Boddy Somatics

Somatic Therapy & Yoga
Space to feel
Slow down, reconnect, and feel at home in yourself again
I'm Isabel Boddy, a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner. I offer 1-on-1 Somatic Therapy sessions, helping you to feel safe in your body. I work in person in the region of Castelo Branco, Portugal and offer online sessions worldwide.
It would be an understatement to say that I feel grateful to have found the somatic approach. More truthfully, it completely changed my life; reconnecting me with my body, my nervous system and my purpose through sensation and emotion, allowing me to experience life to its fullest. It is my guide through the beautiful, messy, unpredictable experience of being human and it never fails me. I feel deeply grateful to be able to share this with you. To be able to offer a safe space and guidance so that you too can experience the magic of what your body and nervous system is communicating to you and start to live a more embodied, authentic and deeply connected life.



You spend most of your life in survival mode.
Holding tension, staying alert, managing, pushing through.
This is a space to slow down and come back to your body.
These sessions help you to release stored tension, reconnect with your true needs and build a sense of internal safety.
Many life challenges are shaped by stressful memories stored in the nervous system. Talking can help, but deeper change comes from learning to listen to the body and be present with sensations and emotions so that we can release this stress and move towards a fuller, more vibrant life.
I support people in feeling safe and at home in their bodies. If you struggle with anxiety or feel like you’ve tried everything and something is still missing, this work might be for you.
No pressure. No performance. Just space to feel.
What is Somatic Yoga?
I am also a certified yoga teacher and my purpose with Somatic Yoga is to combine SE® and yoga. These two powerful techniques changed my life and have helped me to feel more relaxed, present, empowered, and secure - the intention of these classes is to support others to feel the same.
Somatic yoga is about listening to your own body and what it needs in each moment rather than following a routine or any specific pose. The classes are extremely open - I sometimes propose options that people can feel into and decide if they would like to try - but it's mainly about offering support and guidance for you to learn to listen to your own body and your own needs and see where that takes you.

We slow everything down, taking our time to notice what each movement feels like and what happens in our nervous system when we allow ourselves to soften the pace and feel the sensations in our bodies. We learn how to feel into the yes/no signals of the body by giving ourselves time to imagine different options and notice if we feel curious or an urge to try, or if we feel tension and what we really need is to stay still for a moment, change position or complete a different movement. This helps us train this felt sense in a safe, guided setting, making it easier to feel into the yes/no signals of the body in the outside world and in the complexity of our lives.
These classes feel much more like a Somatic Experiencing® group session rather than anything like a classic yoga class that you might have been to. No prior yoga experience is required.
I offer weekly group sessions in person in the area of Castelo Branco/Covilhã (Portugal), as well as online. Contact me for more info.