SOMATIC PRACTICES
Reconnect with Your Body.
Understand Your Nervous System.
Somatic Practices are educational, body-based experiences that help you better understand your nervous system through movement, breath, sensation, and mindful awareness.
Whether you’re navigating chronic stress, major life transitions, feeling disconnected from your body, or simply wanting to better understand how your body responds to everyday life, these sessions provide a supportive space to slow down, reconnect, and develop practical tools you can carry into daily life.
What Are Somatic Practices?
Most of us spend our lives responding to what’s happening around us. Somatic practices invite us to notice what’s happening within us.
Rather than trying to fix your body or force yourself to relax, somatic work encourages curiosity about your internal experience—your breath, posture, sensations, movement, emotions, and the subtle ways your nervous system responds to everyday life.
Working at a pace that feels supportive, you’ll learn practical tools to better recognize your body’s signals, respond to stress with greater awareness, and strengthen your connection with yourself.
No previous experience is necessary. There is no “right” way to practice. Every session honors your comfort, choice, and personal pace.
What to Expect
Every nervous system is unique, so every session is unique.
Depending on your goals and what feels supportive that day, sessions may include:
- Grounding and orienting practices
- Breath awareness
- Gentle or intuitive movement
- Nervous system education
- Sensory exploration
- Guided reflection
- Embodiment practices
- Practical tools to support everyday regulation
Everything is collaborative and client-led. You are always invited to participate in ways that feel right for you, and every practice can be modified, adapted, or declined.
Individual Somatic Integration Sessions
Introductory Somatic Integration Session
Your first session is an opportunity to slow down, become curious, and begin learning how your nervous system communicates with you.
Together with Vanna, you’ll explore your current patterns, discuss your goals, and be introduced to foundational somatic practices that cultivate body awareness, internal connection, and nervous system understanding.
Sessions may include grounding practices, breath awareness, gentle movement, sensory exploration, guided reflection, and other body-based tools. Every session is guided by your comfort, curiosity, consent, and boundaries.
This introductory appointment establishes a foundation for future sessions while providing practical resources you can begin integrating into everyday life.
Pricing
75 mins, $125.00
Somatic Integration Session
Designed for returning clients, these sessions continue building upon the awareness and tools developed during your introductory visit.
Each session begins with what is present for you that day. Rather than following a fixed protocol, Vanna draws from grounding, breath awareness, movement, sensory supports, reflection, and other integrative somatic practices that best support your nervous system in the moment.
Over time, these sessions help you become more familiar with your body’s signals, recognize patterns of activation and settling, and develop greater flexibility, resilience, and connection in everyday life.
Pricing
60 mins, $100.00
Group Experiences
Regulate at 640
Somatic practices aren’t limited to one-on-one sessions.
Through our Regulate at 640 workshops, you’ll experience nervous system education, embodied practices, and restorative sound experiences in a welcoming small-group environment.
Vanna’s monthly Sound & Stillness workshops explore a different theme each month—from intuitive movement and nervous system safety to the vagus nerve and embodied regulation—combining education, gentle movement, grounding practices, reflection, and immersive sound meditation.
No movement experience is necessary. Every workshop is consent-based, beginner-friendly, and adaptable to your comfort level.
Meet Vanna
Savanna “Vanna” LaSusa
Certified in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy (ISTT)
Vanna brings more than 20 years of healthcare education and clinical experience to 640 Health Therapies. With a degree in Health Sciences and a background spanning surgical technology, medical assisting, phlebotomy, medical scribing, family practice, specialty care, and emergency medicine, she has spent much of her career learning how the body communicates through both health and stress.
Her connection to somatic work is also deeply personal. Since childhood, Vanna has experienced a heightened sensitivity to the body’s subtle cues and internal states. Through her own lived experience and healing journey, she came to understand how chronic stress and protective patterns can influence our nervous systems, relationships, and daily lives.
Following the birth of her fourth child and a significant career transition, Vanna sought somatic support for herself. That experience led her to complete certification in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy (ISTT) through The Embody Lab, providing language and structure to what she had already discovered firsthand—that meaningful change often begins by learning to listen to the wisdom of the body.
Today, Vanna offers educational and experiential somatic sessions grounded in curiosity, consent, choice, and pacing. Her approach integrates nervous system education with breath awareness, embodiment, gentle movement, sensory exploration, and guided reflection to help clients develop a deeper relationship with their own internal experience.
Her goal isn’t to “fix” people—it’s to help clients better understand their nervous systems, recognize their body’s signals, and build practical resources that support greater presence, resilience, and connection in everyday life.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Somatic Practices?
Somatic practices are educational, body-based experiences that help you better understand your nervous system through awareness, movement, breath, sensation, and reflection. Rather than focusing solely on thoughts, somatic work invites you to notice and respond to what your body is communicating.
Do I need experience with Somatic Practices?
Not at all. Sessions are designed for beginners and experienced practitioners alike. Everything is introduced at a comfortable pace, and every practice is optional.
Will I have to talk about my past?
Only if you choose to. While conversation may naturally arise, the focus is on your present-moment experience and developing awareness of what your body is communicating now.
Is this therapy?
No. Somatic Integration Sessions at 640 Health Therapies are educational and experiential. They are not psychotherapy, mental health treatment, or a substitute for care provided by a licensed mental health professional.
Do I have to move?
Only if you’d like to. Some sessions include gentle movement, while others focus primarily on breath, awareness, or sensory practices. Everything can be modified to meet your comfort level.
What should I wear?
Comfortable clothing that allows you to move, breathe, and relax with ease.
Still have any questions? Contact our Team via info@640health.com or (860) 399-0667
Scope of Practice
Somatic Practices at 640 Health Therapies are educational and experiential in nature. They are designed to support body awareness, nervous system education, and personal growth through consent-based, body-centered practices.
These services are not psychotherapy, mental health treatment, or a replacement for care provided by a licensed mental health professional.