Communicate intentionally. And watch your relationships transform.
I help you break free from old patterns of reaction, and mindfully choose how you respond to life.
✔ Better identify your needs
✔ Find your calm center
✔ Communicate your boundaries with dignity
Feeling stuck in old patterns?
Maybe you’ve tried traditional talk therapy, meditation, yoga, or exercise routines. But you still find yourself repeating unhelpful patterns.
Do these sound familiar?
Regret and burn out after taking on too much.
Binge eating or watching when stressed.
Conversations turning into defensive arguments.
If you’re stuck in loops of unhelpful behaviors, not only will your relationships suffer, but you can develop some nasty self-talk.
I believe that you deserve:
To be free from these limiting patterns.
To intentionally choose how you respond to challenges.
To mindfully spend your energy on what you really are devoted to.
Break free with Body Wisdom Coaching.
Hey, I’m Zach! I can help you break free from stubborn patterns, so you can start living a life that actually meets your needs.
Trust me, I’ve been there.
For nearly a decade, I analyzed myself to bits in talk therapy. But I was stuck in the same pattern — chronically burnt out “saving the world.” I was self-righteous, exhausted, and resentful about it, a real martyr. I wasn’t showing up fully as a friend, family member, or romantic partner, which added to the negative self-judgment.
Then I found somatics — and it all started to shift. Within just a year of rigorous embodiment work, I had left a workplace that asked too much of me, and I was asserting crucial new boundaries in important relationships. Those same friends now comment that “they feel like they have their old friend back.”
It was transformative for me, it works for my clients, and it can work for you too.
Benefits: what you’ll do skillfully & intuitively
Set Dignified Boundaries
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With Aikido-based “decline” practices and real-world role play, you’ll overcome people-pleasing tendencies and say “no” with compassion.
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So you can save your energy and time for what you really care about.
Assert Yourself Calmly
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With a “centered extension practice,” build self-awareness for when you are being passive (under-extended) or aggressive (over-extended).
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So you can assert yourself with calm, poise, and strength, which means you’ll ask for what you want without steamrolling someone else.
Speak Your Needs
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With body scan meditations and Nonviolent Communication techniques, you’ll be able to identify and name what you need in a constructive way, in the moment.
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So you can have more productive conversations with colleagues, family, and romantic partners.
How we’ll get there: The Response Repatterning Program
We retrain your body to respond in ways aligned with your goals & values.
Step 1: Schedule a Free Consultation
We’ll speak over Zoom so I can get familiar with your goals, and you can get all your questions answered.
Step 2: Release Old Patterns
We’ll use evocative embodied practices to elicit your typical reaction patterns, and use a somatic sensory awareness method for honoring and finally releasing these stubborn patterns.
Step 3: Practice New Patterns
We’ll role play real-world challenging moments that trip you up, so you can retrain your body’s response patterning and find your calm center and act intentionally when it matters most.
Step 4: Transform Your Relationships
You’ll implement these new patterns in meaningful moments at home and work. You’ll walk away with personal practices to help you sustain the “repatterned” you, so you can feel proud of how you show up in your relationships.
I released my pattern of chronically over-extending myself.
How? Daily somatic practices like this staff practice repatterned my responses to pressure. Now, I assert myself in a balanced way.
We’ll develop personalized embodied practices for you too. So, what pattern do you want to break?
Success Stories: how clients describe it
“What is Somatics?”
How my approach works
My approach is grounded in my training from the Strozzi Institute for Somatics. It puts you back in control of your life, while reconnecting you with your deepest intuitive wisdom.