ABOUT US
MEET THE FOUNDERS
AARON AND ALISSA
Somatic Integration Therapists, Relationship Experts, Mentor Couple and Co-CEOs of a blended family of 8.
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We're not just doing yoga on a beach in Bali, relaxing and making love all day. We deal with the same challenges most every human faces in navigating the complexities of human relationship, family, and spiritual life within the insanity and uncertainty of our modern lifestyles.
Who Should You Work With?
Aaron is dedicated to the path of Awakening. His natural curiosity and intense passion led him through experiences of abuse and addiction towards a life of ease. He now guides others to overcome past trauma and integrate spiritual practices into everyday life.
Alissa walks the path of the introspective Mother. Her transmutation of birth and sexual trauma informs her understanding of repairing healthy community dynamics. She brings a sense of grounded practicality, support, and playful guidance to her clients.
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They have a combined 40+ years of experience and more than 13,000 hours teaching Tantrik Yoga and somatic technologies to individuals, groups, and couples.
Read more about Aaron and Alissa below.
THIS IS OUR MISSION
The AUṂ Institute exists only as a name. Only as an idea. Beyond that it is of no use to any of us if it becomes another organization - another box - for either of us to become caged within. The ultimate Truth that is easily and directly recognized within each of us cannot and should not be organized. Once you attempt to do so, it becomes a prison. It's been said already by many before. This is not our attempt to be revolutionary!
AARON PATRICK ROSSO
[Somatic Integration Therapist / Relationship Expert / Tantrik Technologist / Psychedelic Facilitator]
I’ve spent the last 21+ years studying the intersection of trauma, relationships, and human Consciousness.
Like a lot of people who end up in this work, I didn’t start here professionally. I started here personally.
My early years were shaped by a deep curiosity about spirituality, sparked when my mom introduced me to South Asian yogic traditions as a teenager. That curiosity eventually took me to India, where I immersed myself in Yogic and Tantrik practices, including time studying Kashmir Shaivism and the classical meditation texts that still influence and inform much of my work today.
Over the years, I’ve trained across multiple therapeutic disciplines, including:
• Advanced-level Somatic Experiencing™ certification
• Level 2 certification in The Gottman Method™ for couples.
• Extra credit courses related to trauma recovery, attachment & intimacy repair, conscious partnerships and Internal Family Systems with Peter Levine, Diane Heller, Terry Real, Gary Zukav, Deva Premal and others.
• Certified Critical Alignment Yoga™ Therapist
• Courses related to Tantrik Yoga, Neo-Tantra, Hatha Yoga, and Qi Gong
I’ve also spent tens of thousands of hours teaching and working with individuals, couples, and groups in Somatic Integration Therapy, Relationship Reconnection work, Tantrik Yoga, and embodiment practices.
But credentials only tell a piece part of the story, and are never reflective of the effectiveness of a practitioner of any modality, as is evident by both the failure of spiritual institutions and the western medical establishment to adequately understand, address, and resolve the physical, mental, and spiritual health crisis we currently face.
I digress.
What matters more than credentials, techniques and tools is how the wisdom of a practitioner's experience is held, how the work is lived, and their innate gift to see and guide another on their journey, using the tools most appropriate to their unique constitution.
I’ve moved through my own experiences with relationship breakdown, violence, addiction, poverty, attachment and medical trauma, and rebuilding a life and family from the ground up. Lived experience is what allows me to humbly meet clients without judgement, and without pretending I have it all figured out.
My work now focuses on what we call Somatic Integration Therapy.
It’s a body-based, relational, and psycho-spiritual approach that goes beyond talking about patterns in order to help you experience something different, in the body, in real time, where new neural-pathways of experience are built, and your purest Self becomes free to radiate more fully.
In sessions, we combine conversation with somatic body-based awareness and simple, practical exercises that help your nervous system integrate and shift - not just your cognitive understanding.
A big part of my work with Alissa is guiding people struggling to establish a harmonious connection in their relationship. We help them reconnect what has been disconnected, so they may reclaim their friendship, deepen their capacity for intimacy and Awaken their fullest Selves.
We don't just offer “communication tools,” but invite understanding of deeper relational patterns, formed early in life, that live beneath the surface story of each and every conflict - The patterns that don’t seem to change no matter how much you fight or talk about them.
This is where working alongside Alissa becomes most powerful. As a couple, we’re able to guide clients through a more complete, relational experience than traditional one-on-one therapy.
And just so we don’t take ourselves too seriously…
Yes, I’ve spent decades studying Consciousness, Tantrik Yoga, psychedelics and all the big existential questions.
And also, I still have to navigate dishes, parenting, and the occasional argument about sex, money and all the other everyday life stuff that all other couples face.
That’s the real practice. Life.
ALISSA KING
[Somatic Integration Therapist / Birth Trauma Specialist / Mothering Mentor]
Most people know me as a somatic therapist and a birth trauma specialist who’s in a wholesome, loving relationship with a man who looks at me like I'm a goddess in human form. (That's not an exaggeration.)
If you meet me in person today, I’ll probably seem pretty relaxed, dressed in a long comfy skirt with bare feet and messy hair (and not the cute kind of messy). I’ll either be writing on my laptop, answering a million questions from our horde of children, or pretending I know how to tend a garden. I’ll likely have a hairless cat on my lap (or my shoulder, or following me around), and I’ll most definitely be counting down the minutes until late night, when I come alive via snacks and downtime with Aaron.
I do have a (mostly) relaxed and enjoyable life.
But ... although these days I get to enjoy such adventures as attending nude women’s circles, hosting couples’ retreats in the jungle, and practicing Conscious Partnership with my man…
There was a time when I was a foggy, anxious mess.
The short version: In my early 30s, I was stifled, anxious, and depressed. I was having "panic attacks" that eventually melded together into an all-day numbed-out fog. I later found out the "attacks" were temporal lobe seizures - my nervous system was crashing out. I carried the guilt of not being the best mother for my children. I felt like I couldn’t speak up in my own home because I was afraid of my (former) husband, and I simply accepted a relationship with a person who didn’t respect or love me.
I felt completely stuck.
After hitting a point that felt like a physical and emotional rock bottom, I looked for a way out.
I began integrating my Yoga practice into my everyday life, and learned about solo sexual practices. Using a combination of Tantrik practices, Hatha Yoga, Birth Story Listening, Somatic Experiencing, and my own personally-developed techniques, I learned how to respect, accept, and stand up for myself.
It took years, with no help, just winging it on my own. But I finally came out of my fog and left my dysfunctional marriage. I went from feeling depressed and unworthy to having a solid relationship, a new career path, and growing confidence as a mother.
I’ve learned that by numbing or shutting off parts of ourselves, we end up living for others, which causes immense suffering.
This is why I do what I do… I know as women we were taught to shut off our feelings and desires, and trained to give pleasure to others at our own expense. No wonder most of us are feeling anxious, depressed, distracted, and unworthy!
I can show you how to use Tantrik and Somatic practices to safely connect with your entire self: your body, your nervous system, your desires, and your boundaries.
By knowing and trusting your own body, you'll feel the powerful effects in every other aspect of your life: work, parenting, sexual relationships, and even the sound of your own voice.
You'll be able to let go of the beliefs that have been keeping you stuck in toxic environments and feeling powerless to change, so you can instead feel embodied, safe, and powerful.
