INTEGRATIVE GRIEF SUPPORT

The material I am offering stems from the following principles that I have embraced through many years of self-practice and teaching:

• You are One with Nature.

• The key to liberation is to be at peace within yourself by attuning to the cycles of Nature.

• Intention and integrity are everything. The beauty of somatic practice is that you can ground the accelerated transformation in your body, creating space so that integrated expansion can effortlessly unfold inside of you. I have developed a process of nervous system repatterning (or, as I call it, “Nervous System Reset”) which teaches you to trust yourself and your breath rather than relying on external validation.

• There is no single path to enlightenment (and maybe there is no such thing). Through ritual and repetition in time, you will find the best path for connection and healing.

I take a somatic and experiential approach of moving grief through the body rather than medicalising or psychologising your experience. From experience, I have seen many of the answers to overcoming grief reside in the body and cannot always be easily moved with language or a cerebral process alone.

I am not a psychologist or therapist, and, the work we do together can be complementary to other modalities and practitioners you are working with concurrently. Although I am a supporter of therapy, I believe conventional, western therapy does not always work for everyone in all scenarios and does not always utilise the wisdom of the body in the way somatic-based, ritualistic practices do.

My goal is to guide you to help yourself because I believe you have the answers within. Sometimes the answers, though, may be hard to identify at first, which is where my work as a guide comes in. I will do my best to guide you to deeply listen to yourself and strengthen your inner connection.

You can expect a holisitic, non-denominational and experiential approach in my facilitation style.

I work with what is arising in the present moment; meaning, I intuitively use tools from my wide skill set and 20+ years’ experience as movement and meditation teacher and co-create the space with you for the best result. This may look like practicing breathwork, free movement, vocalisation or shamanic practices of moving energy in the body. Somatic-based and shamanic practices allow us to go beyond the conditioning of the mind and attune to the frequency of nature and its cycles to assist your healing process. Our sessions may include dialogue and debriefing, with an emphasis on deep listening.

It’s important to me that you are empowered to take what you receive from our sessions into your daily life. Thus, you can expect an emphasis on creating a nurturing relationship to self-care and strong foundations that will support you post-loss.