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Soul + Soma

Introduction to Somatic Wisdom

$35.00
One Time Fee

✓ Unlimited Lifetime Access

✓ Over 1 hour of audio providing teaching

✓ Over 1 hour of audio providing embodied practices

✓ Over 30 somatic techniques and reflections

✓ Growing PDF and Resource Library

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You’ll learn how to:

  • Feel more present and connected to your body

  • Notice when you’re stressed, calm, or somewhere in between

  • Use simple body-based tools to come back to balance

  • Recognize how your body moves through stress and recovery

  • Practice grounding, movement, and reflection to regulate your emotions

  • Build daily habits that help you feel steadier, clearer, and more at ease

This course is great for anyone who:

  • Feels easily overwhelmed or stuck in stress cycles

  • Wants to feel calmer, more grounded, and more connected

  • Is curious about somatic (body-based) healing and wants better tools for self-regulation

  • Simply wants to understand themselves — and their body — more deeply

Somatic Wisdom

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Meet your instructor

Melizza R. Esperanza, LCSW

Melizza is a licensed clinical social worker and somatic coach. She has over 15 years of clinical experience in supporting people navigating mental health conditions, end of life, grief, chronic illness, and trauma. Melizza is committed to lifelong learning and sharing knowledge in an accessible way. She is currently enrolled in advanced level training in Somatic Experiencing and has also received training in Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and working with adult children of emotionally immature parents/caregivers.

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  • Enrolled in Advanced Courses, expected completion October 2026

    Enrolled in Thawing Freeze wiht Kimberly Ann Johnson, expected completion February 2026

    Completed Limits & Boundaries with Kimberly Ann Johnson, 2026

    Completed Intermediate Courses 1 - 3, 2025

    Completed Beginners Courses 1 - 3, 2024

    Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing, Step by Step, for Trauma and Stress Disorders, 2020

  • EMDR Basic Training (EMDRIA Approved Course), 2024

    Attachment Focused EMDR to Heal Relationship Trauma, 2021

    EMDR Intensive Training to Treat Complex Trauma, 2019

  • Anxiety and Depression Conference, 2021

    Treating Adult Clients of Emotionally Immature Parents, 2021

    Shame and Self-Loathing in the Treatment of Trauma, 2021

    Hardwiring Happiness, 2021

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Intensive Training 2021

    Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) Intensive Course, 2021

    Internal Family Systems: A Step-by-Step Guide Through Clinical Applications of the IFS Model, 2021

    Advanced Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills Training, 2020