Paloma Avila
SOMATIC THERAPY
Bienvenida, Mujer Sabia ----
Welcome, Wise Woman
You were never meant to carry it all alone.
The tightness in your chest. The aching in your back. The lump in your throat. The stories passed down from generations --- whispers of pain, strength, silence, and survival. Your body remembers even when your mind forgets.
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Here, you are invited to rest. To release. To return home to your body.
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Somatic Experiencing® & Somatic Healing Bodywork
Bilingual English/Spanish - Online & In-person
Portland, Oregon
Somatic Therapy with the Spirit of Curanderismo
My work is rooted in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Somatic Experiencing®, but my hands are guided by something older ----- a lineage of women, healers, abuelas, and curanderas who understood that healing happens in the quiet, in the breath, in the stillness between words.
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This is not just bodywork.
This is soul work
This is nervous system medicine for women who are tired of being strong all the time.
For mujeres who are ready to let go of what no longer serves them.
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What happens in a Session?
Each sesioin is a sacred pause. A moment to let your body speak and be heard.
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You'll lie fully clothed on a massage table, wrapped in warmth and presence. I'll listen with my hands, tuning into your body's rhythms, gently guiding your nervous system back into balance. There is no fixing here only remembering. Only restoring what is already wise within you.
Sessions draw from:
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Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy: subtle, deeply restorative touch that supports your body's innate healing intelligence.
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Somatic Experiencing: A trauma-informed approach that helps release old survival patterns stored in the body.
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Curandera Traditions: Earth-based practices, prayer, breath, and ritual. Healing that honors the spirit as much as the soma (body).
Mis Ofrendas
My Offerings
Meet Paloma
Curandera, Somatic Guide, Bilingual Yoga Teacher Space Holder for Deep Healing
My name is Paloma, and I come from the sacred lands of Mexico, where healing is prayer, presence, and connection to the Earth. I was raised with the rhythms of the seasons, the scent of copal, and the quiet wisdom of women who knew how to listen --- not just with their ears, but with their hearts and hands.
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My path as a healer has been shaped by both ancestral knowing and modern somatic training. I've always believed that the body holds the stories --- and that healing happens when we give those stories space to breathe, unwind, and be witnessed with love.
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Since 2013, I've studied and practiced multiple multiple healing modalities that weave together to create the work I now offer:
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Two Yoga Teacher Trainings in trauma-informed and intuitive vinyasa traditions.
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An advanced Yoga and Ayurveda program, where I learned to align practice with the seasons, the elements, and our natural cycles.
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A Somatic Intuitive Healing® Practitioner Certification, blending bodywork, energy healing and deep nervous system presence that is rooted in Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy.
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Ongoing study in Somatic Experiencing®, working towards full certification as a trauma healing practitioner.
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And, always, my lived experience as a bilingual, bicultural mujer rooted in Mexican healing traditions.
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I teach and guide in both English and Spanish, honoring the language that brings you most ease. Whether we're working one-on-one or in community, I aim to create a space that is soft, sacred, and deeply attuned to the wisdom of your body.
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My work is not about fixing you. It's about remembering --- your strength, your softness, your ancestral resilience, and your right to rest.
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Bienvenida, hermana.
Come as you are. Let's begin.
This work is for you if...
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You're holding chronic stress, fatigue, or pain in your body.
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You've experienced trauma or emotioal overwhelm
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You long to feel grounded, whole, and at peach again.
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You're a cycle-breaker, ready to heal what runs through your family line.
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You crave a healing space that feels warm, culturally-rooted, and deeply attuned.
​This work is especially for my hermanas, my comadres, my fellow Latinas.
Come as you are ---- tired, tender, angry, hopeful.
I see you.
I honor you.
There is space for all of you here.
"Paloma is an innate healer."
"Paloma is a natural healer. Her energy soothed and grounded me from the moment we connected. I had two VERY powerful somatic sessions with her. Each time I left feeling more connected to myself, my body and more attuned to and on the way to healing and processing challenging life experiences."
"Paloma is a very intuitive practitioner, she observes and provides meaningful insights. I always feel treated with full presence and compassion which is exactly what I needed. Would highly recommend her!"
Accepting New Clients
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Offering a limited number of sliding scale sessions each month for those in financial need. Sliding scale is $80 - $120. Please book a call to inquire if there is space available.
