Writer • Professor • Analyst • Somatic Practitioner
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Coming October 2025: VanaGrowth
VanaGrowth is a new platform designed to bridge trauma, spirituality, and the body. Founded by myself, this space offers courses, resources, and practices for individuals and professionals seeking information about trauma, recovery, and growth.
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Whether you're a coach, therapist, educator, or simply someone navigating the complexity of being human, VanaGrowth invites you to explore how trauma lives in the body—and how awareness, movement, and meaning can shift everything.
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Follow along as we prepare to launch. Instagram: @vanagrowth, vanagrowth.com
About Stephanie
I am Dr. Stephanie Arel. I am a writer, professor, analyst, and practitioner working at the intersection of trauma, the body, and spiritual life. My work challenges the idea of “healing” as a final destination and instead emphasizes integration —how experiences live in the body and can be named, understood, and expressed. Attending to them opens the possibility of greater self-awareness and richer lives.
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Whether in the classroom, in writing, or in practice, I invite people to engage with their bodies as sites of knowledge and meaning. Through somatic awareness, reflection, and movement, I trace how lived experience unfolds in individual lives and resonates across collective realities.
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My intention is to foster reflection and growth. My approach is less about chasing perfection and more about cultivating depth — in thought, in embodiment, and in relation to others.
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This website highlights my work with individuals, groups, and organizations, where I draw on both academic research and somatic practice. My aim is not to promise a perfect life, but to share ways of thinking and moving that deepen awareness and open possibilities for change.
Provide tools, skills and mindfulness that address challenges of today, coupled with traumas of the past to optimize the future. Best trauma therapist. trauma-informed care. online courses. spirituality holistic healing. embodiment
