What to Expect & Frequently Asked Questions

Something comfortable that you can move easily in. Loose trousers, leggings, or jogging bottoms work well - jeans or anything restrictive are best left at home. You’ll usually keep your socks on, so feel free to bring a pair you’re happy to wear during the session.

It depends a little on the service:

• Clinical Somatic Education — around 60 minutes, with initial sessions running a little longer (75–90 minutes) to include our first conversation.
• Soma Rest — approximately 60 minutes.
• BEMER Physical Vascular Therapy — 20–30 minutes.
• Spiral Stabilisation — approximately 60 minutes.
• Bones for Life® — 60 minutes, one-to-one.

The Soma Room is at Tarkwa, 3 Broomfield Road, Montrose, Angus DD10 8SZ — on the Angus coast. Parking is available directly opposite and in the surrounding streets.

This is a private service, and isn’t available on the NHS. Some private health insurance policies do cover certain types of bodywork or movement therapy - if you’re not sure whether yours applies, it’s worth checking directly with your provider.

Clinical Somatic Education — £55 per session. Initial sessions run a little longer (75–90 minutes) to include our first conversation; follow-ups are around 60 minutes. A block of six is available at the price of five (£275).

Soma Rest — £45 for a single session (approximately 60 minutes). A relaxed way to experience the approach with no commitment.

BEMER Physical Vascular Therapy — £30 per session (20–30 minutes), or £150 for a course of six. Many clients add it on to a Clinical Somatic Education or Soma Rest session for £15 – a popular way to support circulation and recovery alongside the somatic work.

Spiral Stabilisation — £50 per session (approximately 60 minutes).

Bones for Life® — £50 for a one-to-one session (60 minutes).

Not sure where to start? Get in touch and select ‘Not sure yet’ — a short conversation is often the easiest way to find the right fit.

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Posture is one of the most common things people ask about, and Spiral Stabilisation is often a good starting point. It's a movement-based approach that works with the spine's natural rotational patterns rather than just "correcting" position from the outside - many clients find it helps the body hold itself more naturally over time, rather than having to consciously think about sitting or standing up straight.

If you're not sure it's the right service, that's completely normal - the free intro call is exactly for working that out together before committing to anything.

This is a question we take seriously, and it's a fair one to ask before booking anything. When someone is already under medical care for a diagnosed condition like this, our role isn't to replace that treatment - it's to look at what else might be contributing alongside it. Many clients find that persistent tension through the neck, jaw, and upper back plays a part in how head pain shows up and how it's held in the body, even when a medical diagnosis is already in place. Whether that's relevant in your case isn't something we can say without talking it through - which is exactly what the free intro call is for. It's a chance to explain what you're already doing and find out honestly whether there's anything here worth adding to it.

This is a question we hear often, and there's no need to have it fully worked out before reaching out. Clinical Somatic Education focuses on the nervous system's role in chronic tension - many clients describe long-held holding patterns finally starting to soften once the nervous system, not just the muscle, is addressed directly.

If hypermobility or a condition like EDS is part of your picture, that's genuinely useful to know in advance - it shapes how we pace and calibrate the work together, and we always work within what your body can handle on a given day.

The best starting point is a free 15–20 minute intro call. There's no obligation - it's simply a chance to talk through what you're experiencing, understand how CSE works, and see whether it feels like the right fit before deciding on anything.

Not quite all - it depends on what you're drawn to. Bones for Life® I teach online, over Zoom, so distance is never a barrier. Clinical Somatic Education, Soma Rest, BEMER, and Spiral Stabilisation are typically hands-on work, so those sessions happen in person, here at the studio in Montrose. If you're not sure which fits what you're looking for, that's exactly what the intro call is for.

This is a pattern we hear often, and it's worth explaining because it points to something interesting about how Clinical Somatics approaches pain.

The area at the base of the thumb is largely innervated from the cervical spine - typically around the C6 level. So, while the pain shows up locally, we tend to work from the centre outward rather than treating the hand in isolation. The neck, shoulder, and upper back are often part of the picture, even when nothing hurts there directly.

A few things tend to be useful in working out what's going on: whether it's one side or both, when it tends to show up, and whether specific movements - gripping, twisting, pinching - trigger it or make it worse.

If you find that different things help a little, but the pain always returns, that's often a sign the root cause sits upstream of where you're feeling it - which is exactly the kind of pattern an intro call is useful for exploring properly.