SPRe® - create more freedom in your body and mind

SPRE is the acronym for Somatic Personal Resonance Education.

SOMATIC refers to how your body works as both a time capsule and a constantly reporting system.

PERSONAL reflects that the information is already yours and unique to you.

RESONANCE refers to the quality of being alive and relational.

Most therapies work on one layer at a time - the body or the mind, the muscles or the conversation. SPRE works at the intersection of all of them. It’s bodywork informed by your personal story, which means the physical tension we’re working with isn’t just mechanical - it’s connected to patterns you’ve been carrying, sometimes for years or decades. People often come to us after they’ve tried medical, physical and talk therapies with little enduring relief. That can mean their experience of pain, tension, discomfort or stuckness requires a different approach.

SPRE is a state-approved Somatic Education Training Program in Washington - one of very few bodywork methods to hold that distinction.

SPRe sessions take place in a private room, with seating as well as a comfortable massage table. The space is ambient, welcoming and peaceful.

Your bodywork takes place fully clothed, so wear comfortable clothing.

Each 60 minute session includes seated dialogue that informs the attuned bodywork.

Conversation and exploratory dialogue uncover the links between physical tension, life patterns and possibly belief systems.

Not in the way you might expect. There is a seated conversation at the beginning of each session that can be more exploratory rather than therapeutic in the traditional sense - like following a thread. You set the pace.

SPRE is trauma-informed, not trauma-focused - the work builds your structure and stability first, and engages with difficult material only when you’re ready. The bodywork itself does a lot of the communicating; your body often knows what it needs to express before you find the words for it. Many clients are surprised by how gentle and unforced the whole process feels.

Your body is already be telling you. Some signals that are worth paying attention to include: your back hurts during stressful periods. Certain people or situations reliably trigger a headache or physical discomfort. you have unexplained digestive issues or you experience physical symptoms that don’t have clear medical explanation. Your talk therapy is helping on some level, but your body still doesn’t feel like it matches. These are somatic patterns and these non-verbal tension patterns are something SPRE is specifically designed to work with. If any of this sounds familiar, it’s worth trying SPRE. We often tell new clients that they’ll know after the first session if it is the right fit for them.

We often say it is difficult to describe in words, but you’ll know after trying one session. The bodywork happens fully clothes on a padded table, and the practitioner uses gentle, elliptical movement through the body. Clients describe sensations like warmth spreading through tissue, spaces opening, tension being eased, less effort in standing afterwards, a feeling of being softly held and supported.

One client described it as finally being able to rest fully into herself. Another said it changed the way she moves through the world entirely. The experience tends to initially feel subtle, and builds over time.

SPRE is for people dealing with chronic stress, persistent pain, inflammation or a general sense of being stuck - physically or generally, in their lives. It was also be supportive for people who feel disconnected from their bodies. People who’ve been through something difficult and sense that they body is still holding on to that memory, even if they can’t quite articulate how.

SPRE is also a great complement to Pilates or Gyrotonic work - many Studio Evolve clients combing SPRE with a movement modality, or do all three, finding that each addresses something different.

Martine, Studio Evolve Founder, and SPRE Education founder, brought these different styles of work together, over 20 years ago, in 2006 because clients benefit from a coordinated approach. SPRE is central to how we understand the relationship between movement, the body and lived experience.

Most people feel something shift after their first session, though it’s often subtle - a more settled nervous system, a feeling of more spaciousness in the body or more restful sleep. The more lasting changes tend to build over a longer term series of sessions. There isn’t a set map or agenda to work through in your SPRE sessions. You work cooperatively with your practitioner to listen to your body’s own communication and guide the pace and route with that information together.

Fill out the form at the bottom of this page and we’ll be in touch to schedule your first session. All SPRE sessions at Studio Evolve are private and held in a quiet, comfortable treatment room in our Wallingford studio. If you want to learn more about this method before booking, visit sprebodywork.com or reach out with questions.