About Me — so glad we’ve crossed paths
Susan Reis
Integrative Somatic Practitioner,
Developmental & Psychosynthesis Coach,
Nervous System Reorganization · Relational Repatterning · Contemplative Depth · Developmental & Conscious Growth
I’m a somatic practitioner, psychosynthesis coach, and meditation teacher based in New York City, completing an MS in Applied Neuroscience. My background is rooted in contemplative perspectives, and somatic work became a natural evolution because they are, at their core, the same work: building the capacity for presence.
Over time my work has narrowed to what I find most meaningful and most misunderstood in the somatic field: development of the self, distinct from the shock trauma the field was originally designed for. To change, grow, and expand means changing, growing, and expanding the brain and central nervous system. This means working with the whole system: the thoughts that formed around experience, the emotions and sensations in the body, and the meaning we made of it. Real developmental change happens when all of it reorganizes together, not piece by piece, and it builds a self that can meet what's ahead, not just resolve what's behind.
This work is also deeply personal. I know firsthand the experiences of disconnection and chronic pain, and I meet each person with the presence and care I once needed myself.
I have long been an end-of-life companion and hospice volunteer, accompanying people and families through the dying process: it is where emotions cannot be managed away, where compassionate presence is the only thing that remains, and where I have learned the most about what this work actually asks. It has shaped everything about my approach.
I hold a deep respect for the complexity and potential of what it means to be human, and I love supporting others in building the capacity for presence, inhabiting themselves fully, and living from the inside out.
I'm glad you're here.
—Susan Reis
Certifications , Trainings, and Experience
Neuro & Emotional / Trauma Processing
Presence / Contemplative / Subtle Systems
Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher
Compassion-Based Resilience Training Certified Instructor (Nalanda Institute)
Contemplative Practice Teacher (non-dogmatic Christian contemplation rooted presence and spiritual practice)
Nejang Healing Yoga Teacher (non-dogmatic Buddhist Vajrayana subtle energy points aligned somatic practice)
Identity / Psyche / Meaning
Certified Hypnotist (NGH)
Certified Psychosynthesis Coach
Archetypal Astrologer
Graduate Certificate in Jungian Studies & Analytical Psychology (Pacifica)
Physiological Retraining/Support
Certified Buteyko Breathing Instructor
Existential / Acute
Volunteer End-of-Life/Death Doula
Hospice Volunteer
Living/Dying Project Volunteer
NOVA Crisis Response Trained & Volunteer
ICISF Individual & Group Crisis Intervention Trained
My Values
Self-Acceptance & Individuation
Transformation isn't becoming someone else, but moves the direction, from the inside out. It's shedding the protective identities that formed around what couldn't yet be met and returning to the authority and meaning that were always yours.
Not Just Healing, but Being
This work doesn't keep you in endless cycles of self-correction. The goal is movement beyond fixing into genuine presence with your own complexity and life. Healing is the expansion of what you can be with an open heart, in yourself, in others, and in life itself.
Compassionate Presence
Healing doesn't come from a modality. It comes from presence — disciplined, cultivated, and precise, but felt and sensed. The tools are in service of building the capacity for it rather than the other way around.
Integrity & Care
I ground my work in continuous training, contemplative wisdom, and a deep ethical commitment. I take each person's care seriously, communicate transparently about fit, and implement my own best practices. This work asks something of me too.