About Hannah
Hannah is the Founder of Somaya, Lead Facilitator and Former Director of Programming at HOLOS Global, a Founding Member of Inscape Global Retreats, a Fellow with New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary Fellowship, and a Mentee of the Infamous Debbie Allen.
The Somaya Method is a product of Hannah’s life as a professional dancer, her diplomacy and peace initiatives in the Middle East, her academic studies in somatic psychology and art therapy, and is a byproduct of her personal journey in healing herself naturally of Crohn’s disease. Hannah has been taking the method around the world for the last 12 years, and has combined it with neuroplasticity for the last 7.
Hannah believes, and has seen in countless transformations, that the key to true and lasting healing is the combination of neuroplasticity and somatic release and integration.
Hannah works with high impact leaders around the world to come home to themselves, and recenter in their life’s purpose. She also builds programs around the world for at-risk populations. Since she believes in equal access to this work, all of her impact clients are encouraged to sponsor an aligned person to work in a Somaya Signature or Somaya Circle container.
About Claire
With over a decade of leadership in wellness, social justice, and transformational healing, Claire Avelina brings dedication, deep integrity, and a heart-centered rigor to her role as Director of Operations and Co-Facilitator at The Somaya Method. Claire combines her extensive experience as a mentor, ceremonialist, and advocate with business and organizational expertise, creating safe spaces where leaders and professional clients can deeply heal, expand, and act in alignment with their highest potential.
Drawing on her background in alternative healing modalities—energy work, ancestral practices, ceremonial medicine—alongside formal training in mental / emotional health, integrative wellness, and harm reduction, Claire is committed to offering approaches that are both spiritually grounded and evidence-informed. She has worked closely with therapists, social workers, change-makers, and mental health professionals, serving as an ally and partner to embed holistic frameworks into their clients’ journeys.
In her capacity at The Somaya Method, Claire ensures each retreat container is held with impeccable attention to safety, ethical boundaries, cultural competency, and emotional support. Her leadership behind the scenes—from infrastructure to organizational culture, logistics to relational dynamics—makes it possible for participants to arrive, surrender, and transform, fully held.
Claire believes true transformation arises when people are seen, heard, and honored in all their complexity: body, spirit, mind. She’s dedicated to stewarding spaces where trauma can be released, nervous systems resettle, and inner architecture rewires—not just for personal healing, but for collective evolution.
