Bay Area Somatic Therapy Center
Trauma-informed • Body-based • Community care
Free or low-cost resources
Free online monthly somatic groups
Staci Haine's Soma SJ practice group
The Heartway 1st Thursday's Yoga Nidra
The Feldenkrais Method
Podcasts
Books
Emotions
Letting Go - David Hawkins
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents - Lindsay Gibson
Grief
The Smell of Rain on Dust - Martín Prechtel
The Wild Edge of Sorrow - Francis Weller
Nervous system
Anchored - Deb Dana
The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk
CPTSD memoir
Educated - Tara Westover
What My Bones Know - Stephanie Foo
Trauma
What Happened to You? - Oprah & Bruce Perry
Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma - Peter Levine
Somatic theory
Diverse Bodies, Diverse Practices, Toward an Inclusive Somatics
Bones, Breath, Gesture, Practices of Embodiment - Don Johnson
Non-western healing
The Healing Wisdom of Africa - Malidoma Patrice Somé
Voices From the Ancestors, Xicanx and Latinx Spiritual Expressions and Healing Practices
Crisis support
If you are experiencing an emergency, please call 911. If you prefer not to involve emergency responders, below is a list of free warm or hotlines.
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call: 988
MHASF Warmline
Provides peer-led, non-coercive, and stigma-reducing support
Call or text: 855-600-9276
Wildflower Alliance
A hotline answered by a trained peer supporter who has their own first-hand experience with psychiatric diagnosis, trauma, addiction, and/or other crises
Call: 888-407-4515
Mon - Thu: 4pm - 6pm PT
Fri - Sun: 4pm - 7pm PT
Call BlackLine
A hotline geared towards the Black, Black LGBTQI, Brown, Native and Muslim community
Call or Text: 1-800-604-5841
LGBT National Help Center
Free & confidential peer-support, information, and local resources for and by the LGBTQIA+ family community
Hotline: 888-843-4564
Coming Out Support: 888-688-5428
Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743
Senior Hotline: 888-234-7243
Mon - Fri: 11 am - 8 pm PT
Sat: 9 am - 2 pm PT
Trans Lifeline
A peer support and crisis hotline run by trans people for the trans, nonbinary, agender, and questioning community
US: 1-877-565-8860
CA: 1-877-330-6366
Fireside Project
A psychedelic support line that provides non-clinical emotional support during and after psychedelic experiences
Call or Text: 623-473-7433
11 am - 11 pm PT