“Creating space for wholeness to re-emerge”
Veda Wellness invites you to come home to yourself. Through the gentle yet transformative power of somato-energetics, fascial release, and soul-deep bodywork. In each session is a ritual of release and restoration through all dimensions; somatic, emotional, cognitive, relational, and energetic. Here, we embrace the philosophy that true beauty and vitality stem from nurturing the interconnected harmony of all our parts.
i’m JOANA
My journey in holistic health started over a decade ago with Ayurveda and yoga therapy. Since then my passion for holistic medicine, and beauty practices, led me to study medical skincare, naturopathy, fascial therapy, and integrative somatic therapy.
I believe our body is our vehicle for experiencing life. It holds all our stories, and our medicine. Through the gentle yet transformative power of somatics, fascial release, and soul-deep bodywork, I guide women on a journey of healing, renewal, and self-discovery far beyond the surface.
I believe health, beauty and vitality stem from nurturing the interconnected harmony of all our parts, and my goal is to facilitate the return of that harmony and balance.
I specializes in a a somato-energetic approach that integrates body work with deep nervous system work, through the lens of polyvagal theory, and trauma resolution. I bring forth a therapeutic method that encompasses multiple dimensions of a person’s lived experience.
As a teacher, I train practitioners to hold therapeutic presence, embody the 3 dimensions of touch, and hold acute awareness for both the structural and subtle body. My method provides a clear framework and theoretical understanding for deep somato-energetic work, and the ability to address individual client needs as they emerge.
I integrate the ancient healing arts with modern science backed methods, in a blissfully elegant way as I work on the whole system; both physically and energetically. My intention is to bring self care back to an art form and therapeutic ritual for the whole person.
“In ayurveda, we honour that we are more than just the physical body and see life as a ritual. When we treat life as sacred ritual ; its wisdom is revealed, and this is the same for the body. When we see self care of a ritual for connecting to the wisdom of the body, the medicine is revealed.”
- Joana Peixoto Santelli ,IPHM, FST.
Integrative Somatic Therapist, Naturopathic Practitioner & Medical Skin Care Specialist
SOMATO-ENERGETICS
A SYSTEM FOR GUIDING AND FACILITATING SOMATO-EMOTIONAL RELEASE
Through the gentle yet transformative power of somato-energetics, fascial release, and soul-deep bodywork, we guide women on a journey of healing, renewal, and self-discovery far beyond the surface. Each session is more than skin care or bodywork—it’s a ritual of release and restoration through all dimensions; somatic, emotional, cognitive, relational, and energetic. Here, we embrace the philosophy that true beauty and vitality stem from nurturing the interconnected harmony of all our parts.
“Rooted in ancient wisdom. Proven by science. Designed to transform.”
our 4 pillar Method
Somato-Energetics is a holistic therapy that offers a distinctive approach to somato-emotional release using body work, trauma resolution, and ANS work, through the lens of polyvagal theory. It is designed with a neurophysiological framework that honours 4 pillars :
Fascia as Memory Medium: addressing and dissolving emotional + somatic memory patterns via breathwork and fascial unwinding.
Tracking Autonomic Nervous System Shifts: the art of therapeutic listening (follow , listen, allow).
Creating a Therapeutic Container: physical safety, internal state, resource building.
Somatic Memory Processing: emotional emergence, cognitive integration, timing, titration , scope , boundaries.
WHY SOMATO-ENERGETICS?
Working with the Nervous system in harmony with the restorative touch therapy is 10x more effective.
Improve mind-heart and mind-body coherence, circulation, heart health, nervous system regulation, mental clarity, overall min and body wellbeing.
Soma means a living organism in it’s wholeness. This is a therapy for meeting and addressing our wholeness and regain physical and emotional vitality through the art of somatics and sacred ritual.
who is this for ?
MASSAGE AND FASCIAL THERAPISTS
REIKI PRACTITIONERS
ANYONE WANTING TO WORK ON THE SUBTLE ENERGY BODY + THE STRUCTURAL BODY AS ONE
This is a touch therapy with movement, breath, and cognitive introspection. It requires your own mobility, strength, powerful breath, knowledge, intuitive wisdom, and profound insight from your own personal healing work.
This is ideal for any body worker wanting to go into deeper layers of emotion, and trauma with clients. Although previous body work training is ideal, it is not mandatory. The focus here is on integration : somatic, emotional, cognitive, relational, and energetic.
more on SOMATO-ENERGETICS
Central to this approach is the recognition of the hierarchical organization of the autonomic nervous system. In this training, practitioners understand that emotional processing can only occur effectively within the ‘ventral vagal state’-characterized by engagement, connection, and optimal regulatory capacity. Touch technique with this framework emphasizes following, rather than directing. We train practitioners to be attune to subtle cues presented by the tissues, supporting the natural unwinding process rather than imposing predetermined patterns or outcomes. The inherent intelligence of the body's self-healing capacity guides the somato-emotional release process.
In this training you will learn to become a skilled practitioner who creates optimal conditions and then follows the natural unfolding of the healing process. This method encompasses multiple dimensions; somatic, emotional, cognitive, relational, and energetic. Integration across these multiple dimensions creates lasting transformation rather than temporary catharsis or insight without embodiment.
A somato-energetics practitioners explicitly address each of these dimensions, ensuring that insights and releases at one level are incorporated across all aspects of the client's experience. While the method provides a clear framework and theoretical understanding, each session unfolds according to the unique needs and process of each individual client. As practitioners develop proficiency in guiding somato-emotional release and processing somatic memory patterns, they gain access to a powerful dimension of healing that addresses the root causes of many physical symptoms while supporting clients overall wellbeing and embodied presence.
Over 80 online lessons of continued education in somatic healing , body and energy systems, trauma informed practice, energetics, breath, and much more.
3 month mentorship with Joana (biweekly calls 90mins )
complete online video demonstrations
Certification in the SOMATO-ENERGETICS
