Move to connect, not to perfect

Ethos

Soma, in its Ancient Greek origin, means “the living body.”

In today’s world where stress and disconnection are all too common, Soma Practice offers a grounding space to express, sense, and reconnect with our living, feeling bodies.

At Soma Practice, movement isn’t about performance or perfection; it’s about befriending our Soma as it is—through movement inquiry, play, and curiosity.

Guided by inner listening and the organic rhythms of the nervous system, Soma Practice weaves together somatic movement and embodied expression to support presence, connection and stress relief—helping you rediscover harmony within your Soma.

Meet the Soma Community

  • People in a pilates class performing a side stretch on yoga mats in a studio.
  • People in a pilates class lying on mats, raising their arms, led by an instructor in a room with a wooden floor and white walls.
  • People practicing pilates poses indoors near windows.
  • People practicing Somatic Pilates in a studio
  • Group pilates class indoors, participants lying on mats, raising legs and stretching arms, with natural light through windows.
Woman sitting on a wooden floor, wearing a black outfit, smiling, with her knees up, against a plain white wall.

Founder and Facilitator

Throughout Jodi’s life, movement has been a way to express, release, and to ground back to herself. With over 20 years of experience in dance, Pilates and somatic movement, she brings a unique understanding of function and holistic movement to her work.

Jodi’s approach is deeply trauma-informed, with a focus on healing through movement and integrating care with curiosity. Her methods are shaped by training which spans injury prevention, rehabilitation, functional movement and somatic therapy, including:

Sharing the healing power of somatic and embodied movement has become a lifelong passion. Through Soma Practice, Jodi holds a space that feels supportive and grounding—where you’re invited to move in your own way, at your own pace, and feel fully cared for.

Her hope is to guide others in reconnecting with their bodies, and to experience the gentle, transformative power of movement for release, expression and regulation.