Many people come to somatic bodywork because they are navigating:

• chronic pain, physical tension, stress, or the ongoing impact of illness
• anxiety, low mood, emotional overwhelm, or disconnection from themselves, even after years of therapy, self-reflection, or inner work
• significant life transitions
• a longstanding pattern of prioritising everyone else's needs while becoming disconnected from their own needs, desires, and instincts
• experiences of touch as a potential threat rather than a source of comfort or connection, or a longing to reconnect with the body after periods of pain, disconnection, or trauma.

Together, we explore how past and present experiences — from childhood, relationships, illness, loss, transitions, or other significant moments — may still shape how you experience yourself physically and emotionally today. We might notice patterns of tension, bracing, collapse, numbness, or ease, and explore what becomes possible when we meet these sensations with curiosity and relational awareness. Over time, this may support greater self-awareness, more freedom of choice, and a deeper sense of being at home in your body.

I feel especially drawn to working with women as they navigate the profound transitions that shape a lifetime. Whether it's menarche, pregnancy and the postpartum period, changes in sexuality, relationships, heartbreak, motherhood, or menopause, these moments can invite us to renegotiate our relationship with our bodies, our identities, and the world around us.

If desired, our work can also become a ceremonial space: an intentional pause to honour a transition, mark a threshold, release what is ready to be left behind, or welcome what is emerging.

Whatever brings you here, our work begins with curiosity rather than judgement, and with the understanding that your body has been doing its very best to support you all along.

Every session is unique and shaped collaboratively around your needs, intentions, and preferences.

The session is based on gentle, consent-based touch, and depending on what feels appropriate it may include guided somatic explorations, visualisation exercises, movement, breath, nervous system education, sound massage, energy work, time for reflection and conversation. When desired, sessions may also incorporate handcrafted botanical preparations - including infused oils, tinctures, and ritual perfumes - that I create myself to support different aspects of the work. Depending on your needs and consent, sessions may include techniques such as myofascial release, TMJ + intra-oral work, visceral manipulation, lymphatic techniques, and breast massage.

Rather than applying force to "fix" the body, I begin by listening to what is already present. We often start with the more superficial layers of the fascia, allowing your body time to settle and respond before naturally inviting deeper layers of tissue to become available. Nothing is forced. Change is supported through trust, slowness, and collaboration rather than pressure.

Because this is slow, attentive work, sessions last a minimum of 90 minutes. Even when working with deep tissue, the work is never painful. You should not find yourself bracing, holding your breath, or trying to “get through” a session. Instead, I follow your body’s signals, creating the conditions for your nervous system to discover new possibilities without overriding its protective responses. When change arises from within, it can feel more integrated, sustainable, and truly your own.

A central component of my approach is Sovereign Touch: a hands-on bodywork methodology inspired by osteopathic principles, massage therapy, holistic pelvic care, and Core Energetics (a type of body-oriented psychotherapy). It combines mindful touch with somatic emotional exploration to support a deeper awareness of the relationship between physical patterns, sensations, and emotional experiences.

Building on Sovereign Touch Bodywork, I weave nervous system education, sound, energy work, and Earth medicine into a personalised approach that responds to the unique needs and preferences of each client.

Rather than applying techniques to parts of a body, I work with the whole person. Sessions are collaborative, consent-led, and responsive to what emerges in the moment.

Hands-on bodywork is offered on a massage table. You are invited to undress to the extent that feels comfortable for you, and your body is professionally draped throughout the session so that only the area being worked on is exposed. Every aspect of the session is collaborative, and together we will choose the approach that best supports your comfort, dignity, and sense of safety.

If we choose to work with a Sound Massage instead, the practical setup is different. You remain fully clothed and lie comfortably on a mat on the floor. The session is entirely touch-free, apart from the gentle placement of Himalayan singing bowls on or around the body. Their vibrations and sounds become the primary medium through which the session unfolds.

This work is not a replacement for medical treatment, physiotherapy, or psychotherapy, but may complement existing care.

This container is for people who long to feel more at home in their bodies, move through life with greater ease, and create lasting change from the inside out. Rather than focusing only on symptoms or insight, we work with your nervous system, your body, and your lived experience, supporting greater regulation, resilience, embodiment, and aliveness.

Every journey is different, but my work tends to support clients in one or more of these three interconnected areas:

Wherever you begin, the process is shaped around your needs and may naturally evolve over time.

STABILISATION

• Psycho-emotional symptoms such as (but not limited to): anxiety, stress, depression, numbness, emotional instability, insomnia, brain fog.
• Physical symptoms that are exacerbated by stress and neuroinflamation, such as (but not limited to): chronic fatigue, chronic pain (especially when of neuroplastic origin), fibromyalgia, tension, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), post-viral syndromes like long COVID and chronic Lyme disease, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), chronic candida, chronic migraines, hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (HSD, EDS, hEDS).

It’s well known that regulating the nervous system can help with stress and emotional overwhelm. But there is growing evidence that it can also support the body in more physical ways, like easing pain or reducing inflammation. Our nervous system and immune system are deeply connected. When the nervous system is out of balance, the body can become hyper-alert, which sometimes triggers inflammation or pain even when there’s no immediate injury. Pain itself is a signal that the body senses danger. If the nervous system feels unsafe, the body can misread that as a threat and send pain signals.

By supporting nervous system regulation, we create a sense of safety in the body. This doesn’t just help you feel calmer emotionally, it can also help your body feel safer, reducing pain and inflammation.

INTEGRATION

• Emotional and behavioral repatterning. Especially supportive if you’ve already done therapy or inner work and understand the “why” behind your patterns, but still struggle to feel better or act differently. Neuro-Somatic Coaching works directly with lived experience, helping change happen where insight alone may not.

EXPANSION

• Transformation: whether you are moving through personal, professional, relational, or life transitions, this work invites you to reconnect with what truly matters. Through embodied awareness, you can access greater clarity around your values and desires, move beyond overthinking, and begin aligning your choices and actions with your authentic direction.
• Reclaiming sensuality and embodied pleasure. This work invites you to listen to your body, reconnect with your senses, and cultivate a more luscious, liberated way of living.

The coaching sessions are a mix of top-down (cognitive) and bottom-up (somatic) practices.

Cognitive practices include dialogue and teaching you how your nervous system works.

Somatic practices and Brain Retraining protocols are a way of working with your body’s felt experience, rather than only with thoughts or words. Instead of talking about what’s happening, you’re invited to notice sensations inside your body - such as breath, tension, warmth, movement, or impulses - and gently respond to them. This might include movements, changes in posture, breathing, grounding, or paying attention to how your body reacts in the moment.

When there is interest, we can also work with transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation devices and biofeedback technology (more info coming soon).

My work is trauma-informed and integrates Nervous System Regulation, Applied Neuroscience, Somatic Experiencing, and the Deep Body® Embodiment Method.

I view the body as an integrated whole where physical sensations, emotions, thoughts, imagination, intuition, and expression continuously influence one another. Through gentle, embodied practices we create conditions for greater regulation, presence, self-awareness, and resilience.

As your nervous system becomes more resourced and flexible, many people notice they relate differently to stress, emotions, relationships, and their physical experience.

While nervous system regulation often provides an important foundation, it is not the final destination. Depending on your intentions, our work may focus on cultivating greater stability, integrating long-standing patterns, expanding your capacity for connection and aliveness - or move fluidly between these as your process unfolds.

• Relationship challenges & communication
• Sexual concerns & difficulties
• Intimacy, desire, libido & pleasure
• Pain during sexual intercourse (dyspareunia) and vaginismus
• BDSM / kink / fetish education and support
• Body image & sexual confidence
• Queer & LGBTQIA+ sexuality and relationships
• Monogamous and non-monogamous relationships
• Sex-worker-affirming support
• Neurodiversity-affirming relationship & sexuality support.

This is a non-judgmental, inclusive, and consent-based space, where you can talk openly about sex, relationships, identity, fantasies, concerns, or questions, at your own pace. You decide what you want to share and what you don’t. Nothing is forced or expected.

A session typically involves:
- Talking about your experiences, questions, or challenges
- Exploring thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and patterns around sex and relationships
- Learning accurate, shame-free sexual education
- Reflecting on how your body, mind, relationships, and history interact
- Somatic and embodiment tools can be included upon request.

Note: there is no physical examination or sexual interaction.

I draw from sexology, relationship counselling, body liberation and pleasure activism, somatic and embodiment-based tools, and trauma-informed frameworks, always adapting my work to each person’s unique context, identities, and relationships. I do not believe in working toward a predetermined outcome or a single idea of what “healthy” or “successful” looks like. Instead, our work focuses on curiosity, awareness, and choice, supporting you in discovering what feels authentic, sustainable, and good for you.

• Session length and price:
  - individual (1:1), standard: 60 min, 100 €;
  - couple (1:2), standard: 60 min, 150 €;
  - individual (1:1), with somatics and embodiment: 90 min, 150 €

• Online on Zoom

• Language: English or Italian

• Frequency: once per week or once every two weeks, depending on your needs. Many consultations take place over a period of 8-12 sessions. Sometimes a single session can provide crucial insights for clarification, while other times consultation and therapy trigger a longer-term process.

This work is not a replacement for medical treatment, physiotherapy, or psychotherapy, but may complement existing care.

I create group experiences that honor the cyclical nature of the Earth and expand our capacity for pleasure, weaving together ecstatic dance, sound, hypnosis, plant allies, touch, and ritual.

Location: generally in Hamburg (DE) and surroundings. Language: English.

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I also provide talks and workshops for businesses on several D&I (Diversity & Inclusion) topics, as well as Nervous System, Somatics and Intuitive Dance.

I bring 6+ years of experience in corporate Diversity & Inclusion, having led or actively contributed to Women’s, LGBTQ+, Multicultural, and Disability BRGs (Business Resource Groups) within multinational organisations.

If interested, please please get in touch at info@annaostrega.com to schedule a free, no-obligation introductory conversation.

Languages: English or Italian.