having difficulty maintaining healthy, reciprocal relationships
stuck in patterns I didn’t know how to get out of
thinking there was something wrong with me
blaming and shaming myself & others
feeling disconnected from my intuition
not able to trust myself
unsure of my path forward
I went on a search for an embodiment practitioner or somatic therapist but struggled finding one. So I decided to learn it for myself and took a life-changing course with The Focalizing Institute.
Rather than pushing away our painful feelings—the way that society has taught us to, and continuing to struggle with the pain — we are instead inviting them towards us and allowing them to move through us.
By shining a light on the pain, we can transmute, transform, alchemize, and have it disappear for good. Creating permanent shifts in perspective.
Feel at peace within yourself, living with a calm mind
Feel worthy of your true self by accepting and loving all parts of you
Have healthy, intimate, rewarding relationships & friendships
Live life from a place of no shame and no blame
Embrace every moment with awareness and make choices that are aligned with your body and all of your being
Trust your intuition and follow it, rather than your mind
Know when certain feelings are yours and when they are not yours so you can stay within your boundaries
Feel clarity in what actions to take in your life
Heal past childhood trauma wounds and move past them for good
See challenges that arise as healing and growth opportunities
You find yourself in a moment of a trigger, but instead of getting stuck in your head about it, you take a moment to close your eyes and breath and feel into your body. You notice your body reacting, you experience waves of emotions coming and going… yet you don’t associate yourself with any of it. You allow it all to be there.
You notice and breathe. You open your eyes and smile, because you’ve realized that you moved past the trigger and did not react the same way you once did. You look at this moment with total awareness through your body and not getting lost in your mind.
With this awareness, you feel empowered to speak up and set boundaries or get curious about this trigger and what or who flipped it on. You might think, “Hm, thats interesting. Something to explore.” You’re able to notice what is yours and what isn’t yours.
You feel confident in how you feel and are able to express it. You’re able to move through your day like this. You come across a decision you need to make, you tune into your body and make one that feels truly aligned. Continuing to learn through all of your experiences and growing from all of it.
Move past a painful relationship and let it go
Attract an aligned, ready & available partner
Feel secure and stable within yourself
Feel at home in your body and develop a nurturing relationship with it
Find joy and live a vibrant life
Release chronic tension in the body
Get out of your head and instead be present in your body and life
Discover where you are holding trauma in your body and release it
Remove blocks from enjoying life and trying new things
Be at peace with the past
“After having 2 sessions with Masha, I was able to gain so much clarity around difficult decisions I needed to make by returning to the body. I see where I disconnect from the body and get stuck in the mind often, and how that not only creates blocks in my personal life but also in my professional life." — Maria, NJ
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“Masha's work is gentle and profound. After her sessions, I have great insights and feel changes at the level of my body. Focalizing is a gentle way to heal deep emotional issues that have existed in the subconscious since childhood. Masha puts together several modalities in a beautiful combination of helpful information for the conscious mind and deep somatic work for the unconscious. I highly recommend Masha's sessions if you want to let go of mental, emotional, and physical blocks preventing you from living a purposeful life.“ —Masha, San Francisco
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“I recently worked with Masha, who guided me through a focalizing session. I had had no experience with this kind of thing beyond self-guided meditation, and this came as a surprise. Masha was very accommodating throughout, which meant I was relaxed and could make full use of the process. I experienced two very notable shifts during the short session and I came away with a refreshed perspective on the business I am running. Would recommend anyone give this a try!” — Alex, Poland
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“Masha is an intuitive Healer who guided me through multiple early life traumas to finally integrate the memories of my past and relieve me of my chronic anxiety and depression. Much of my healing came from integrating my broken parts into a whole person, able to manage my day-to-day life with a sense of peace and joy. Masha is truly a gifted healer with skill and compassion for anyone suffering from the trauma of life and living. Somatic Focalizing is a life-changing resource, helping me to realize my best possible self.” — Thomas, CA
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Testimonial from Krista:
“I wish I had the words to describe how powerful and healing my Focalizing sessions were with Masha. I had never heard about focalizing until Masha recommended I give it a try and I am so glad that I did.
We conducted our focalizing session via Zoom. Masha started the session by talking with me and asking what my intention for healing was. I talked to her about some of the things I'd been going through and together we came up with an intention that was crystal clear to focus our session. She then guided me through a journey of focusing my awareness into my body and the sensations and feelings that were arising in the moment. We started with a grounding meditation, and once I was relaxed, she had me describe some of the sensations I was noticing. She guided me through different techniques of responding and relating to these different messages I was receiving from my body. For example, a tight spot in my neck which always seemed to be a trouble spot became a message from my body that I need to let go, which couldn't have been more perfect advice for what I was going through at the time. I had never felt such a profound connection between what I was feeling physically with what I was experiencing emotionally. It was a message from my body that my mind wasn't willing to accept.
Focalizing is such a personal and individualized experience that it is difficult to articulate how meaningful and powerful these sessions were for me. I appreciated how intuitive Masha was as she guided me through this process. I felt completely held and safe to trust her guidance. I highly recommend booking a session and giving this a try. I truly felt as if I received years of therapy, with the most intuitive guidance in a matter of three sessions. If you're at all curious, give it a try! You are in good hands.” — Krista, Brooklyn
These barriers can be in the form of conditioned thinking, traumatic experiences, stress, depression, sexual and intimacy barriers and more.
Once these blocks have been brought to resolution, Focalizing takes on the form of a creative tool that supports participants to access levels of awareness that allow them to act and make decisions that are deeply informed by their body and whole being.
Feeling stuck or frustrated in any area of life
Career or life-change
Relationship challenges
Childhood trauma
Overthinking & feeling disconnected from the body
Creativity & self-expression
Health challenges (dis-ease, chronic body-pain)
Spiritual growth & guidance
Blocks to abundance & money
A Focalizing session starts with intention.
An intention can be freedom from anxiety, wanting better sex, understanding if it's time to leave a job or simply to feel less stress.
First we clarify your intention and what issue is currently alive for you. Next, I will guide you through a grounding meditation that will help you drop out of your analytical mind and into the wisdom of your body where past trauma is stored. From there I take you gently through a non-linear process that allows your body's innate healing capabilities to turn on and flow into the blocks that are at the heart of your issue.
What comes to light throughout the session can take the form of memories, images, felt sensations and/or emotions; some of which were long forgotten or suppressed in some manner.
Your body may deliver messages that assist you in your intention and create permanent shifts in perspectives. As the session continues, I support you further by suggesting specific approaches for moving deeper into these experiences in a safe and supported manner.
What's been observed time after time is that when a client sets an intention, connects deeply with their body and watches what unfolds without judgement or labeling, the body naturally surfaces what needs to be acknowledged and worked with in order to move past the barriers that are blocking them.
The lasting power of this process unfolds after a short period of time of deepening the mind-body connection. In as little as 10-15 minutes of watching what surfaces, the body's natural and powerful healing mechanisms are able to come online. Without much conscious effort on your behalf, your body begins to release the stored shock of trauma, the tension of years of anxiety and the emotions that once felt hopelessly entangled around your past story.
Single Somatic Healing Session = $150
Three Somatic Healing Sessions = $400 ($75 savings)
Six Somatic Healing Sessions = $750 ($150 savings)
Payment happens after your first session, where you’ll also have a choice to purchase a longer package.
One of my favorite offerings is combining Ceremonial Cacao at the beginning of a Focalizing session.
Introducing Ceremonial Cacao with Somatic Healing allows for a much deeper healing experience, where you are not just connecting to your inner intelligence, but you also have the support of a plant medicine and the spirit of Cacao whom I call “Mama Cacao”. Ceremonial Cacao is an entheogen and helps open up the heart, allowing for a richer and deeper experience and connection to your soul in a gentle yet profound way. Cacao on it’s own is very grounding and an embodiment medicine. If you’re interested to bring Ceremonial Cacao into your session, let’s chat about it in the discovery call.
Learn more about Ceremonial Cacao here.