Sah D’Simone
Founder of Somatic Dance Institute, Humanitarian, Spiritual Innovator, Grief Educator
Sah D’Simone is a humanitarian and spiritual innovator who masterfully combines Buddhism, somatic dance, and art to heal and empower millions globally. Renowned as a leader in his field, he has collaborated with world-famous celebrities and hosted the groundbreaking British TV show Big Celebrity Detox. He has spoken at esteemed institutions such as Harvard University, the DAVOS World Economic Forum, Columbia University, and the United Nations, received the City of Los Angeles CARE Award, and won Best Experimental Film at the Cannes World Film Festival for his film Touching the Ungrieved Grief.
As founder of the Somatic Dance Institute, Sah developed the Somatic Activated Healing (SAH) Method, uniting dance, social justice, and spirituality to train instructors worldwide. His bestselling books, highly rated podcast, extensive membership platform, and transformative training programs have earned international recognition—from the cover of Sweden’s Human Shift magazine to features in British Vogue, The Guardian, and Forbes.
In the field, Sah has supported orphans in Indonesia, brought hope to formerly enslaved individuals in India, educated recovering addicts in Nepal, provided spiritual care to the sick and dying at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, and empowered homeless youth in Los Angeles. Through these efforts, he continues to forge a legacy of compassion, providing practical tools for personal and societal liberation. Connect with Sah at www.sahdsimone.com.
Recent Articles
Releasing Generational Trauma Through Somatic Activated Healing – An Interview with Sah D’Simone
For Sah D’Simone, a spiritual teacher and creator of the Somatic Activated Healing Method, awakening wasn’t a single moment but a journey marked by upheaval, loss, and a relentless search for meaning. From his Catholic upbringing in southern Brazil to the disorienting move to the United States at sixteen, Sah wrestled with identity, addiction, and the weight of generational trauma before discovering meditation, ecstatic dance, and the radical freedom of selflessness.