The nervous system you bring into pregnancy is the one your baby develops inside.
Cortisol and adrenaline cross the placenta and shape fetal brain development. That single fact reframes nervous system regulation from a nice-to-have into core prenatal care. Somatic Healing Therapy works with the body directly, through acupuncture point holding, breathwork, and guided Qi Gong, to process stress and stored emotional patterns that talk therapy alone often can't reach.
Many patients arrive carrying more than pregnancy-specific anxiety: grief, past medical trauma, family patterns around parenthood. Somatic work doesn't require narrating every detail of that history to be effective. The nervous system holds patterns in the body, and working with the body directly can shift them.
This work includes both partners. A father or co-parent's own regulation shapes the felt sense of safety in the household, for the pregnant partner and eventually for the baby. Sessions are offered individually or as a couple.
Available for patients in Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and via telehealth.
Root-cause methodology meets diagnostic depth. Functional Medicine surfaces what standard panels miss (thyroid patterns, MTHFR variants, nutrient gaps) while Eastern Medicine reads the body's constitution and energetics. Together, both partners arrive at conception as the healthiest versions of themselves.
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Three thousand years of clinical use, now with measurable effects on reproductive hormones, ovarian response, and sperm parameters. Acupuncture regulates the hormonal axis before conception and supports the whole-body pattern beneath any presenting symptom, not just the symptom itself.
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Becoming a parent is one of the most profound identity shifts a person goes through. This work draws from functional medicine, somatic therapy, and acupuncture to clear what you're carrying and strengthen the foundation you're building from, before conception begins.
Learn moreDiscovery calls are free, hour-long, and unhurried. We talk about where you are, what you've tried, and whether this is the right fit before anything is booked.
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