Body-based care for complex, chronic conditions.
Jessa Hooley is a clinical somatic therapist and cofounder of Sonavé, an integrative pain clinic in Lehi, Utah. Her work focuses on nervous system regulation and the body-based treatment of complex trauma and chronic pain, with over 1,300 hours of formal training across polyvagal-informed care, Pain Reprocessing Therapy®, biodynamic breathwork, neurogenic yoga, and trauma-sensitive mindfulness.
She works alongside licensed clinicians and mental health providers as part of an integrative model of care, and teaches practitioners how to incorporate somatic modalities into trauma-informed practice. Her clinical interests include the somatic treatment of chronic pain, post-traumatic stress, and recovery from high-control religious environments.
Areas of Expertise
Where I Trained, What I Teach.
Over 1,300 hours of supervised training across four core domains of somatic and nervous system-centered practice.
Nervous System-Centered Pain & Trauma Care
Polyvagal Informed™ Provider, The Polyvagal Institute (35 hrs)
Pain Reprocessing Therapy® Provider (21 hrs)
Therapeutic Movement & Mindfulness
Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher 200® specializing in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma (200 hrs training plus over 1,000 teaching hours)
Advanced Mindfulness Meditation (80 hrs)
Integrated Trauma Coach (60 hrs)
Yoga Therapist in Training (International Institute of Yoga Therapy)
Somatic & Breath-Based Trauma & Tension Release
BBTRS® Advanced Practitioner (658 hrs combined)
TRE® & Neurogenic Yoga® Provider (220 hrs)
Sound Therapy
Certified by the Complementary Medical Association
Sage Canvas + Sound and Energy Academy (58 hours combined practitioner training)
Sonavé Integrative Pain Clinic.
Clinical Practice
Jessa is cofounder of Sonavé, an integrative pain clinic in Lehi, Utah where somatic practitioners work alongside medical providers and bodyworkers in a coordinated model of care. The clinic was built around the conviction that chronic pain and complex trauma respond best when the nervous system, the body, and the mind are treated as a single integrated system.
Sonavé reflects the working principle that guides Jessa's broader practice: somatic care is most effective when it sits inside, not adjacent to, clinical treatment.
Lived Experience
The Path to This Work
Jessa came to this work through her own recovery from complex developmental trauma, high-control religion, and sexual assault – experiences that inform both her clinical sensibility and her conviction that healing requires the body, not only the mind.
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She found yoga and meditation in her early twenties, in the middle of a long and disorienting period of chronic pain, chronic fatigue, obsessive compulsive disorder, and panic. The practices kept her steady long enough to eventually find a trauma specialist in her thirties who helped her name what she had been carrying.
From that point forward she has been committed to the holistic, integrative care she now offers others, and to making sure survivors are met by practitioners who understand the body as a partner in healing rather than an obstacle to it.
Speaking and Teaching
Signature Topics
Available for keynotes, workshops, panels, and CE-eligible trainings for clinicians and wellness practitioners.
Clinical Practice
Polyvagal Theory in Practice: A Somatic Toolkit for Clinicians Working with Complex Conditions
Somatic Modalities
Beyond Comprehension: The Body's Built-In Mechanisms for Resolving Tension, Pain, and Stress
Integrative Care
When Pain Outlives the Injury: The Nervous System Mechanism Behind Chronic Symptoms.
Trauma-Informed Practice
Beyond Catharsis and Calm: Breathwork and the Skill of Titrated Intensity
Integrative Care
Eastern Yoga Philosophy and Somatic Principles in the Treatment of Chronic Symptoms
Full Credentials
Certifications and Insurance
Certified through the institutions below. Insured by Alternative Balance.
Nervous System–Informed Pain & Trauma Care​
Somatic & Breath-Based Trauma Release​
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Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System© (BBTRS©) Professional Practitioner (149 hr)
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Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises® and Neurogenic Yoga® Provider (220 hr)
Trauma-Sensitive Movement & Mindfulness​
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Yoga Assets 200hr Yoga Teacher Certificate (RYT-200) (200 hr)
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School of Positive Transformation Advanced Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certificate (80 hr)
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Aura Institute Level 1 Integrated Trauma Coach Certificate (60 hr)
Sound Therapy​
Scope of Practice
How I Work With Licensed Providers
Jessa works within a somatic, body-based scope of practice and partners with licensed mental health and medical providers as part of an integrative model. She does not diagnose, prescribe, or treat mental health conditions, and her work is designed to complement, not replace, psychotherapy and psychiatric care.
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Clinicians referring clients into somatic work, or interested in collaborative care arrangements through Sonavé, are warmly welcomed.