reclaim. integrate. embody.
Hey, Iโm TarenโSomatic Practitioner, Trauma Alchemist, Embodiment Educator, Storyteller, and Mystic. A seeker of truth and a curious weaver of shadows, I donโt shy away from the messy places most avoid. Through somatic healing, personal myth, and deep inner work, I help people reclaim the parts of themselves they were taught to abandon โ and remember what it means to tend the wild, living ecosystem within.
I know this path because I've lived it. Iโve walked through the fire of unlearning and rebirthโleaving behind old narratives, deconstructing my faith, and rebuilding from the ground up (and letโs be real, Iโm still in itโalways.)
Now, I guide others through their own transformation, helping them unravel the stories that keep them small, regulate their nervous systems, and alchemize their lived experiences into portals of wisdom, resilience, self-knowing, and sovereignty.
A Living, Breathing Approach to Healing
Tending your Inner Ecosystem
My work is built on the belief that:
We are not singular, static selves. Like an ecosystem, we are made up of many parts: body, mind, spirit, shadow, dreams, ancestry, instinct, relationships, environment โ and they are all interconnected.
Well-being is relational. Just as a healthy forest or reef relies on balance between its elements, our well-being depends on the harmony of our inner and outer worlds.
Everything inside us and around us is part of the web. Our thoughts affect our body, our emotions shape our nervous system, our environment influences our mood, our lineage lives in our cells.
Healing is about tending the whole. You canโt just โfixโ one part in isolation; you have to care for the soil, water, roots, and branches of your being.
We are nature. And we are not separate from her; we do not need mechanical fixes or self-improvement projects, but an attuned organic unfolding. And, perhaps someone to support us in tending and amending our inner soil so that we can grow.
Recent Field Notes
Testimonial; In Their Own Words
Taren and I share the foundational knowledge that all the wisdom and answers that we seek are already contained within us. She is a conduit for innate wisdom and knowing, and helped me identify the veils which hid shadows and self-limiting beliefs from my own viewpoint. Taren held space tenderly as I identified and integrated pieces of my Self which I had previously judged, cast off, or ignored (both willfully and unknowingly), back into the whole. Taren is a loving and curious partner in this work, and I cannot recommend her highly enough. โ Anna S.
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Does This Sound Like You?
โ You often feel on edge or like youโre always bracing for something to go wrong.
โ You get anxious or overwhelmed by things that seem easy for others.
โ Your relationships feel complicated and fragile.
โ You feel drained and exhausted all the time.
โ You keep falling into the same patterns, no matter how much you want or try to change.
โ You find it hard to trust others or get close without feeling nervous.
โ You sometimes feel disconnected from your own body or emotions.
โ Youโre tired of carrying the weight of past experiences and want to feel at ease.
What is Somatic Therapy?
Soma is from the Greek sลma, meaning body.
Somatic therapy invites us to reconnect with the wisdom held deep within our bodies, uncovering pathways to healing that integrate mind, body, and spirit. It works with the bodyโs energetic and physical systems to release tension, process stored trauma, and restore balance.
Through practices like breathwork, somatic awareness, mindful movement, and grounding techniques, somatic therapy taps into the bodyโs innate intelligence. Stress, trauma, and emotional pain can become โstuckโ in the body, showing up as tension, chronic stress, or physical discomfort. Somatic therapy provides practical tools to gently release these patterns and reestablish a sense of safety and regulation in the nervous system.
This approach honors the body as a key part of processing and healing our experiences. By integrating and releasing the stored energy of our experiences, we transform pain into growth and reconnect with the wholeness that has always been within us.
Testimonial; In Their Own Words
When I began working with Taren, I was in a deep depression and had been suffering from PTSD for a few years. I was desperate. Desperate to find hope, healingโฆ desperate to find anything that could give me some relief especially after therapy and pills had left me hopeless. The handful of sessions Iโve had with her have been nothing short of groundbreaking. My work with Taren has helped me more in my healing journey than pills and [talk] therapy EVER have. Iโm grateful that Taren has held this space for me, and I continue to look forward to each and every opportunity and challenge that her sessions present. โ Sara K.
Attachment therapy centers on the dynamics of attachment and relationships in the healing process. It acknowledges that our early experiences with caregivers (including experiences in utero) can shape our patterns of relating to others into our adult lives and that disruption/rupture in early attachment bonds can lead to difficulties in forming and maintaining healthy relationships.
Somatic Attachment Therapy integrates somatic awareness into the process, through mindfulness, breathwork, and body-oriented techniques, recognizing the embodiment of attachment experiences.
What Is Somatic Attachment Therapy?
By exploring the ways in which the body holds and processes emotional experiences, somatic attachment therapy aims to address both the psychological and somatic dimensions of attachment disruptions.
Attachment therapy addresses concerns including relationship issues, emotional regulation, self-esteem, and communication skills.
What Is Somatic Trauma Therapy?
Somatic therapy, at its core, is a holistic approach that focuses on the interconnectedness of the mind and body in the healing process. Trauma it's not just a mental event; it affects our physical bodies as well. Somatic therapy recognizes that trauma can manifest in various ways, including physical tension, chronic pain, chronic activation in the nervous system (fight, flight, freeze), and general sense of disconnect.
Somatic Trauma Therapy focuses on healing trauma by integrating the body's physical experiences with psychological healing. It acknowledges that traumatic experiences, if not released appropriately, are stored in the body, leading to various physical sensations, behaviors, and emotional responses.
By reconnecting with our body we are able to reclaim agency over our whole selves, while building capacity for emotional regulation, and cultivating embodied presence.
Somatic therapy can also be beneficial for other concerns, such as stress, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, body image issues, and relational difficulties. By focusing on the mind-body connection, somatic therapy helps to develop greater self-awareness, regulate emotions, and cultivate a deeper sense of well-being, regardless of whether trauma is present.
Testimonial; In Their Own Words
My time with Taren felt like stepping through a stand-alone door frame into a new way of existing, a lizard shedding skin, a reinvented self approach to life; leaving my shoulders lighter and my courage bolder. She is a vessel for ancient wisdom and a stoke for even the tiniest and deeply hidden internal flame. A session with her is a sacred space to explore the incredibly vulnerable emotional well where both sobs and laughs are stored and released. She holds space with graciousness and ease and I felt safe enough to be radically honest with myself and in front of someone else, and felt trusted to know myself better than anyone else which surprisingly, in my experience, is rare. If you feel like you canโt find your light, maybe the eyes of a seer and seeker are the very ones you need to help you find it. โ Rachel T.