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.
SomaCode did not emerge from the fusion of existing modalities, nor was it designed to replace or rebrand established disciplines. It evolved through years of clinical experience, education, and close observation shaped by the ways different systems illuminated the body from distinct angles.
My work has always been grounded in listening: to physiology, to pattern, and to the lived experience of the body itself. Over time, it became clear that no single framework fully explains how the body adapts, protects, expresses, and heals. SomaCode was born not from blending practices, but from understanding how different fields inform one another while remaining separate in their application.
Skin Science and Barrier Function
An understanding of skin physiology and barrier function has been a foundational influence in the development of SomaCode. Skin science reveals the skin as a living, adaptive organ one that regulates hydration, immunity, communication, and protection.
This perspective informed a core principle within SomaCode: the body responds best when its regulatory systems are supported rather than overridden. Barrier repair, regulation, and respect became conceptual anchors not as a clinical protocol, but as a guiding lens for understanding how the body maintains integrity under stress.
The Nervous System as a Regulating Interface
Neuroscience and nervous system education further shaped the evolution of SomaCode by offering insight into how stress, safety, and perception influence physiological responses.
Rather than adopting nervous system therapies directly, SomaCode draws on this knowledge to recognise how chronic activation, emotional load, and subconscious patterning can alter regulation throughout the body including skin responsiveness, healing capacity, and resilience.
This understanding informed how SomaCode approaches regulation, pacing, and internal safety, without positioning itself as a nervous system treatment modality.
Subconscious Patterning and Behavioural Influence
Study in subconscious processes, language, and behavioural conditioning contributed another layer of influence. These fields offered clarity around how beliefs, learned responses, and emotional memory shape behaviour and stress responses over time.
Within SomaCode, this knowledge informs how patterns are identified and understood not by teaching or applying external therapeutic techniques, but by recognising the relationship between perception, response, and physiology.
Somatic Awareness and Embodied Intelligence
Somatic education has also influenced SomaCode by reinforcing the importance of bodily awareness and sensation as sources of information.
Rather than adopting somatic practices as standalone interventions, SomaCode honours the body’s capacity to communicate through sensation, posture, tension, and rhythm recognising these as expressions of adaptation rather than problems to be corrected.
What SomaCode Is and What It Is Not
SomaCode is not a fusion modality, therapeutic replacement, or clinical system. It does not claim to teach, certify, or practise the disciplines that have informed its development.
It is a distinct interpretive framework one that supports understanding how physiology, regulation, perception, and lived experience interact within the body.
SomaCode exists to:
support awareness rather than intervention
encourage regulation rather than force
foster integrity rather than dependency
A Method Rooted in Respect
Each discipline that influenced the evolution of SomaCode retains its own scope, depth, and integrity. SomaCode honours these boundaries by remaining clear about what it does and does not provide.
By drawing insight from established fields without claiming ownership of them, SomaCode stands as its own body of work: informed, respectful, and grounded in responsibility.
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.