SPINAL ENERGETICS · NAPA VALLEY
Your nervous system knows how to heal. This work helps it remember.
A body-based practice working with the spine, nervous system, and your own innate intelligence - available now in Napa, CA at Studio Be.
What Is Spinal Energetics?
Your spine is not just a structural column. It houses and protects your entire nervous system and every stress response, survival pattern, emotional holding, and regulatory state your body has ever experienced moves through it.
Spinal Energetics works directly with the spine and nervous system using precise, low-force - and sometimes non-contact - input. Rather than forcing a result, the work invites your system to complete what it already started. What often follows is spontaneous movement, shifts in breath, unexpected release, or a quality of stillness that feels genuinely different from just relaxing.
This is your nervous system reorganizing. Not being fixed - reorganizing. There's a meaningful difference.
The science calls this neuroplasticity: the nervous system's lifelong capacity to form genuinely new pathways when given the right conditions. What contemplative traditions have known for centuries, modern neuroscience is now catching up to. Spinal Energetics holds both - not as competing explanations, but as different languages describing the same territory.
Developed by Dr. Sarah Jane Perri. As seen in Vogue, Marie Claire, Women's Health, and more.
This is not a reset that fades by Monday.
A lot of wellness experiences offer temporary relief. Spinal Energetics creates the conditions for the nervous system to actually reorganize - not manage stress better, but change the patterns underneath it.
Clients don't just leave feeling calmer. Over time they notice they respond differently - to pressure, to conflict, to their own bodies. They hold more without shutting down. They recover faster. They make decisions from a different place.
This is not escape. It's expansion. The work builds, just like the gym, session by session, layer by layer - creating a new foundation for how you function, not just how you feel in the moment.
What you might notice:
Reduced stress and anxiety that doesn't just bounce back
More capacity to hold difficulty without collapsing or overriding
Emotional release without having to talk through everything
Better sleep, clearer thinking, more presence
A felt sense of coming back to yourself that actually lasts
RACHEL'S SPINAL ENERGETICS OFFERINGSGroup Classes
The most accessible way to begin. Weekly classes at Studio Be Napa blend breathwork and Spinal Energetics in a group container of up to 12 people. 75 minutes. Mats, blankets, and props provided. Fun, unique, and always different.
Community Spinal Energetics
Aka semi-private sessions. This is the most convenient entry point into Rachel's hands-on table work. Quick, efficient, intimate sessions, up to 2 people at a time, 30–45 minutes of direct Spinal Energetics and somatic energy work. The easiest way to maintain consistent care.
Small Group Table Sessions
An intimate container of up to 4 people combining breathwork, Spinal Energetics, and somatic energy work at the table. Small enough for real individual attention. Regularly scheduled at Studio Be — also available as a private booking for 2–5 people, on-site or off.
1:1 Private Sessions
Rachel's most intimate offering. Every minute, every session, held entirely for one person and one nervous system. Available by bundle only for dedicated ongoing clients. New clients are encouraged to begin with Community SE or Group Classes first.
Who This Is For?
High-capacity humans who know there is more and are ready to stop leaving it on the table.
Leaders, caregivers, entrepreneurs, and seekers who have already done a lot of work and sense the next layer isn't intellectual. People who want to feel more without being overwhelmed, hold more without shutting down, and create and lead and love from a place that doesn't cost them everything.
Also: the person who has never tried anything like this and just has a feeling they should… this is for you too.
Both are welcome. Neither needs to explain themselves.
MEET YOUR SPINAL ENERGETICS PRACTITIONER
Hi, I’m Rachel
I'm a Spinal Energetics practitioner and co-owner of Studio Be Napa. I came to this work through my own body, and have spent years living inside it before offering it to others. My approach is precise, present, and deeply human.
Credentials:
Spinal Energetics Practitioner — trained with Dr. Sarah Jane Perri
Ongoing training in Somatic Energy with Dr. John Amaral
Co-owner, Studio Be Napa
Frequently Asked Questions
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Group Classes and Community Spinal Energetics are the natural entry points for most new clients — lower commitment, still deeply effective, and a great way to experience the work before going deeper. If you're ready to go all in, 1:1 sessions are available by inquiry.
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No. This works whether you believe in it or not — because it's not working on your beliefs. It's working with your body's own innate intelligence. The same intelligence that heals a papercut without you thinking about it, that regulates your breath while you sleep. That intelligence is already in you. You don't need faith. You just need to show up.
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No. And this distinction matters. A lot of wellness experiences offer temporary relief. Spinal Energetics creates the conditions for the nervous system to actually reorganize — not manage stress better, but change the patterns underneath it. Clients don't just leave feeling calmer. Over time they notice they respond differently — to pressure, to conflict, to their own bodies. This is not escape. It's expansion. The work builds.
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No. There is no manipulation, cracking, or deep tissue work. While Reiki and many energy modalities work primarily with the energetic field, Spinal Energetics works simultaneously with the spine, nervous system, and energetic field through a clinically grounded, structured approach. It borrows from many worlds and belongs entirely to its own.
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New clients are generally encouraged to commit to around six sessions before moving into maintenance care — not because it's a rule, but because the nervous system builds on itself. Each session creates conditions for the next one to go deeper. That said, there is no one-size-fits-all. Start where you are. The work will show you where to go next.
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Comfortable clothing you can lie flat in. Nothing restrictive around the neck or spine.
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The nervous system is doing something even when you can't feel it yet. Some people feel everything immediately. Others notice the shift a day or two later — in how they sleep, how they respond to stress, how they move through their week. Trust the process. The body is never not responding.
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Rachel practices at Studio Be Napa in downtown Napa, CA — easily accessible from across Napa Valley and the North Bay, including Sonoma, Petaluma, and Marin. Offsite and private experiences are also available.
Studio Be is an appointment only studio. We are located at 301 Post St. Napa, CA 94558.
Ready to find out what your nervous system is capable of?
Most people spend years managing their stress, pushing through, and waiting for things to feel different. This work offers something else - a way to change the patterns underneath, build real capacity, and come back to yourself in a way that actually lasts.
Sessions available now at Studio Be in downtown Napa. Happily serving clients from Napa Valley, the North Bay, and beyond.