The Soma+IQ^™ Method

Soma+IQ is the method I’m certified in — a structured journey of connected breathing through cycles of activation and settling, with held breath between them. It sits within a long lineage of conscious connected breathwork: from Leonard Orr’s Rebirthing, which I first practised decades ago, through Stanislav Grof’s Holotropic Breathwork, to today’s somatic methods.

What these approaches share is a simple premise, drawn from the somatic trauma tradition — Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing and Bessel van der Kolk’s work on how the body holds and releases trauma. Like other animals, we’re built to move stress through and discharge it; but overwhelm can stay held in the body when that natural completion is interrupted. Conscious, connected breathing — with sound, somatic awareness, and, with your consent, light supportive touch — helps the body do what it already knows how to do: soften, move what it’s holding, and return to its own rhythm.

Many people experience a real release in this work — through emotion, movement, sound, or stillness — as the body lets go of what it has carried. Others simply feel calmer and more themselves. There’s no required arc; the session follows your body’s lead.

This is a somatic, personal‑growth practice grounded in nervous‑system regulation, and it is not a substitute for psychotherapy or medical care.