The Evolution of the SomaCode Method™
The Evolution of the SomaCode Method™
The Evolution of the SomaCode Method™
Where science meets soul and the body finally gets to speak.
Ancient Roots: Healing Was Never Separate
Long before "wellness" became a trend or a marketing word, ancient traditions understood something we’re only just remembering:
The mind, the body, the skin, and the soul were never separate.
They spoke the same language.
They healed in relationship.
They listened to the body as if it were an oracle because it was.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
For thousands of years, TCM has mapped emotions, organs, and meridians the way we map roads. Skin was never “just skin.”
It was an extension of the internal world a clue, a signal, a mirror.
Ayurveda
Ayurveda taught that the skin is a storyteller of internal harmony.
Your dosha shapes more than your personality it shapes how imbalance shows up through the skin, emotions, and energy.
From these ancient systems came the first truth I built SomaCode upon:
What the skin shows is only ever half the story.
The body always tells the rest.
The Rise of Skin Science: Corneotherapy
Where modern dermatology caught up to ancient wisdom.
In the 20th century, dermatology finally turned toward the stratum corneum the very layer therapists were taught to strip.
Enter Dr. Albert Kligman, who changed everything.
His research revealed what ancient wisdom had whispered all along:
When you support the barrier, the skin heals itself.
Kligman coined the term corneotherapy, and it became the scientific backbone of what I practice today:
no stripping
no forcing
no inflaming
Just restoring the skin’s intelligence so it can do the miraculous things it’s designed to do.
Later, experts like Dr. Peter Elias and Dr. Hans Lautenschläger expanded the field, shaping the corneotherapeutic principles I use at a cellular, clinical, and somatic level.
Educational Insight
The stratum corneum is only a few micrometres thick yet it dictates:
moisture
immunity
resilience
inflammation
ageing
Corneotherapy gave me language for what I had always felt in my hands:
Skin heals when you listen to it, not when you punish it.
Emotional Anatomy: The Body Stores What the Mind Cannot
Science explained the barrier.
Somatics explained the body.
But emotional anatomy gave me the missing piece:
The body remembers everything the mind tries to outrun.
Suddenly the patterns I’d always seen made sense:
A tight jaw holding years of unspoken truth
A chest that collapses under emotional load
A stomach knotted with unswallowed experiences
Skin erupting when the body can no longer internalise the conflict
Modern research in psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) confirms this:
Emotional suppression elevates inflammation and weakens repair.
Emotional anatomy gave me the language for the skin’s emotional echoes.
It taught me how to listen in a way no beauty qualification ever covered.
The Subconscious Revolution: NLP & Hypnosis
Patterns live in the body but they’re programmed in the subconscious.
Up to 95% of behaviour begins there.
This is why I added NLP and hypnosis:
Hypnosis
From Mesmer to Erickson, hypnosis evolved into one of the most powerful ways to access the part of the mind where identity, self-worth, fear, and emotional memory live.
NLP
NLP taught us that language shapes reality
and when you change the internal vocabulary,
you change the body’s response.
Educational Insight
In hypnosis, the brain enters theta states the same state of deep learning, repair, and re-patterning.
This is where real transformation begins.
NLP and hypnosis gave me the tools that bridged the gap between emotional truth, somatic memory, and behavioural change.
The Somatic Turn: The Wisdom of the Nervous System
Somatics brought the final piece home.
Coined by Thomas Hanna in 1976, “somatics” reframed the body from a machine into soma a living, sensing, intelligent self.
This aligned deeply with what my own intuition had always known:
The nervous system is the gateway to real healing.
Then polyvagal theory confirmed it:
Safety, connection, emotion, identity all influenced by the vagus nerve.
And touch?
Touch became the bridge.
Educational Insight
Intentional touch:
increases oxytocin
lowers cortisol
regulates the vagus nerve
shifts the body from defence into repair
Touch isn’t cosmetic.
It’s communication. It’s correction. It’s connection.
When I touch a face, I’m not just treating skin
I’m speaking to a nervous system.
The Birth of The SomaCode Method™
Where everything finally came together.
The ancient, the scientific, the somatic, the emotional, the subconscious all threads of the same tapestry.
This is where The SomaCode Method™ was born.
A multidimensional approach that works through four powerful layers:
1. Corneotherapy
Restoring the barrier so the skin can heal.
2. Emotional Anatomy
Reading the body’s hidden language and stored memories.
3. NLP & Hypnosis
Rewriting subconscious patterns that influence skin, behaviour, and self-worth.
4. Somatic Practice
Regulating the nervous system through intentional touch and embodied awareness.
SomaCode exists because you were never meant to heal in pieces.
Every part of you communicates.
Every part of you matters.
Every part of you belongs.
Why People Are Craving Integration Now
We live in a world of quick fixes and fragmented solutions:
Skincare that ignores the barrier
Coaching that ignores the body
Therapy that ignores the subconscious
No wonder people feel hopeless they’ve only ever been given one piece of a much larger puzzle.
People don’t want surface-level advice.
They want depth.
Embodiment.
Clarity.
Connection.
Transformation that holds.
Integration isn’t just my method.
It’s the future.
Of beauty.
Of wellness.
Of healing.
Of becoming a whole human again.
Practical Takeaway: Start Your Own Integration Today
You don’t need formal training to start reconnecting with your inner intelligence.
Slow Skincare
Let cleansing become a grounding ritual.
Feel your hands.
Feel your breath.
Feel yourself.
Body Mapping
Ask your body:
Where am I holding what I no longer need?
Subconscious Check-In
Before bed, write:
1 belief you’re ready to release
1 belief you’re ready to embody
The subconscious responds to clarity.
Integration begins with presence.
The Invitation
The SomaCode Method™ is not a technique.
It’s a remembering.
Remembering that your skin, your emotions, your subconscious, and your soma are not separate they are one ecosystem.
A remembering that transformation is cellular, energetic, emotional, behavioural, and embodied.
As we move toward the official practitioner training in 2026, my vision is to bring this work to the women who are ready to revolutionise how they see skin, how they see the body, and how they see themselves.
Because the future of healing is not separation.
It’s integration.
Much Love,
Jayde Celieste
SomaCode Scope of Practice Disclaimer
Please note: My work does not replace medical dermatology, psychological services, or clinical diagnosis. Skin conditions are multifactorial and may involve genetics, hormones, environmental factors, nutrition, immune function, and medical concerns. The somatic, emotional, and subconscious insights I share are intended to complement professional skin therapy, psychological care, and dermatological treatment not act as a substitute for them.
I encourage all clients to maintain regular check-ins with their dermatologist, GP, psychologist, or healthcare provider for assessment, treatment, and medical guidance. My role is to support the emotional, somatic, behavioural, and relational layers that influence the body’s healing environment, always working alongside evidence-based allied health and medical care, never in place of it.