Nichole Ferro

Nichole Ferro is the founder of Somatic Arts Academy and a practitioner with over 15 years of experience in breathwork, somatic therapy, and yoga therapy. She has trained extensively with leading voices in the field — including Dr. Gabor Maté, Dick Schwartz, and Dr. Arielle Schwartz — and has accumulated more than 12,000 teaching hours working with individuals and groups.

Her approach weaves together trauma-informed somatic techniques, nervous system education, breathwork, shamanic practices, and spiritual ceremony. She's especially known for her ability to hold space for deep emotional work — guiding clients through experiences like rebirthing breathwork, reiki, and plant medicine ceremony with both clinical grounding and intuitive care.

Through Somatic Arts Academy, Nichole offers professional certification trainings for therapists, coaches, and healers who want to deepen their body-based facilitation skills. She also leads intimate Deep Heart plant medicine ceremonies and retreats in Southern California. Her work is rooted in the belief that healing happens when the mind and body are brought into genuine conversation.