Integrative Somatic Massage by Lin He

SIGNATURE SESSION

120min

What is Integrative Somatic Massage?

Integrative Somatic Massage is more than just a bodywork session—it's a therapeutic and holistic approach that combines massage techniques with somatic experiences to help you connect with your body in meaningful ways. Through communication that arises from the body itself, this session creates a space where you can integrate physical sensations, emotions, and experiences into a cohesive understanding of yourself.

With a gentle, nurturing touch, it can encourage a meditative state, helping you to release stored emotions and tension. It offers a space for healing, reflection, and emotional release.

Connecting With Your Body in a Safe Space

Integrative Somatic Massage is based on the idea that your body can become a "safe place" from which to experience life. By creating an environment of trust and safety, I help you recognize and interpret the sensations in your body at your own pace. This process, allows your nervous system to regulate itself, giving you the tools to live more harmoniously in your body.

Releasing Trauma Stored in the Body

Trauma is stored in the body when overwhelming events leave unresolved survival energy or incomplete responses to a threat trapped in the nervous system. This can manifest as chronic tension, pain, or emotional triggers, even without conscious memory of the event.

The body holds trauma through muscle tension, fascia memory, implicit memories and nervous system dysregulation. During a session, I guide you to help you identify and release these lingering sensations, allowing you to reconnect with your body, name your experiences, and integrate them into your personal story.

Chronic Pain: A Complex Experience

Many of us experience chronic pain without any acute injury. It is likely that this pain does not have to do anything with a dysfunction or injury of a tissue or organ, but with a painful experience that the body asks us to attend to. Integrative Somatic Massage recognizes that chronic pain may signal unresolved energy or emotions trapped in the body. By attending to these sensations and the stories they tell, we work toward relief and healing on a deeper level.

Relaxation

Relaxation isn’t just the absence of stress—it’s a state where the body, mind, and nervous system can shift into harmony. In Integrative Somatic Massage, relaxation means:

• Releasing Tension: Working with muscles, fascia, and connective tissues to dissolve physical holding patterns.

• Nervous System Regulation: Helping the body move from a state of fight/flight/freeze into calm connection using gentle touch and presence.

• Mind-Body Integration: Inviting you to connect to your inner sensations and experience their body as a safe and nurturing space.

• Deep Restorative Stillness: Creating space for the body to rest, reset, and access its natural ability to heal.

This kind of relaxation is transformative—it nourishes not just the body, but also the emotional and energetic systems, creating lasting benefits for overall well-being.