Somanda Bodyworks
2650 42nd Ave SW

Seattle, WA 98116

Hours by appointment: Thurs-Fri

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manda Coleman, BA, LMP has been a SOMA practitioner for the past ten years. In 2007, she moved her practice to West Seattle, having previously practiced at The Moving Space in Ballard and Full Circle Wellness on Vashon Island. She's now in the Admiral District, just a block South of Metropolitan Market Amanda holds an Advanced degree from the Soma Institute of Neuromuscular Integration®, located near Mt. Ranier. She has studied the movement re-integration work of Rudolph Laban and Irmgard Bartenieff with Marcia Nolte. She has recently integrated into her work the osteopathic, gentle-touch techniques of Jean-Pierre Barral, with Rolfer Jeffrey Burch in Eugene, OR. She Board Certified by the International Association for Structural Integrators.

"With Amanda, you know from the first moment that you are in the hands of a top SOMA professional. Nothing about her approach is mechanical. You really have the sense that in her hands your body becomes a work in progress. She proceeds with the confidence and precision of a skilled surgeon modulated by the artistic, intuitive sense of a fine musician. Amanda has a real gift for this work. Moreover she has a big heart and the genuine desire to bring profound life enhancing benefits to her clients. And at this she succeeds beautifully. I can't recommend Amanda too highly."
--L. S., Pianist/Real Estate Agent

Like many of her clients, Amanda’s life may be considered in two parts: before and after SOMA Neuromuscular Integration. Her decade of dance and movement training and a career as a stage performer opened Amanda’s awareness to the intimate connection between body, mind and emotions; yet even given her keen insight, she was unable to break free of the clinical depression and chronic back pain she experienced for ten years. SOMA bodywork gave Amanda the key to unlock the places in her body that had been abandoned due to injury and trauma. Out of her own miraculous healing and growth, Amanda has created a fuller, more vibrant life that continues to flourish and unfold.

Her first-hand experience, as well as her work with many clients, including children and those with developmental disabilities, has affirmed Amanda’s trust in the beauty and wisdom inherent in each of us. Through her SOMA practice, Amanda invites you to consider yourself whole and unbroken, no matter your individual challenge, and to claim the full and unique richness of the life you are here to live.

"SOMA changed so much in my body and in my life. I do miss it very much. It´s hard to not fall in to your old routine and Amanda is so far away! I miss her terribly!"
-M.S. Age 12, Vienna, Austria