Colleen Godfrey

Colleen Godfrey, MFA, CMT — Founder of Soma & Self

Nurture to heal. Embody to evolve. 

Colleen offers integrative somatic therapy, craniosacral therapy, NeuroAffective Touch®, Internal Family Systems and parts work, body–mind coaching, breathwork, and mindfulness coaching. Her work bridges science and spirit, helping clients reconnect with the body’s innate capacity to heal, regulate, and evolve.

Colleen works with adults of all genders and backgrounds who are integrating trauma healing, personal growth, and spiritual awakening. She especially enjoys supporting LGBTQ+ individuals, healers in need of healing, meditation practitioners of all levels, frontline professionals, and groups seeking mindfulness-based, trauma-informed training for leadership and wellbeing. She is continually inspired by the creative intelligence of the body and the lasting transformation that unfolds long after each session ends.

Her work has been informed by over two decades of contemplative study and professional practice, and by mentors and peers across somatic and mindfulness disciplines—including Unified Mindfulness, the NeuroAffective Touch Institute, the NARM Training Institute, and teachers of craniosacral therapy, yoga, bodywork, energy medicine, and nondual awareness traditions.

Colleen’s approach is also shaped by her lived experience supporting adults in community mental and behavioral health settings, where she facilitated trauma-informed and recreational therapy groups for over a decade. She brings a compassionate, experiential understanding of how deep healing becomes possible when the body feels safe enough to open and the self is met with curiosity and care.

Colleen holds a Master of Fine Arts from Minnesota State University and is a Certified Massage Therapist. She has completed over 1,000 hours of advanced training in somatic therapies and more than 400 hours of certifications in IFS and parts work Coaching, NARM, BodyMind Coaching, and Unified Mindfulness. She teaches mindfulness internationally and continues to study consciousness and embodiment with living teachers in multiple contemplative lineages.


Accepting new clients?
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Relevant certifications or degrees

Certified Body-Mind Coach 

Certified NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) Trauma-Informed Professional 

Certified NeuroAffective Touch Practitioner

Certified Craniosacral Therapist

Certified Mindfulness Teacher, Trainer & Coach

Certified Somatic Parts Work Practitioner

Certified Symphony of Self Coach

Certified Spirit Ally & Transpersonal Coach 

Certified Energy Medicine Practitioner  

Education

Certified Massage Therapist - Saint Paul College 

MFA, Creative Writing - Minnesota State University, Mankato

BS, Communications - Minnesota State University, Mankato

Digital Marketing Certificate - University of Minnesota