You may have been searching for anwers for a long time. Perhaps you’ve visited doctors, tried medications, diet, therapies, and yet your symptoms continue, or only get getter for a short period of time. 

Many of the people I work with with have been told that their tests are normal, and yet their body still doesn’t feel well.

If this resonates, please know that you are not alone. And you are not broken.

Mind-body symptoms, chronic pain, and persistent health issues don’t come from just one place.

They are driven by an interconnected system involving the brain, nervous system, and biology, mostly shaped by chronic stress, trauma, and learned patterns over time.

This is why I work with all three. Not separately, but as one integrated approach to healing.

With the mind, we explore how the brain creates symptoms through conditioning, prediction, fear, and past experiences.
Understanding neuroscience, neuroplasticity, and thought patterns helps reduce fear around symptoms and shift the belief that the body is broken.

With the corpo, we focus on nervous system regulation and somatic healing. The body is the core survival system, where unconscious patterns, trauma and stress responses are held.
Through trauma-informed somatic work, we build nervous system capacity and help the body experience safety again – which is essential for reducing chronic symptoms.

With the biologia, we recognise the physical impact of long-term stress, including effects on hormones, inflammation, immune function, and energy levels. In many cases, this biological state can keep the nervous system in hypervigilance.
By supporting the biology alongside mind-body work, we reduce this load and make it easier for the system to regulate and heal.

This is not a linear process.
The mind, body, and biology constantly influence each other.

When we support the system as a whole, we move beyond symptom management and into real, lasting healing from chronic pain and mind-body symptoms.

My work bridges neuroscience, somatic healing and compassionate coaching to support people experiencing chronic stress, trauma and persistent physical symptoms.

Drawing from my background in Biomedical Sciences, Mind-Body Syndrome Practitioner, Mindfulness-based CBT, Somatic Healing and Yoga, I combine evidence-informed education with embodied practices that help the nervous system move from protection toward safety, resilience and connection.

You can work with me in the following ways:

While these are the main ways to work with me, each client journey is unique. Depending on your needs, our work may also integrate complementary approaches such as Reiki, Somatic bodywork with self-myofascial release techniques, which can support nervous system regulation and deeper connection with the body.

These approaches are integrated as part of coaching or workshops rather than offered as standalone treatments.

Alongside coaching, I offer classes, workshops and retreats designed to help people reconnect with their body and nervous system.

My signature Workshop de Libertação Somática e Miofascial teaches practical tools to release tension, improve body awareness and support nervous system healing.

Offerings include:

• Monthly Somatic Embodiment Movement Class (online)
• Curso de Regulação do Sistema Nervoso Somático
• Somatic & Myofascial Release Workshops
• Retreat and immersive experiences

I’m Sara Santos, an Integrative Mind-Body and Somatic Coach primarily working with people experiencing chronic pain, persistent health symptoms and nervous system dysregulation.

My work bridges mind-body medicine, somatic healing, trauma-informed nervous system practices and biology, helping people understand the deeper relationship between stress, emotions, the brain, body and their nervous system and the biology inside our bodies.

Before dedicating my work to mind-body healing, I trained in Biomedical Sciences and spent over a decade working within the NHS and as Yoga Teacher. Yet it was my own experience with fibromyalgia, anxiety, depression and multiple unexplained symptoms that led me to explore the profound connection between the mind, nervous system and physical health.

Through years of study and personal healing, I discovered how approaches such as mind-body medicine, somatic practices, compassionate mindfulness-based CBT and nervous system regulation can not only transform the way we relate to pain, stress and the body – but also, support us to work in the root cause of dysregulation and illness. 

What once felt like a broken body became a doorway into deeper understanding, resilience and freedom.

Today I combine my scientific background, professional training and lived experience to support others in reconnecting with their body and working at the deeper roots of mind-body symptoms, so healing becomes possible rather than simply learning to live around the symptoms.