Somatic release therapy
AKA=Psychosomatic Healing
You can learn how to release pent-up tension and emotions in your body in a safe, gentle & trauma-informed way.
Problems that somatic release work can help with
Addiction and impulsivity
Fear and insecurity
Pain and angst
Overthinking
Anxiety and paranoia
Depression
Psychosis
Hearing voices
Mania
Difficulty focusing
Hyperactivity
Grief and sadness
Loneliness
Trauma
Burnout and compassion fatigue
Stress and tension
*Somatic release work is only used as one component in addressing psycho-emotional problems, and it is recommended you seek out professional help as well.
What somatic release feels like
Deep relaxation
Feeling grounded and free
Reduction in pain
Mental clarity
More confidence
Calm power within
Feeling at home with yourself
Energetic flow in your body and mind
Affordable group classes:
Online
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Tension and trauma can lurk deep within our muscles and nervous system muscles, and can contribute to our emotional highs and lows, and impact our entire health. Our crazy world leaves us with pain, depression, anxiety, overthinking, difficulty focusing, fatigue and autoimmune illness.
How can we safely and gently learn from, work with, be with your big & powerful energy, and at the same time release old stories we cling to so we can be our most resilient self? How can we hold space for ourselves, and everyone else in the crazy world, as we feel the feels of up and down, all the intense and subtle, sometimes even overwhelming energetic, mood and emotional states in between?
At this online, workshop, Crossroads Acupuncture will raise funds for our Barefoot medicine movement in Guatemala, where we work with survivors of genocide. Donate whatever you can: $10 or more, to support the modern day heroes we support through our non-profit organization. Facilitated by Ryan Bemis, you’ll be step-by-step instructions in Trauma and Tension Release Exercises (TRE).
You’ll leave with new tools for you to safely co-regulate your nervous system through movement, breathing, and stillness on your own, on a regular basis. Most people experience deep relaxation, feeling grounded, and increased mental clarity.
We offer this as a trauma-informed, non-judgmental space. You may log in anonymously if you choose to do so, or keep your camera turned off during the exercises.
This class will be offered online with a zoom link provided prior to the class.
Are you feeling shook up by the crazy world out there? This workshop is designed for you! Learn more…
Meet Dr. Bemis
“I have found yoga, somatic healing, meditation, and acupuncture to be some of the best ways to heal myself and support people in my community as we all face trauma, injustice and increasing social isolation. We’re all searching for freedom. We don’t have to do it alone. There are so many tools that can help us build resilience even in the darkest of times and places. My intention is to create safe space for you to cultivate your own inner connection, put these tools into your hands, and help you step back into your power. ”
-Ryan Bemis, Doctor Oriental Medicine, Certified TRE provider, Heroic Coach and Yoga & Meditation teacher.
FAQ’s
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Rooted in psychosomatic healing, our somatic release work addresses how emotional and psychological stress manifests physically—supporting integrated nervous system regulation and mind-body harmony.
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Dr. Bemis brings 25 years of trauma-informed community health experience and has provided more than 40,000 treatments working with refugees, veterans, incarcerated and everyday people of the borderlands,
Dr. Bemis brings 25 years of trauma-informed community health experience and has provided more than 40,000 treatments working with refugees, veterans, incarcerated and everyday people of the borderlands,
His past experience as an acupuncturist includes working with active military soldiers at the PTSD Warrior Resilience Center and the Interdisciplinary Pain Management Clinic at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, TX. Prior to working as an acupuncturist, Ryan worked as an addictions counselor at Hooper Detox Center in Portland. He completed internships in Portland at Project Quest, and Outside In.
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Dr. Bemis will teach you how to gently learn from, hold space, and move through your "extreme" or “intense” feelings. This form of psychosomatic healing release pent-up tension in a safe and trauma-informed way. This will offer one tool for you to use to hold space for yourself as you move through “extreme” states of up and down, and all the intense and subtle, sometimes even overwhelming energetic, mood, mental and emotional states in between.
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Tension and trauma can lurk deep within our muscles and nervous system muscles, and can contribute to our emotional highs and lows, or as some people experience them as “extreme states.” This can look like pain, depression, anxiety, overthinking, hyperactivity, difficulty focusing, psychosis or altered and neurodivergent states
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Breathwork
Trauma, Tension Release Exercises (TRE)
Yoga
Embodiment Practices
Tapping
Meditation
Support our work to train indigenous groups in Latin America in somatic healing / TRE and acupuncture.
Your donation goes to support the work of everyday people aiding survivors of trauma, violence and poverty in Guatemala
transcending the stigma
We create a trauma-informed, non judgemental space for you to take a step towards transcending the stigma of mental illness and taking a step towards mental wellness, towards psychosomatic healing. You deserve the chance to release old stories and stigma, and become the best version of you.
Learn a new tool for your mental wellness
We walk with you as you learn how to safely co-regulate your nervous system through movement, breathing, and stillness on your own, on a regular basis.
Tools we teach you how to do on your own
We have seen that everyone has more capacity within them to manage mental illness and emotional distress. We will empower you with simple but powerful wellness activities for you to take your healthcare back into your own hands.
Meditation, breathwork & Yoga
Targeting your needs and tuning into your limitations, you will learn how to incorporate breathwork, movement, and simple meditation and mindfulness and embodiment exercises into your daily life.
Tapping, self acu pressure & embodiment tools
Your body holds an incredible amount of wisdom and capacity to heal itself. We teach you how to work with and use your body to generate inner forces of self-compassion and empowerment.
Trauma & Tension Release Exercises(TRE)
Learn how to activate reflexes deep inside your nervous system and fascial system, which will allow your body to literally shake off past stories, trauma and help you rediscover yourself anew.
Join us in Guatemala
Feb 8-15 2026
Roots and Bridges
A Weeklong Immersion into Grassroots Psychosomatic Healing, Acupuncture, and Cultural Solidarity in Guatemala
our vision
A world where people have the tools and capacity to care for themselves and for their own communities.
