Reclaim your true nature. Inhabit your innate aliveness and presence.
Together, we will co-create a collaborative and intentional brave space. I will support you discover your own inner wisdom to heal from trauma, chronic illness, relationship challenges and connect to your original place of belonging. Consider this a brave space because healing can be non-linear, uncomfortable and intimidating. I will walk alongside you in this journey, supporting you to engage at the pace of trust with somatic experiences.
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
Anaïs Nin
Moving together towards social and ecological wellness
In a culture of modernity that prioritizes busyness over embodiment, doing over being, and knowing over feeling, honouring yourself and the land begins a transformation. With intention, you have the possibility to develop agency and stand in your choices within the present moment.
Whether you long to heal from individual, intergenerational, or collective trauma, or you are supporting others in their healing, I would love to be a part of your journey!
Bridging clinical and nervous system understandings of trauma with a wild ethics and mythopoetic orientation, modalities of Somatic Experiencing®, Trauma Center-Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), Soul Work, and Land-based connection inform all intensive training opportunities, counselling and therapy sessions, and generative immersions and retreats.
Body and land based practitioner.
As a practitioner, I integrate opportunities for healing and wholeness embedded in clinical frameworks through relational wisdom with your body, others, and the Earth. I remain in good standing with the Center for Trauma and Embodiment as a Faculty Member and Facilitator, and continue with professional development as an Assistant at Somatic Experiencing® trainings.
I acknowledge and have so much gratitude for the beauty and abundance of the the land and valley that sustains and feeds my life. The River has nourished this place and been a confluence for Indigenous people for many generations, a place long standing connection for many nations - the Stoney Nakoda, Blackfoot, Tsuut’ina, Ktunaxa, Secwépemc, Dene, Mountain Cree, and Métis. This land is know as Treaty 7 Territory of the Stoney Nakoda (Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Wesley), Blackfoot Confederacy (Kainai, Piikani, and Siksika), and Tsuut’ina Nations, as well as Métis Region 3.
“My previous experiences with yoga practices have been extremely unsuccessful. I often cannot get through a session because of the discomfort I feel in my body and the mixed messages I receive from instructors. As a person with trauma, I appreciated the focus on choice during the first day of the training. By the second day, I felt comfortable enough to engage in the practice, although still not okay with closing my eyes. By the third day, I exercised my choices and felt a conversation in my body through feeling it. This got me out of my head for the practice.”
TCTSY Training Participant
Upcoming Events & Trainings
For those looking to train and learn with a trauma informed lens, there are many outlets for learning. Use the link below for what’s coming up, or Connect with Nicola a more customized trauma sensitive training approach.
