Raisa Punkki

Raisa is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner®, Certified Pilates Teacher, Certified Integral Hatha Yoga Teacher from Beginning to Advanced levels, Stress Management and Raja Yoga Teacher. Raisa began Somatic Experiencing® studies in 2018 and she is an SEP®. After completing the SE training she did IOTN I with Peter Levine and Touch Training for Therapists and Coupling Dynamics with Kathy L. Kain. She is also assisting at the SE trainings. Raisa has over 35 years of expertise in working with human body through various movement practices and performing arts. She holds a BA in Dance Pedagogy and an MA in Dance. Before moving to San Francisco, California in 2003 she toured as a professional dance artist and taught at the Universities in Europe. Being a life long student, she is constantly educating herself in body-mind sciences. As a SEP® she helps clients when body’s natural flow have been interrupted by a traumatic event to restore their innate ability to be in the body and to get back to the flow of movement. Raisa is working with clients of different ages, from various backgrounds and conditions, designing every session according to the needs and abilities of the person. She owns a movement practice studio in downtown San Francisco where the private in person movement and SE® sessions are held. She fully dives into the process, calmly and kindly guiding clients to new discoveries about their body-mind connection and helps them in a process of resolving trauma residing in the body. She combines over 35 years of expertise in movement and body-mind education under the umbrella of IdaFlow LLC. Raisa is accepting new clients both in person and online. (Raisa Punkki is not a licensed mental health practitioner or a medical professional.)