Both somatic and cognitive somatic releases may be used with the intention to clear blocked energy patterns depending on the service provided.  Both of these practices are designed to increase an individual’s awareness of how the body kinesthetically responds to life.

Somatic releases focus on clearing energetic restrictions in the body through movement and or using energy contact points to establish energy flow.  An intellectual understanding of what is clearing through the body is not the focus of the session.  Dragon & Tiger Medical Qigong would be an example of a somatic exercise.  

Cognitive somatic sessions use dialogue to provide more of an intellectual understanding and connection to what is being energetically released in the body.  Resonance Repatterning is an example of a cognitive somatic release.