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ASTTARTE DEVA HEALING WELLNESS CENTER
Reiki, Advanced Energy Healing & Somatic Massage in Philadelphia
Professional In-Person and Distance Healing Sessions with Asttarte Deva
Asttarte Deva Healing Wellness Center is a private healing practice based in Manayunk, Philadelphia, offering in-person and online support for emotional, energetic, physical and spiritual well-being.
Services include Reiki, advanced energy-healing therapies, Somatic Massage, Somatic Stress Release, Breathwork, Meditation, Yoga, Transformational Life Coaching, Relationship and Emotional Intimacy Coaching, Holistic Health and Heart-Opening Healing.
Through personalized private sessions, Asttarte supports individuals and couples in releasing stress, understanding recurring patterns, reconnecting with themselves and creating greater balance, clarity, intimacy and well-being.
Somatic Stress Release Therapy
Asttarte’s approach to Somatic Stress Release Therapy begins with safety, grounding and listening. Through seated conversation, gentle breathing, mindfulness, emotional exploration, imagery and intuitive energy awareness, each session follows what your body is ready to reveal.
The images below illustrate some of the ways a session may unfold. Every experience is individual, and no particular sensation, emotion or release is expected.
Beginning with Grounding and Safety
We begin seated together in a comfortable space.
You are invited to share what you have been experiencing, which may include emotional distress, relationship or intimacy concerns, anxiety, physical discomfort or a general feeling that something within you is unsettled.
Asttarte then guides you through gentle breathing and grounding practices to help you become present in the room and more aware of your body. If your system feels highly activated, the initial focus may simply be helping you feel steadier, safer, more balanced and supported.
There is no pressure to immediately enter a deep emotional process.
Giving Sensations an Image and a Voice
A session may focus on a particular area of discomfort or tension. The neck and shoulders, for example, may feel as though they are carrying an enormous weight. The sensation might appear in your imagination as heavy bricks, a clamp, pressure, pins and needles or something entirely personal to you.
Rather than immediately trying to make the sensation disappear, Asttarte may invite you to notice it, describe it and breathe gently into it. As your body relaxes around the experience, feelings or words may begin to emerge.
Intuitive questions and relational or emotional guidance may help you understand what the sensation has been carrying and what it may need from you.
Discovering What Feels Possible
As you become more settled, Asttarte will help you notice whether it feels comfortable to breathe more deeply and explore the sensations, emotions or energy within your body.
If inward exploration feels accessible, the session may move into a deeper Somatic Stress Release process. If it does not feel supportive that day, the session can remain conversational or shift into another modality, including table-based relaxation or energy work.
Your body’s response helps determine the direction and pace of the session.
Following the Movement of Energy and Emotion
Sensations do not always remain in one place. Weight around the shoulders may soften and lift, move into the stomach or transform into a different feeling.
The stomach might suddenly feel heavy, unsettled, anxious or nauseated. By staying present without forcing an outcome, you can notice whether the sensation wants to move, change, communicate or gradually disperse.
Sometimes the shift is immediate. Sometimes it unfolds slowly. Sometimes a sensation leads to an emotion, memory, realization or another area of the body asking for attention.
Softening the Walls Around the Heart
The heart may appear protected by a heavy weight or an imagined brick wall. You may not initially know why it is there or what exists behind it.
Asttarte can guide you in connecting with that protective image and discovering what feels necessary. You might imagine the wall cracking, crumbling or being carefully dismantled. You may envision an angel or another loving spiritual presence beside you, helping you feel supported as the energy changes.
The intention is not to force the heart open. It is to listen to the protection, honor why it may have developed and allow change only when your system feels ready.
When Quiet Arrives
After an emotional or energetic movement, everything may suddenly become quiet. That quiet can create space for rest, clarity or a new sensation to emerge.
For some people, stillness feels peaceful. For others, it may feel unfamiliar or uncomfortable. If you do not want to continue deeper, the process can pause or move into a different form of support.
Nothing has to be pushed. Your comfort, boundaries and capacity remain important throughout the session.
A Personalized Somatic Process
The experiences described above are examples of how a Somatic Stress Release Therapy session might unfold. They are not a prescribed sequence, and every session is unique to the individual and what they are experiencing when they arrive.
Other sensations, emotions, images, memories or energetic patterns may arise and ask to be acknowledged. Some may need movement or expression; others may need to be discussed, witnessed, released or simply met with compassion. Different practices may be introduced according to what feels supportive and what you are comfortable exploring.
You may experience emotion, imagery, warmth, movement, physical sensation, spontaneous insight or a deep sense of calm. You may also simply feel more grounded and connected with yourself.
Sessions are personalized and may incorporate breathing, mindfulness, emotional dialogue, imagery, gentle movement, sound, energy awareness or another supportive practice according to your needs and consent.
Somatic Stress Release Therapy is a complementary wellness practice. It does not replace medical care, psychotherapy or treatment from a licensed healthcare professional.