Somatic Initiation Bodywork

In Service to Your Life Force in Motion

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The Invitation

Beneath every ache, every holding pattern, and every moment of numbness, your life force is still pulsing, waiting to be felt, moved, and expressed.

In Somatic Initiation Bodywork, we meet that life force with deep presence.

This is not massage as you’ve experienced it. It’s beyond therapy, which is typically focused on restoring a previous state. It’s a sacred transformative encounter with your own body’s wisdom, a space where healing, vitality, and sensual intelligence come alive.

We create the space for your vitality, sensuality, and deep belonging to reawaken, at your body’s natural pace, with safety and reverence.

Hello I'm Matthew Nelson

With 25+ years in somatic therapies and movement education, I trust your body's innate wisdom. My credentials include an MFA in Dance, certifications in Laban Movement Analysis, Massage Therapy, and Pilates, plus advanced training in Craniosacral and Myofascial techniques. I spent five years in a modern mystery school studying energy and embodiment.

I work with polarity awareness, supporting women in awakening sensuality, meeting men as a brother for deeper embodiment, and honoring those between. My approach integrates movement science with somatic wisdom, respecting both visible and unseen forces within us. Always, we follow your body’s pace, guided by presence, care, and reverence for the journey that is uniquely yours.

Why Somatic Bodywork?

Our bodies are shaped by all we experience.

When life overwhelms, physically, emotionally, or spiritually, our nervous systems wisely adapt to protect us.

These survival patterns can harden into chronic tension, fatigue, emotional flatness, or a disconnection from sensuality and joy.

Somatic bodywork gently unwinds these patterns, not by forcing change, but by offering safe, attuned presence.

Through touch, movement, breath, and energetic listening, we create the conditions for your system to reorganize naturally, on its own terms.

As the body’s intelligence reawakens,

so too does the river of feeling.

More sensation, more vitality, more truth. And with that aliveness comes longing, an ancient, sacred current moving through us.

Honoring Eros

Life Force, Longing & Wholeness

While many associate eros only with sexuality, its true nature is far broader...

Eros is the vital, creative, magnetic force that moves through all living things. It’s your spark of curiosity, your capacity for connection, your deep feeling of being alive in your own skin.

And yet eros is often the elephant in the room - felt but rarely spoken of, because it humbles us.

It reminds us how little control we have over what we desire.

As our bodies awaken, we don’t just feel pleasure, we reconnect with longing

In this work, we honor longing as sacred. But we root first into Source, the wholeness that lives within, so that longing can be met by this divine flow, rather than something we chase in others.

When we are anchored in ourselves, eros becomes not a hunger that devours, but a current that nourishes:a river that flows toward union, fueled by love.

Because love is the “why” of eros.

Love is what longing is for.

In this space, eros is not feared, suppressed, or idolized. It is honored, as a vital part of your aliveness, creativity, and belonging to life itself.

Sessions may touch the realm of eros energetically, yet always within a clear, consensual, and fully clothed container. Here, sensuality and safety are not opposites, they are partners.

What to Expect

Every session is unique, shaped by your body’s needs and your readiness.

We might work with:

Myofascial Therapy

Releasing restrictions in the connective tissue for greater mobility and ease.

Craniosacral Therapy

Supporting nervous system regulation and deep rest with gentle, nuanced contact.

Breath and Sound

Using breath and voice to deepen sensation and emotional flow.

Somatic Movement Therapy

Awakening new pathways of movement and expression.

Energetic Attunement

Subtle, intuitive listening to what your system communicates beyond words.

Throughout, you remain fully clothed, with clear boundaries and a strong emphasis on co-creation and consent.

There is a river of life flowing through you, ancient, wild & wise

When you learn to listen to it, you remember:

You are not broken. You are becoming.

How You Might Feel Afterward

Relief from chronic tension or pain

Greater emotional clarity and resilience

A deeper sense of sensuality and creative spark

A felt sense of safety and belonging in your body

Increased pleasure, joy, and vitality

A renewed trust in your own embodied wisdom

This work may be for you if:

  • You feel disconnected from your body, sensation, or sensuality.

  • You’re healing from trauma and seeking a gentle, embodied approach.

  • You long to reconnect with your aliveness, creativity, and joy.

  • You are ready to honor your eros, not as performance, but as your birthright to feel, move, and thrive.

~ No special preparation is needed ~

A Note About Trauma

Trauma isn’t a flaw, it’s the brilliance of your body protecting you.

In somatic work, we don’t force catharsis or chase dramatic breakthroughs.

We meet your system exactly where it is, with reverence and patience.

Healing emerges not by pushing through, but by creating the conditions for safety, sensation, and new possibility.

Come home to your body.

Come home to your life force.

It’s been waiting for you.

Ready to Begin?

If you feel called to explore this work, I invite you to schedule a session or a complimentary Discovery Call.