can actually feel. Drawing from Somatic Experiencing®, billateral stimultion, breath work restorative, yin, and yoga nidra practices, each class is built around one foundational skill: interoception. The ability to sense your internal experience in real time. To recognize the difference between activation and ease, between bracing and landing, between managing and genuinely being here.

When you develop this capacity, something opens.

You begin to stay present with sensation rather than moving away from it. To feel your emotions without being swept away. To find safety within your own nervous system — not just in the absence of difficulty, but across the full range of your experience.

In a world that has outsourced our attention to screens, urgency, and relentless pace, this practice offers something rare: the experience of coming home to yourself.

That shift doesn't stay on the mat. It moves into your relationships, your capacity for genuine connection, your ability to access pleasure and depth rather than just getting through the day. It is the difference between surviving and actually being here.

Repose classes are guided, inward-facing experiences designed to help you explore your internal landscape.

Rather than focusing on sharing personal narratives, we orient toward what is happening in real time within the body. Sensation, breath, and subtle shifts in your nervous system become the entry point for change.

Whether you’re joining us in person or virtually, this space is designed to support your system in softening, settling, and opening at your own pace.

Each class weaves together somatic awareness and nervous system regulation practices, guided in real time through sensation, breath, and subtle internal shifts. Slow, intentional movement and stillness, including restorative shapes and unhurried rest. Breathwork and contemplative practices to support regulation and grounding. Choice-based pacing — you are always invited to follow your own lead. And the quiet support of shared presence, because there is something that happens in a room full of people doing this work together that you cannot replicate alone.