The Softer Side of Embodied Soul: Stillness

The stillness side of Embodied Soul has been slower to develop. At first, I wondered if this meant people didn’t really want it. But the truth is, stillness is simply harder to reach than strength.

Strength has clear pathways, it has a culture that actively explores what works and what doesn’t. In recent years, thanks to researchers like Dr. Stacy Sims, we finally have methods that really work for women. Stillness doesn’t have that kind of roadmap yet. Science is only beginning to understand trauma, nervous system regulation, and emotional integration. Science doesn’t understand the soul. There isn’t a neat formula, often you spend years navigating away from ungrounded teachings, spiritual bypassing, or cult-like modalities that promise so much but deliver so little. There are so many holes to fall into along the way.

And beyond that, stillness itself is difficult. When you pause, all the internal clutter begins to rise. Your busy mind, brain fog, stuck emotions, dissociation, old grief or fear becomes very obvious. It doesn’t feel peaceful at first. It feels exposing, uncomfortable, sometimes overwhelming.

So it makes sense that people hesitate, take their time, or move slowly toward it. And I’ve had to learn to allow that slowness, to stop questioning whether it means stillness isn’t wanted, and instead to trust that people will reach for it when they are ready. Nobody is going to trust me unless I’m ok with allowing each person to come to this work in their own time. And that’s important, because I never want anyone to work with me out of pressure.

Here’s the thing: I’ve been doing the inner work for years. It’s slow. It’s not linear. It works in spirals and layers, and it is infinitely harder than picking up a barbell. Stillness is about facing the inner demons, the grief, the rage, the fear. It’s about drawing on your deepest inner resources and going to the depths of who you are. It’s messy.

And although I love working with people to get stronger on a physical level, I am a deep person, and I require depth in my work. Not offering the stillness aspect would mean holding back a part of myself that yearns to be expressed.


So, what does stillness look like in practice?

I’ve created a few different offerings which are designed as a kind of progression: It starts with Restorative Yoga, which evolves into Group Somatic Healing, and then Group Intuitive Healing. For those that feel called to take it further and delve into advanced energy healing work, there’s also Theta Healing courses.  However, you’ll be drawn to the place that feels right for you to start. Your journey may not follow the format I’ve designed.


🧘‍♀️ Restorative Yoga: A Taste of Safety
Restorative yoga offers a gentle introduction to creating safety in your body. It’s a bridge from active movement to quiet, inward focus. A place to soften, settle, and begin to feel your body again. Hesitation to try restorative yoga is natural. Strength classes boost confidence, make you feel empowered, and expand your capacity to hold physical challenges. Stillness can feel very different: tender, exposing, and very vulnerable for some people.

I don’t embrace this idea of “vulnerability.” While it’s popular in healing circles, I don’t want to encourage you to be vulnerable. Vulnerability implies letting yourself be completely unprotected. That is not the goal. The goal is to build a container of safety first, developing a resource in your body that you can rely on. Only once you have that foundation can you discern when it’s safe to surrender, when it’s safe to feel fully, and when it’s safe to trust.

In Restorative Yoga, you’re simply exploring what it feels like to be safe and supported. You’re not processing trauma yet; you’re grounding into a cocoon of safety and reconnecting with your body.


🌱 Somatic Healing: Building a Reliable Resource
Once you’ve had that initial taste of resourcing through Restorative Yoga, the 5-week somatic healing course is where we really start to build the resource of safety into something reliable. Here, you learn to return to that sense of safety again and again, developing a deep familiarity with your body and nervous system, and an understanding of your emotions and patterns.

This course is experiential: you’ll feel grounded in your resource, begin processing suppressed material, and cultivate the capacity to hold your experiences with confidence. Safety becomes something you truly carry with you, not just a fleeting experience.


🔮 Intuitive Healing: Tuning Into Your Inner Guidance
Once you’re comfortable in your body and with your emotions, it’s time to listen to your intuition. In my 5-week intuitive healing course, you’ll learn to decipher the voices in your head, understand your strongest psychic senses, and connect to a higher truth. It doesn’t matter what name you give it: God, Source, Creator, we’re simply working with the energy of all that is.

This course is also about identifying the roots of your patterns: childhood experiences, ancestral trauma, and other influences, and understanding how they’ve shaped you. You’ll explore why certain situations appear in your life, what you are meant to learn from them, and how these insights help you tap into your higher purpose.

It’s a space to access your own guidance, rather than relying on someone else’s interpretation, and to strengthen your connection to your inner wisdom. This understanding allows you to move through life with greater clarity, purpose, and alignment


✨ Advanced Energy Healing: Recognising Yourself as a Healer
For those ready to take it to the next level, learning Theta Healing® is about recognising the healer within you. You’ll learn to work with energy consciously, access your own inner guidance, and create the life you truly want. You’ll become a certified Theta Healer and start to draw the people you are here to support. 

Theta Healing gives you the tools to transform your own patterns, align with your purpose, and step fully into your potential. It was a magical part of my journey. Even now, before any major life transition (such as creating this business), I book a Theta Healing session for myself. It ensures everything flows smoothly and I don’t get stuck on the small hurdles.


🤝 1:1 Intuitive Sessions: Bringing It All Together
For those who feel stuck, want guidance, or are ready to go deeper, my 1:1 intuitive sessions integrate everything I offer. These sessions help you understand your patterns, like what keeps you from committing to a strength program, or why certain habits and fears keep repeating. We explore inner child work, ancestral healing, trauma processing, and maybe even your life purpose.

These sessions are highly personalised. I work with your energy, your body, and your story to help you identify the blocks holding you back and develop strategies to move forward. This is a space where you can bring all of your experiences together: strength, stillness, intuition, and begin to see the bigger picture of your growth and capacity.

1:1 sessions also have the option of creating a personalised exercise program, and we can offer ongoing sessions and support to help you stick with it.

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💖 My Take on Stillness
Stillness isn’t about surrendering blindly. It’s not about laying out all of your vulnerability on the table. It’s about slowly building safety, strengthening your capacity to hold the uncomfortable stuff, and discerning when it’s truly safe to open. That container is what allows confidence, clarity, intuition, and stillness to flourish.


📅 Upcoming Offerings:
🧘‍♀️ Restorative Yoga: Fridays & Sundays at 5:15 pm (please book at least 3 hours prior).

🌱 5-week Somatic Healing group: one evening a week (1.5 hr sessions), 5 weeks — $150, 3–5 participants max.

🔮 5-week Intuitive Healing group: alternating with Somatic Healing, same price and format.

✨ Theta Healing® Basic course: 3 days, coming soon.


💜 Message me to register your interest or to learn more.