Client Success Stories
Here's a fairly detailed list of some of my clients and their success stories.
Somatic Movements are incredibly healing and have helped so many people to find new home inside their bodies.
Katrina Dargel
UX Designer, Motivational Speaker, Radiance Graduate
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"This practice really tapped me into my emotions in a way I never expected or experienced before. It felt really powerful. I feel more connected between my body and mind and I’m listening to myself and following my inner voice."
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Emma Lemcke
Designer and Wellness Coach, Revive Graduate
"I’ve struggled a lot with jaw and throat tension. A hard shell heart-space. I’ve known for a long time that my “posture needs an update!". During Revive, I experienced more openness, peace and softness in my body and in my consciousness. I felt safe and held both in person and online."
Judi Donner
Owner /Instructor at Pilates Apparatus Studio, Cancer Survivor
"I have never been more relaxed!
Since beginning this practice my whole life has shifted.
I am a small business owner whose stress level was unmanageable. I’m pretty sure that’s what made me sick. Now I don’t let the stress and anger control my life."
Molly Mandelberg
Founder of Wild Hearts Rise Up, Radiance Graduate
"This releasing and processing has made my relationships deeper, my self-compassion more readily available, and my life more spacious and fulfilling.
I can't stop telling people how powerful this set of tools is.
I wish I had found it years sooner."
Leslie Klein
Former Professional Musician and Radiance Graduate
"It feels so good to slow down and make time to care for myself.
I know continuing this work will take me in the right direction for a more calm, meaningful and productive life ahead of me.
This practice has become essential to my wellbeing. "
Jessica Glose
Birth & Postpartum Doula, Wellness Retreat Leader, Somatic Breathwork Practitioner, Yoga Teacher/Trainer
"The energetic and spiritual significance of this work feels deeply cleansing.
It enables me to release tension on all levels physical, mental, and emotional while letting go of old thought patterns and narratives stored in my body and mind."
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Lisa Gray
Career Yoga Teacher, Hypnotherapist
"I knew something was up and I needed to make a lifestyle change when it came to exercise and moving my body and then I remembered the first session I had with Aimee and knew that's more of what I needed."
Melissa Soltero
Wandering Healer, Musician
"Because of this work, I feel more capable of self-soothing and holding space for myself if I start to spiral. The physical grounding has been paramount for me!"
Kimberley Goerrs
Energy Healer and Former Nurse
"My muscular-skeletal system feels on track to work with itself and no longer resists my activities.
​Physical therapy made my issues worse. Chiropractic and massage was only a very temporary patch."
Emily Rieker
Cardiac Nurse
"I’d done western medical treatments with Botox and psychologists, physical therapy, and cognitive workshops for my Dystonia.
However, working with Aimee has been the most promising and beneficial for my overall mental and physical health."
Jai Knight
Interdisciplinary Artist
"This practice is slower and more gentle than anything I’ve done before. Other somatic work included diving into traumas to heal them. This felt more gentle and less heady.
Now, I am feeling more connected to my body! I feel less in a rush. I am also feeling more confident and calm in my body."
Jordan Merriweather
Project Manager
"I felt relief of pain from the very first session.
I was in physical therapy for nearly a year and a half and was never progressing.
I loved working with Aimee so much, it has changed my life for the better in more ways than one."
Nicole Sochacz
Esthetician, Truth-seeker and Graduate of Radiance
"Now, I am able to hold space for myself and others without being quickly triggered. And I notice quicker when my body needs something. For example, rest and relaxation, and I’m not guilting myself for it!"
Sadie Stockamp
Digital Nomad
"She didn’t give me fluff or fairy dust and tell me to just believe.
She gave me the damn wand!!
It was always obvious that she does her work to actually educate so that I could understand and morph this somatic work into what works for me."
Galia Nitzen
Therapist-in-Training
"Aimee is someone I learned to trust, because she is consistent, present and totally hands-on. She is amongst the most committed, dedicated, competent, and knowledgeable of body practitioners. The passion that she brings to her work is evident in the attentive way she conducts each session."
Valerie Stanton
Energy-worker, Intuitive Guide, Gentle Yoga Teacher, Entrepreneur and Graduate of Radiance
"Aimee's 1:1 sessions helped me drop DEEP into my body and experience a near-psychedelic ecstasy of being so in tune with myself, and so encouraged to both listen, slow down and make the movements as subtle as I desired."
Drew Fuerstman
Professional Musician, Meditation and Mindfulness Practitioner and Graduate of Radiance
"These small, easeful, and embodied movements done skillfully have a dramatic positive impact that compounds over time.
I am so thankful for Aimee’s expertise in Hanna Somatics and gifts as body worker."
Emily Valentin
Mathematician for a Pharmacy, Athlete and Graduate of Radiance
"The pain in my neck and back is completely gone. My face looks less scrunched. I've lost weight and I am able to go on longer runs comfortably because my body isn't screaming at me anymore. Even my skin looks better!"
Zoe Hewett
Exercise Physiologist, Yoga Teacher, Mother
“I can’t unlearn the concepts of this movement practice and it is already integrating into my personal health identity and into my professional life as a movement teacher.
This practice has the ability to foster a strong connection to self, and therefore, to purpose.“
Celeste Gamboa
Caregiver, Amateur Astrologer, Empath, Relentless Growth Seeker
“I’ve always heard that quote ‘your body is a temple’ but I’ve never embraced it.
I’ve learned to listen to my body which has helped me give it what it needs.
This practice has brought me back to my body. I feel whole.”
Svetlana Maust
Senior Localization Project Manager
“I was genuinely astonished by the incredible relief I felt in my face, neck, and shoulders.
Aimee not only helped me release the physical tension, but she also demonstrated how I could train my body to relax completely."
Gina Duran
Teacher, Activist, Radio Personality, Restorative Yoga Teacher, Massage Therapist and Poet
"Since beginning this practice and receiving hands-on bodywork with Aimee I feel safe in my body for the first time that I can remember.
I feel a joyful with a sense of calm. The tone in my voice has shifted. My eyes are smiling."
Heather Hanning
Midwife, Owner of Intuitive Rhythms Midwifery, Licensed Massage Therapist
"After my 8th session with Aimee, my higher-self came to me in a dream, she put her hand on my shoulder and said “where have you been”. That was confirmation that I had done the appropriate work that led me back to myself after being lost in darkness."
Jeannie Shaw
Writer, Visual Artist, Digital Creator
"At the beginning, I doubted that these tiny movements would do anything to alleviate my pain but as the days went by, I found myself releasing, releasing, releasing. Before I knew it, I was sitting on my meditation pillow with no stiffness and no pain."
Corey Foye
Owner of All of the Above Mountain Maintenance
"I was born with Cerebral Palsy and the right arm and leg has been affected by this all of my life…She said she'd helped someone recovering from a stroke. I was incredibly curious to try it and see if it would help me with my hand."
Jen Barber
Success Coach, Reiki Master, Transformational Guide and Graduate of Radiance
"I am forever grateful for Aimee and her work. She came into my life at the perfect time, and the somatic tools helped me physically and mentally handle the most difficult time of my life."
David Kell
Retired High School Special Needs Teacher. Mountaineer and Graduate of Radiance
"She is clear and precise in her directions…I often go into a trance like space…At the end of the sessions I’m floating. She is one of the very best healers I have met."
Beth Warner
Physiotherapist, Yoga Teacher and Graduate of Radiance
"Now, I have an even greater appreciation of the contribution of habitual muscle tension to pain and reduced function. And I am confident that people can learn to release tension and change even long-held patterns of trauma and pain.
This is safe and effective for anyone."
Kylie Brda
Owner of Brda Skincare and Graduate of Radiance
"I feel safer in my body knowing that life happens and pain will come but now I have tools to unwind the pain on my own.
I have this new sense of empowerment and invaluable knowledge that will keep me on the right path of listening to my body and connecting with myself more deeply everyday!"
Amanda Weiss
Operations Manager for a Financial Tech Company, Trauma-informed Yoga Teacher and Graduate of Radiance
"I had been practicing Somatics with Aimee for a few years but the deep dive this program takes you on into your body is so different from having an on and off practice. Stress and pain do not control my life anymore and I feel free and safe in my body for the first time!"
Parisa Frost
Therapist AMFT, ATR-P, EMDR
"I feel this work is allowing me to access that much more embodied wisdom within my Spirit and physical form. I can feel myself almost instantaneously dropping into a meditative state that gradually deepens during sessions."
Aden B. Ascher
Life and Nutrition Coach
"Although I had released the trapped emotions and integrated the trauma, the physical body was still held in it’s traumatic positioning…This is healing on all levels. Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual."
Marie Benoit
Nervous System and Trauma Coach, Therapist
"The emotional and spiritual blockages I've been able to release have been immense... Aimee has been a godsend in my healing journey...I would recommend Aimee 1000%."
April Ruffner
Owner/Instructor at Bourne Pilates & Fitness, Reiki Master
"I wish everyone could experience Somatic Education, especially with Aimee who is a great leader and example in her own life."
Starlyn Cappello
ESL and High School French Teacher and Graduate of Radiance
"Aimee is very loving and has helped
me realize that going slow, and loving myself is extremely important to my overall well-being."
Krysta Kinslow
Shadow Work and
Ascension Guide
"We go through our lives feeling like contraction in our body is normal...We've normalized pain,
we've normalized, you know,
'shoulder hurts and back pain,
I'm just getting older, hahaha, it's so funny.' It's not."
Sarah Borodzik
Owner of Chicory Kin : Floral & Apothecary and Mother of Three
"She is a gentle and strong voice of guidance that encourages one to
commit to their healing in an
empowered and possible way."
Laurel Pear
Conflict Resolution Coach, Energy
Healer and Graduate of Radiance
"This is a wonderful investment for anybody's future. Anybody with a body could benefit from embedding this practice into their daily lives."
Veronika Lee Hoover
Former Psychotherapist, Former LSCW
and Full-time Mama
"After my first session, I had
immediate relief in my entire back,
neck and I felt lighter."
Kevin Riel
High School English Teacher at La Jolla Country Day School, San Diego
"Over a year later, my body still
craves a nightly dose of somatic movements."
Riki Wolf
Owner and Masseuse at Free Reign Healing Arts, Kundalini Yoga Teacher, RN,
BSN, MS, CMT
"Hanna Somatics techniques are really helpful in maintaining alignment and preventing chronic contraction from recurring."
Chris Kroutil
Substitute Teacher
"After just 30 minutes I am able to transition from the stress of the world
into a healing atmosphere by
reducing muscle tension throughout
my body."
Lynn Burrows
Cellist and Lifelong Musician
"She has the most amazing and
soothing manner about her and I can instantly relax when with her."
Katie Wilton
Mom, Wife, Teacher
"In spite of 25 years of practicing
yoga, learning Hanna Somatics with Aimee gave me a new way of understanding my body as well as a gracious pathway to heal it!"
Mike Warner
Retired Teacher, Mentor for high-risk youth
and Athletic Coach
"Her program’s emphasis on helping build self-generated practices puts the client in charge. If I were still
coaching, we’d be using these techniques."
Phil Zuckerman
& Stacy Elliott
Dean at Pitzer College & Archivist
for Pitzer College
"She has been truly amazing: patient, warm, kind. She is extremely knowledgeable about the body, about balance, about well-being."
Clista Prelle-Tworek
Licensed Professional Counselor,
Visual Artist, Writer and
Graduate of Radiance
"She helps me map the way my body has coped with trauma over
my many decades, and gives
me a way forward to navigate
daily life with less pain, and
a renewed sense of confidence
and joy."
Rosie Velasquez
Founder of The Mystic Rose Studio &
Find Your Mojo Coaching, Spiritual Mentor
and Energy Guide
"My body remembered and learned
how to adjust naturally and today I am walking with a more natural posture because of what Aimee taught me.
All my aches and ailments are
no longer the focus of my day.