A healthy nervous system (not carrying trauma) naturally fluctuates from activation to deactivation – a sympathetic charge, followed by a parasympathetic settle.

A dysregulated nervous system may experience difficulty oscillating between these states, resulting in hyperarousal (anxiety, stress, reactive and rushing) or hypo-arousal (chronic fatigue, numbness or collapse).

While counselling focuses on talking about your feelings, somatic therapy invites you to focus on the sensations in your body, for example shallow breathing or fluttering in your chest.  These physical cues are your body’s way of communicating.

Together, we will explore what embodied safety means to you and build a sense of choice and agency.  Instead of telling your mind that you’re safe, you will experientially show your body that it is safe in a way your body can understand and respond to.

For thousands of years we have been living in a patriarchal system.  Our concept of the Divine has projected up into the transcendent.  The Abrahamic religions have a ‘Father God’ who created the world and many other spiritual practices are through a lens of ‘upwards’ – away from the Earth and away from density, form and matter (originating from the latin word ‘mater‘ meaning ‘origin’, ‘source’ or ‘mother’).

We are trained to transcend or change our felt experience, rather than to embody it.  And there is a deep, collective trauma running through generations of women as a result of persecution and it still happens today.

Through somatic awareness, you are invited to deconstruct the limitations in our cultural understanding of femininity and step out of the straight lines and boxes that have been imposed on us.

Women and our bodies are the bridge between spirit and matter, between formless and form, between transcendence and imminence.

Join me and explore embodying the full spectrum of what it means to be a woman – a truly organic feminine!

We have been systematically conditioned by patriarchal capitalism into feeling disembodied.  Collectively, we are in a trance – through social media, television, entertainment and the ‘work hard, play hard’ narrative.  

There can be shame around feeling lonely and a part of the cultural loneliness is the alienation we have from our own bodies – from the Soma.  We are often in our minds (thinking and analysing) – while there is a part of ourselves longing to be felt and seen.  

Inhabiting the body is an antidote to loneliness – and the sense of alienation starts to dismantle as you enter an intimate relationship with yourself and inhabit your body with awareness.

‘Loneliness‘ is transformed into ‘aloneness‘ – a completely different frequency.

Here is a space to be honest about feeling lonely, bring that into the open and find attunement with others.

We each have a ‘constructed self’ which develops based on what we learned was or wasn’t allowed, or how we want to be seen.

Our Persona is the image we present to be acceptable within our society.

Masking is an unconscious defence mechanism that hides any emotions that are not approved of – for example jealousy, anger or vulnerability.

This is a brave space to be curious and vulnerable, to allow the sensations to land in the body and integrate through breath, touch, sound and movement.

Shame is a lens through which we witness ourself – there is something wrong with me.  I don’t matter.

Shame is the sea that many of us swim in and it annihilates the human experience. 

It’s not a feeling – it’s a viewpoint about yourself.

Shame dismisses and diminishes.  Unshaming amplifies. 

Here, you are invited into a permissive space to explore feeling, sound and movement – pure medicine for the unshaming process.

This somatic practice has shamanic roots – literally shape–shifting.

I’m no longer Anna talking about their anger.  I AM IT!

It can be tough when you don’t flow with the mainstream and the accumulation of subtle microaggressions can lead to deep psychological wounds, affecting your sense of safety and well-being. 

Be part of a tribe with similar experiences of living in a homophobic and transphobic world where our true essence has been constantly assaulted.  Let us create a group culture that is greater than our
individual wounds combined! 

Love and healing is more accessible than our painful moments want us to believe.

Addiction is a dysregulated nervous-system that is seeking homeostatis (balance and equilibrium) and there is empirical evidence linking trauma and substance use disorders.  This creates a vicious cycle with heightened trauma symptoms, highlighting the need for holistic, integrative treatment approaches.

People seeking recovery from any addiction often live in a world lacking raw emotional experience and expression. They may struggle identifying their emotions or lack the skills to express them.

When you find it difficult to express emotions, you never learn how to regulate them.  This could lead to constantly seeking ways to self-regulate – addictive behaviour.

Somatic therapy helps individuals reach a ‘ventral vagal’ state – feeling safe, connected and engaged.

Anger is one of the most misunderstood emotions.  Many of us were taught that it’s dangerous, ugly, or shameful – something to hide or control.  But anger itself isn’t the problem – it’s a natural, intelligent response that lets us know when something feels unfair, unsafe, or out of alignment. It protects what we care about.

When we’re not allowed to express anger – especially as children – that energy doesn’t just disappear.  It gets stored in the body. Over time, it can turn into tension, exhaustion, anxiety, or even physical pain. We might find ourselves apologising too often, avoiding conflict, or feeling numb instead of alive.

In somatic work, we learn to welcome anger back as a messenger rather than a threat. Through gentle movement, breath, and awareness, we give the body permission to safely release what’s been held for too long.  This isn’t about exploding or losing control – it’s about listening.

Sacred rage is the part of us that says, “I matter.”  It’s the fire that restores our boundaries, our voice, and our energy. When we allow anger to move through us with presence and care, it becomes a pathway back to strength, clarity, and self-respect.