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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Viasomatic?
At Viasomatic we believe when we listen to the wisdom of our bodies we heal our mind. Our mission to help people evolve their relationship with their whole self.
Viasomatic is a yoga therapy method that brings together yoga,
movement, breath, and mindfulness practices with the neuroscience of
the stress response. Our nervous system assessment helps you gauge your
nervous system responses and deliver the tools to support you exactly where you are.
Who is Viasomatic for?
- Trauma Survivors (in conjunction with a psychotherapist or mental health specialist): Individuals recovering from emotionally or psychologically traumatic events that have created nervous system injury.
- Individuals Experiencing Stress: Those facing everyday stressors from work, relationships, or other life challenges.
- Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) (in conjunction with a psychotherapist or mental health specialist): People working with nervous system injury and triggers.
- Chronic Pain Patients (in conjunction with medical care): People managing chronic pain conditions seeking to reduce stress to manage pain.
- Insomnia and Sleep Issues: Individuals seeking better sleep quality through nervous system regulation.
- Burnout and Fatigue: Those experiencing physical and emotional exhaustion from prolonged chronic stress.
- Individuals with Chronic Illness (in conjunction with medical care): People managing chronic health conditions seeking to improve their well-being through stress recovery.
- Addiction Recovery (in conjunction with a psychotherapist, mental health, or recovery specialist): Individuals on the path of recovery seeking support in working with stress, trauma and emotions related to substance use. Viasomatic offers long-term practices to replace short term self-soothing through substance use.
- Students and Professionals: Individuals facing academic or work-related pressures and seeking stress relief.
- Caregivers: Those providing care for others who need support to navigate their own stress, anxiety and grief.
- Expectant and New Parents: Individuals navigating the challenges of pregnancy, childbirth, or parenting or those wanting to lear to self-regulate to model those skills for their children.
- Athletes: Sports professionals seeking to improve performance and manage pre-competition nerves and post-competition recovery.
- Individuals Seeking Self-Care: People looking to prioritize their mental and physical well-being.
- Individuals Seeking Mind-Body Connection: Those interested in cultivating a deeper mind-body awareness
How does the Viasomatic Method work?
The Viasomatic method uses yoga therapy, specifically yoga-based movements and breath patterns that mimic defensive stress responses to complete the stress cycle and move your nervous system back into equilibrium. Viasomatic trains the nervous system to respond actively to stressors and build resilience — which leads to better mental health.
The Viasomatic method is a bottom-up approach to working with stress, trauma, and mental health. A bottom-up approach works with the information traveling up from the body via the interoceptive senses. The Viasomatic Method creates nervous system equilibrium by connecting the body’s information with the brain and giving you tools to move through a stress response, big or small.
Doesn't stress resolve naturally in the body?
What are the benefits of the Viasomatic Method?
- Stress management — Viasomatic is an active, body based approach to working with your body’s stress response. You will learn to recognize your stress patterns and respond in a way that shifts your physiology in the moment.
- Emotional Regulation — Viasomatic offers approaches to help navigate emotions skillfully by responding with body based self-soothing practices. Emotions have great value and can guide us into growth and compassion when we can regulate the nervous system.
- Self-Agency — The Viasomatic method helps us recognize triggers and respond mindfully rather than reactively. The goal of Viasomatic is to help you learn to have a stress response while keeping your full human brain online (especially the prefrontal cortex) so you can respond to life’s challenges and triggers in alignment with your goals and values.
- Physical Relaxation — Our body based approach to stress recovery moves stuck tension in the body and supports you in feeling relaxed and at ease in the body.
- Better Sleep — Stress disrupts sleep. Completing a stress response can help you drift off into a restful sleep that supports physical restoration, the immune response, and hormone regulation.
- Long-Term Coping Strategies — Viasomatic gives you healthy tools to respond to stress that you can use for a lifetime.
- Better Relationships — Learning to regulate your own nervous system supports your ability to connect, communicate and grow in your relationships. Or as one of our clients said “Viasomatic helps me human better.”
Will Viasomatic make me calmer?
Can Viasomatic replace talk therapy?
Is Viasomatic for complex or relational trauma?
Complex trauma is the exposure (often in childhood) to multiple traumatic events that push the nervous system out of the ability to regulate itself or have a resilient stress cycle. Viasomatic programs can support your work with a trauma therapist and help train your nervous system to complete a stress response and respond skillfully to trauma triggers.
Is Viasomatic for relational or attachment trauma?
Viasomatic programs are a bottom-up approach to working with your stress responses. Our programs can support your work with a relational or attachment trauma therapist and help pave the way for the safe and secure relational connections that you desire.
Who are Viasomatic Practitioners?
How is Viasomatic different than other yoga classes or programs?
Viasomatic is different because we emphasize the nervous system and the completion of the stress cycle in our programs. We work specifically with the body’s stress responses through evidence-based practices that increase vagal tone, which means your body can relax faster after a stressor.
How can I use Viasomatic?
At each stage you’ll learn more about your nervous system, more about your stress patterns, and how to build true resilience — not the old-school “mental grit” approach, but how to actually navigate through and process life’s challenges in a healthy way today and every day.
Is Viasomatic the answer for everything?
What about accessibility?
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Jenn Wooten
Hello and welcome! I am a certified yoga therapist, trauma-informed yoga teacher and teacher trainer, and the founder of Viasomatic. I've spent 30 years studying holistic, mind-body, and somatic practices for trauma healing and nervous system resilience.
As a child I was captivated by the natural sciences and the human body. I spent many of my formative adolescent years after school in a rehab center with my sister, after she suffered a traumatic brain injury, observing movement specialists who helped people rebuild their lives after traumatic experiences.
While attending the University of Texas at Austin, I stumbled into an on-campus yoga class and instantly recognized it as a powerful tool for navigating life’s challenges and finding resilience through challenging experiences. Yoga has been my primary tool for healing from complex trauma and working with my own neurodivergence. These practices have guided me through births, deaths and everything in between.
Now, with two decades of experience in the field of yoga, somatics, and mindfulness, my work now is primarily guiding yoga teachers and mental health professionals to use movement for recovery from trauma and post-traumatic stress. Through this platform, we offer effective tools regulating the nervous system and recovering from stress, anxiety and trauma - tools which have enhanced my own well-being in immeasurable ways.
I believe in this work to empower you to take an active role in your well-being, foster personal agency, and create post-traumatic growth. I am committed to creating a nurturing and inclusive space, where you can explore the transformative power of yoga therapy.
Sam Pullen
I'm Sam Pullen, a Louisiana native who now calls Austin home. I'm a 500-hour RYT Yoga Teacher and a certified Yoga Therapist specializing in helping individuals and groups navigate the challenges of stress, trauma, anxiety, and depression.
My heart is deeply connected to the world of yoga and I'm on a mission to share its incredible benefits with all who cross my path. My main goal is to provide a safe, nurturing space where you can explore asanas, discover the power of breathwork, find stillness in meditation, and even embrace the soothing tones of sound therapy and guided meditation. I'm here to guide you as we explore what works best for your own nervous system regulation.
My passion extends to helping you cultivate a balanced relationship between your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Together, we'll create harmony in your unique ecosystem, fostering a sense of peace and resilience.
Ultimately, I'm more than a yoga nerd and enthusiast, I'm also a curious learner who thrives on conversations and insights from others who share my love for this beautiful practice. I'm here with an open heart and open arms to be your trusted companion on your journey to wellness.