Methods at a glance · Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Experiencing and FIVE MOVESAll the time in the world, or now?
The same deep respect for the body. Just a more direct way there. Honestly compared, without putting the other method down.
What it does well
What is Somatic Experiencing?
Somatic Experiencing, developed by Peter Levine, understood something big: the body stores what the head wanted to file away long ago. SE works slowly and gently, one careful step at a time. It gets to know your body and releases held tension in small doses, until your nervous system finds solid ground again. For many people, that softness is exactly the path that finally carries them.
Side by side
Two paths, calmly compared.
Somatic Experiencing
Approach
The body stores what the head wanted to file away.
Path
Slowly and gently, one careful step at a time.
Duration
Many sessions, tension releases in small doses.
Afterwards
Your nervous system finds solid ground again.
FIVE MOVES
Approach
Your body shows the one spot where it sits.
Path
Five guided Moves carry your desired feeling right there.
Duration
One session, 90 minutes, one to one with your guide.
Afterwards
Forty days of app guidance, so it lasts.
Four stations, two paths. No better or worse: which one fits depends on what you bring.
And us?
What FIVE MOVES does differently.
We share the same respect for the body, we just take a more direct route. FIVE MOVES doesn't inch its way in over months. Your body shows you the spot where it's stuck, you go there, and that's where it gets to release, often in a single session. No slow circling, just going where it sits. Both approaches trust that your body holds the answer. And after the session you're not on your own. The FIVE MOVES app walks with you through the 40 days it takes for everything to settle.
Somatic Experiencing takes all the time in the world. We take you at your word when you say: now.
The method in detail →Coordinate 1 · Lighthouse
Desired feeling
in your heart space. Where you want to go.
Coordinate 2 · Destination
The spot
in your body. Where it sits. That's where it releases.
Fair is fair
What fits when?
Somatic Experiencing
When your system needs time.
If your system needs plenty of time and fine dosing, Somatic Experiencing is a wonderful path.
FIVE MOVES
When you say: now.
Then we take you at your word. One guided session, at the spot your body shows.
Both answers are meant honestly. All methods at a glance →
Often asked
Short answers.
What makes FIVE MOVES different from Somatic Experiencing?
The same deep respect for the body. Somatic Experiencing works gently across many sessions, in small doses. FIVE MOVES takes the more direct route: one guided session, at the spot your body shows.
When is Somatic Experiencing the better choice?
If your system needs plenty of time and fine dosing, Somatic Experiencing is a wonderful path. If you say: now, one session is enough.
What does a FIVE MOVES session look like?
One to one with your guide, led through all five Moves, in one session. Then forty days of app guidance, so the new feeling stays.
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One session, 90 minutes, from 180 CHF. One appointment is usually enough.
Around 1,000 sessions guided · People whose eyes light up again
so deep. so safe.