I specialize in facilitating wellbeing and empowerment through the perinatal continuum, whether preparing for birth, renegotiating trauma or anxiety, or immersed in embodiment & self-enquiry.
Our bodies and feelings are access points to simple but profound wisdom,
but this body intelligence is sadly eroded by our fast-paced modern lifestyles
I help clients to reconnect with these inner reference points as they heal from trauma or navigate the perinatal journey.
I believe our greatest longings as humans is that of deep connection – with ourselves and with one another.
And that we thrive best with a clear sense of purpose and the right kind of support at pivotal times in our lives.
Following a career as a speech pathologist I chose to transition into the complimentary field and have worked as a mind-body practitioner for the past fifteen years.
I have added many modalities from the bodywork, counselling, trauma, peri-natal and women’s embodiment fields to my repertoire. My deep thirst for learning persists to this day as I seek to continually refine my skills in all that I offer.
Among my main callings is to hold space for women as they discover the potency of their primal selves and fully embrace their journey through motherhood
I bring all of my skills and experience to this intention, whether it is through personal sessions, couples’ sessions, my doula package, retreat days or classes.
I draw on my own transformational experiences of birthing my two
sons and my body memory of the sheer power
and exhilaration of birth.
I view birth as a sacred and powerful rite of passage for all concerned – baby, mother, partner – and that they all require a level of engagement and support in the transition.
Birth by necessity takes us out of our comfort zones to step into the unknown with deep courage and trust.
And so I see it as an exquisite portal for women to birth new versions of themselves well beyond their wildest dreams or the limitations of their doubting minds.
It’s a time to discover that their softness and fierceness can completely co-exist, and that it’s an act of courage and not weakness to express their vulnerability and ask for support.
All of this I learnt the hard way through my personal journey with post-natal anxiety.
And this, in turn, led me to seek more answers and a career path in working with trauma and anxiety.
I am now dedicated to helping people rediscover places of aliveness, flow and expansion inside themselves as they journey through trauma, anxiety and chronic conditions
with a new kind of awareness and resilience.
This then translates to greater choice and freedom to respond to life in spontaneous and empowering ways.
My qualifications & trainings to date include:
- Dip. Integrative Bodywork
- Dip. Remedial Massage
- Dip. Pregnancy Massage
- Lomilomi Hawaiian Bodywork
- Hawaiian Hot Stone Massage
- Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner training
- Somatic Practice™ training with Kathy Kain
- Holistic Counselling
- Dip. Counselling (completing 2018)
- Birth Doula Training
- Newborn Mothers Collective Postpartum Doula Training (in progress 2018)
- Birth Education Training
- Birth Hypnosis Training
- When Survivors Give Birth Workshop
- Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant Body
- Holistic Treatment of the Postpartum Body
- Creative Ways Of Making Space For Baby Workshops, Parts 1 & 2
- Spinning Babies Workshop
- Birth Work Meets Spinning Babies & Fasciatherapy Workshop
- Spiritual Midwifery Training
- Shamanic Dimensions Of Pregnancy Workshop
- Ecstatic Birth Practitioner
- Tigress Yoga Instructor Training
- Sacred Female Yoga Teacher
- Autumn Woman Harvest Queen Workshop
- Yoni Massage Practitioner
- Uro-genital Training Workshop w Natalie Lejeune
- Arvigo Mayan Abdominal Therapy Self-care Workshop
- Aromatic Kinesiology® 1, 2 & 3 Workshops
- Reiki Level 1 Training
- B. Appl. Sci. (Speech Pathology)
- M. Myotherapy & Massage Australia
If you are curious to find out more, call for a free 20-minute discovery session to see how I can serve you:
