SOMATIC THERAPY
in Portland, Oregon
When something in you is ready to shift
You may have been feeling stuck for a long time. Or you may simply know that the way you’ve been feeling isn’t how you want to keep feeling.
At Moon Vibe, we offer a different kind of somatic care, rooted in deep attunement, embodied presence, and the experience of being truly met.
Because sometimes what changes things isn’t another technique. It’s what becomes possible when you feel safe enough to soften.
You don’t have to be falling apart to need support
Maybe you’re successful, capable, and very good at handling things.
And maybe your body is tired of handling them.
Your mind keeps going after the workday ends. Your shoulders never quite drop. You’re exhausted but have trouble settling. You feel tense, irritable, disconnected, or like some part of you is always preparing for the next thing.
Or maybe you’ve already spent years in therapy and healing work.
You understand your patterns. You know where they came from. You can explain what is happening.
You just don’t feel like yourself, not quite.
At Moon Vibe Sanctuary, somatic therapy gives us another way in. Instead of only talking about what is happening, we slow down enough to notice what is happening in your body, your nervous system, your emotions, and the relationship between you and your practitioner.
Not so we can force your body to relax.
So we can listen to what it has been trying to tell you.
Somatic Therapy That Goes Beyond Talking About It
What if you could actually feel better?
Not better at managing it.
Not better at explaining it.
Better.
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More space in your body.
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A quieter mind.
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Shoulders that finally drop.
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More energy.
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More presence.
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More connection to yourself.
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The ability to rest without having to earn it first.
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The ability to feel what is happening without becoming completely overwhelmed by it.
Somatic therapy works with the connection between your body, emotions, nervous system, and relationships. At Moon Vibe, our work is influenced by Somatic Experiencing, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Polarity Therapy, restorative and somatic yoga, and relational somatic practice.
But the modality is only part of what makes this work different.
Somatic Therapy in Portland That Goes Beyond Just Techniques
The person you're with matters.
Somatic work is not simply a collection of techniques.
At Moon Vibe, our practitioners spend years developing the capacity for deep attunement, embodied presence, and a way of working that is being to being.
We listen beyond the words.
To your body. Your nervous system. What is happening between us. What wants space. What needs time. What may no longer need to be held so tightly.
This kind of presence can create a visceral experience of safety that allows protection to soften rather than asking you to push through it.
Clients often tell us:
“I’ve never felt like this before.”
“I didn’t know it was possible to feel like this.”
Our work is informed by Somatic Experiencing, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, and other somatic approaches. But what makes Moon Vibe different is not a technique.
It is the quality of presence we bring to the room.
What Brings You Here?
I can’t turn off
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You carry a lot. And you’re good at it.
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But your body doesn’t seem to know when the demand is over.
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Your mind keeps going. Your muscles stay tight. You may feel wired and exhausted at the same time. Even when you finally have time to rest, actually relaxing can feel difficult.
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You don’t have to be falling apart to need somewhere to put it all down.
I understand it. But I’m still stuck.
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You’ve done the therapy. You understand your patterns. You may already know a lot about trauma and the nervous system.
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And something still isn’t shifting.
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Maybe you feel it in your jaw, shoulders, chest, stomach, hips, or in the way your whole body braces.
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Maybe you can explain exactly why you feel the way you do.
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You just don’t feel different yet.
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Sometimes understanding isn’t the missing piece.
I don’t feel like myself.
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Maybe you feel disconnected. Numb. Exhausted. Overwhelmed.
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Or maybe you’ve gotten incredibly good at functioning without actually feeling fully present in your life.
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Our work supports a deeper connection with your body, your emotions, your boundaries, your vitality, and yourself.
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The goal isn’t to be calm all the time.
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It’s to have more capacity to be here for your life.
Somatic Therapy and Bodywork in Portland
A different way to work with what isn’t shifting.
When talking, understanding, and trying to manage how you feel are no longer enough, somatic therapy gives us another way to work.
Together, we slow things down and work with what is happening in real time through your body, emotions, nervous system, and relationship with your practitioner.
You may begin to notice where you brace, hold your breath, disconnect, push through, shut down, or stay on alert.
Instead of trying to make those responses go away, we listen to them.
With enough time, attunement, and safety, patterns of protection can begin to soften. What has felt stuck can begin to move. And you can experience more space, connection, ease, and choice in your body and your life.
Our practitioners draw from Somatic Experiencing, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, somatic bodywork, restorative yoga, movement, breath, and relational somatic work.
But the technique is never the starting point.
You are.
Creator of Moon Vibe Sanctuary & Somatic Intuitive Healing®
Jessica Garay, RCST, SEP, PLC, ERYT-500
As the founder of this work, I’ve trained each practitioner in how to be with clients in a way that is deeply respectful, attuned, and grounded in the nervous system.
While I now focus more on teaching practitioners, somatic intensives, and group sessions, I remain closely connected to the work happening within this space. I work regularly with every practitioner and help guide them in deepening their own healing as well as skills to support their clients. As well as offer a few private sessions a month.
We are here, with you, to be with the truth of what is happening for you and support you through that to the other side.
Find the Right Level of Somatic Care
Moon Vibe Practitioner Care
High quality somatic therapy and bodywork with practitioners trained through Somatic Intuitive Healing®. A strong starting place for ongoing nervous system support, stress, emotional processing, embodiment, life transitions, feeling stuck, and deeper connection with yourself.
For clients looking for a practitioner with deeper clinical experience, additional specialization, or support with more layered patterns.
We can help match you with the practitioner whose experience and approach best fit what you’re looking for.
Work With Jessica Garay
Founder Jessica Garay offers immersive half day somatic healing sessions for clients who want dedicated time and space for deeper work. These extended sessions allow the process to unfold without the time constraints of a traditional appointment. She is also available for about 4-8 individual sessions per month as her teaching schedule allows.
Somatic Intuitive Healing Training Center
Moon Vibe Sanctuary is the clinical home of Somatic Intuitive Healing® Training Center - lovingly name SIH School.
Our wellness center is where clients can experience this work, while SIH School provides professional somatic therapy, embodiment, and somatic bodywork training for therapists, bodyworkers, and wellness practitioners.
Are you a wellness professional?