Trauma Healing – Somatic & Body-Based Support

For when it looks okay on the outside, but doesn’t feel okay inside.

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Trauma can be a single overwhelming event- “big T” trauma,- or many smaller (small t) experiences - ongoing criticism, hurts at home, emotional neglect, or persistent stress - that slowly wear you down.

Whatever the shape, the impact is personal and real. Life may be functioning on the surface, while underneath there’s a sense of being wired, flat, on edge, exhausted or stuck in survival mode.

These sessions offer gentle, trauma-informed, body-based support using somatic awareness, yoga-informed practices, guided imagery and Ayurvedic body therapies.

When trauma lives in your body

Trauma doesn’t only live in memories. For many people, it shows up in the body

  • Always on edge

  • Body won’t relax

  • Easily triggered or overwhelmed

  • Numb, shut down or disconnected

  • Feel “not yourself” after what happened

  • Emotions that don’t match the situation

  • Sleep disturbed or wired-but-tired

  • Talk therapy helps, but your body hasn’t caught up

  • Unknown or unexplained flashes of events or memories, flooding at times

    We recognise these patterns as survival responses that formed for good reasons. In this work, we honour that, and gently support the nervous system to realise it doesn’t have to stay on high alert all the time, so there’s more room for ease, rest and genuine presence.

Trauma Healing FAQs

  • No. It’s completely okay to keep things general – for example, “home didn’t feel safe”, or “there was violence.” Detailed descriptions are not required. The focus is more on how things are showing up in your body now, and what helps it settle, even a little.

  • This work is meant to sit alongside therapy and medical care, not replace it. Many people use talk-based and clinical support to understand their story, stabilise mood and manage symptoms, while using somatic and body-based work to help the nervous system relax, sleep improve and reactions soften.

    Clinical decisions and medication always remain with your mental health and medical professionals.

  • It’s very understandable for certain sensations, images or topics to feel intense. Part of trauma-informed work is planning for this together. We will be always with you.

    We’ll talk through early warning signs and practical options – slowing down, grounding, changing focus, taking a break or stopping the session. You saying “that’s enough for today” is always welcomed and respected.

  • This varies from person to person. Some notice meaningful shifts in safety, sleep or reactivity after a few sessions; others find ongoing support helpful alongside therapy and medical care. After the first few sessions, we’ll review together and shape a plan that feels realistic and sustainable for you and your nervous system.

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How this body-based trauma work helps

The focus is on helping your system feel safer, softer and more supported from the inside out – always at a pace that feels workable for you.

Somatic regulation – listening to the body, not fighting it

Sessions weave together time-honoured Ayurvedic body therapies and warm oil techniques with careful, moment-to-moment awareness of the body.

Attention is brought slowly and respectfully to sensations, breath and micro-movements. Cues such as tightness, clenching, heat, heaviness, numbness or fluttering are noticed as information rather than problems to be fixed. From there, small, doable shifts are invited – softening, grounding, adjusting the breath.

As the body begins to feel safer, emotions, feelings and impressions held in its layers can gently surface and leave the body through at a workable pace. Over time, your system can discover its own healing pathways and learn a new default: more steadiness, more ease, and a little more freedom from living on high alert.

Guided imagery & inner resources

Gentle guided imagery is used to strengthen an inner sense of support, boundary and steadiness.

Rather than going into details about the past, imaginal practices might include:

  • feeling more rooted or anchored

  • visualising safety and nurture

  • connecting with a sense of warmth, care or support

Everything unfolds at your pace. You stay in charge of what you imagine, what you feel and how far the process goes. The intention is to give your nervous system more options than just fight, flight, freeze or fawn, so it doesn’t feel as trapped in old patterns.

Yoga-informed psychotherapy

WE use modern psychotherapy techniques with ancient Yoga principles - being the mother of modern psychology.

Here, yoga does not mean body postures or performance. Core elements such as:

  • noticing inner sensations

  • using the breath as an anchor

  • simple, choiceful awareness

  • grounding in the present

are offered in a way that is non-forcing, non-judgemental and trauma-sensitive.

There is no pressure to “get it right”. No need to join a group. Just quiet, tailored invitations that respect your history, your body and your pace.

What a trauma healing session is like

Sessions are steady, private and collaborative. The aim is for you to feel safely held, not exposed.

In simple terms:

  • At the beginning, there is space to share what life is like right now and what feels most important to support. There is no requirement to tell the full story.

  • You stay in charge of the pace and process. We choose together what feels safe and workable for your body – Ayurvedic warm oil bodywork, somatic work, or gentle breath and imagery. The therapist’s role is to offer a calm, safe holding presence while you explore, and you can slow down, pause or stop the session whenever you need.

  • The session ends with grounding and settling, so there is a sense of being contained and resourced before heading back into the day.

The emphasis throughout is on safety, consent and choice, rather than pushing for big emotional releases or dramatic breakthroughs.

Is this kind of support right for you?

This approach often suits people who:

  • Sense that past experiences are still affecting their body, mood or reactions

  • Feel like they’re holding a lot, and running on very little inside

  • Find that talking helps, but their body still feels wired, numb or on edge

  • Are open to gentle, body-based work that respects their history and existing supports

  • Prefer a calm, one-to-one environment rather than busy or performance-focused spaces

There is no need for a specific diagnosis or label. What matters is how things feel now, and whether this style of support feels like it could offer some relief.

This work on its own is not suitable if:

  • there is immediate risk of harm to self or others

  • urgent assessment, diagnosis or medication changes are needed

  • there is ongoing physical danger (for example, current violence or threat)

  • formal psychological reports are required for legal or court processes

Important: Safety, boundaries and other supports

These sessions are complementary support, not a substitute for psychological or medical treatment. They do not provide diagnosis, medication review, crisis counselling or legal reports. Many people find this work fits best alongside a psychologist, psychiatrist, their GP or specialist.

When you may need different or additional support

This work on its own is not suitable if:

  • You are in immediate crisis or feel at risk of harming yourself or others

  • You need urgent assessment, diagnosis or medication changes

  • You are in an unsafe environment where your basic physical safety is at risk

  • You have been mandated into treatment and require formal psychological reports

If this is you, please seek immediate or higher-level support. In Australia, you can contact:

  • Lifeline 13 11 14 – 24/7 crisis support

  • Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467 – 24/7 nationwide service

  • Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636 – for mental health support

  • Or call 000 in an emergency

These trauma healing sessions can be part of your ongoing support once urgent safety and care are in place.