The Top Somatic Coaches
THE TOP SOMATIC COACHES
In my recent conversations with top somatic coaches, I discovered how they are transforming lives by integrating body awareness with emotional and mental healing.
These coaches specialize in helping individuals connect with their bodies to unlock deeper levels of freedom, ease, and joy.
From energy healing to trauma-informed approaches, their methods are designed to address the root causes of stress and disconnect, offering lasting change.
By focusing on the subtle energetics of somatics, these experts help clients achieve profound personal growth and well-being.
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In Brief : The Top Somatic Coaches
- Brenda Winkle- Brenda Winkle specializes in energy healing tailored for high performers, guiding them to unlock their full potential and align with their life missions.
- Caitlin Clarke - As an ICF-accredited somatic coach, Caitlin specializes in guiding highly sensitive, high-achieving women through burnout towards soul-satisfying lives.
- Kai Cheng - ARISE EMBODIMENT, led by Kai Cheng, offers skilled and soulful assistance in releasing personal and professional blocks, aligning actions with values, and facilitating transformative cultural shifts within organizations.
- Alex Olshonsky - Combining somatically-informed coaching with counseling for addiction recovery, Alex draws on diverse modalities including the Hakomi Method, Internal Family Systems, and contemplative practices like Buddhism and mindful movement.
- Kristin - Kristin's approach integrates various modalities, with a primary focus on Somatic Experiencing (SE) for building resilience and trauma resolution.
- Janine Bertolo - Specializing in post-traumatic growth and somatic coaching, Janine helps individuals overcome trauma stored in the body, guiding them towards fulfillment and authenticity.
- Renee Jayne - Renee's unique blend of intellectual analysis and healing focuses on guiding clients through physical, emotional, and spiritual growth.
- Akansha Agrawal - Akansha believes in the power of self-understanding and alignment to liberate individuals from competition and comparison.
- Gabrielle Pullen - Offering an alternative to traditional therapy, Gabrielle's somatic grief coaching empowers individuals to take the driver's seat in their healing journey.
- Robyn Dalzen - As a somatic coach and facilitator, Robyn supports clients in cultivating awareness of their desires and effectively communicating them.
- Silvija Zagar - ICF Accredited Somatic Coach Silvija Zagar is a seasoned mentor, mental wellbeing trainer, and mindfulness teacher.
Brenda Winkle
Brenda Winkle is an energy healer for high performers helping them to elevate, amplify, and expand their missions while they find, reclaim, and live from their full embodied YES. Through breathwork, somatic coaching, and energy healing for aligned leadership, they are able to create their YES-Filled Lives and move through their days with more freedom, ease, and joy.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
My coaching is based on the subtle energetics of somatics, meaning that my coaching is body-based and uses a bottom-up approach. In contrast, mindset coaching is considered a top-down approach. Mindset coaching can be good but there are limits if our nervous systems believe that the changes we want are a threat based on stored emotions or even stored trauma. When we repattern the body and the nervous system to embody the transformations our minds seek, the transformations come with much less effort, and the changes last.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
Putting my healing and evolution first is the most important thing I've done. You can't take clients anywhere you aren't willing to go so while I've received advanced certifications as a somatic coach, the first step has always been to apply it to my growth. I lead from this fully embodied place with an increased capacity to hold space for others because of my personal work.
Caitlin Clarke
Caitlin is an ICF-accredited somatic coach for highly sensitive, high-achieving women who struggle with burnout and want to create soul-satisfying lives. She's coached individuals and groups for over 8 years, and her trauma-informed approach includes neuroscience, the Hakomi Method, and Buddhist principles. In her past life, she was the brand director for a global fintech startup and built a 15-year career in creative marketing in San Francisco.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
Most coaches approach working with clients as a conversation you’d have in everyday life. I approach my sessions with clients as creating an experience. With a unique combination of mindfulness and somatics (body awareness techniques), I help clients become deeply present. From this deepened state of awareness, I guide them to explore and study their inner worlds, so we can identify what’s holding them back and create new possibilities together. The result is gentle yet powerful shifts in the foundation of my clients’ sense of self—they’re often able to make deeper, more lasting changes than with a cognitive-only coaching approach.
What according to you has been the single most important thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
I’ve been in my clients’ shoes—working in high-stress environments, feeling torn between pursuing career success and building a meaningful, purpose-driven life. Having been there myself, my presence, deep compassion and strategic mindset coupled with over 20 years of doing deep inner somatic work is what enables me to successfully guide my clients toward creating a life that’s authentic to them: a life they truly want.
Kai Cheng
If you are seeking skilled, soulful assistance in releasing blocks to your personal or professional goals, aligning your external actions with your internal values, or helping your organization, collective, or workplace resolve conflicts and make transformative cultural shifts, ARISE EMBODIMENT is here for you.
