Reconnect. Awaken. Anchor.

Release what’s held. Ignite what’s alive. Anchor in presence.

For those who feel disconnected from themselves, over-armoured by life, or are ready to embody presence over performance.

A trauma-informed, client-led space where truth is honoured, safety is felt, power is reclaimed, and wholeness becomes possible.

Grounded in integrative somatic practices, including:

✔ Breathwork and Bodywork
✔ Somatic Unwinding
✔ Trauma-Informed De-armouring
✔ Kundalini Activation Process (KAP)
✔ 1:1 and Group sessions

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  • Intentional spaces designed to reconnect you with your body, nervous system and inner compass.

    Trauma-informed. Consent-led. Client-paced.

    Your light is your compass. Your truth is your path. Your presence reveals purpose.

Not sure if this is for you?

Read what happens when women say yes.

Where to Find Us

 

Events are held at The Skipton Hotel (formerly The Rendezvous), Keighley Road, Skipton BD23 2TA.

Access to the event space is via the Rise Fitness Centre, located to the left-hand side of the main hotel entrance.

The studio is situated up two flights of stairs. Lift access is available via the main hotel reception entrance for those who require it.

There is ample parking available directly outside the hotel. If travelling by train, the hotel is approximately a 6-minute taxi ride from Skipton Town Centre and train station.

Unsure where to begin?

If you’re feeling called to this work but aren’t quite sure which space is right for you, that’s completely natural. Each offering holds a different doorway into the journey. Trust what resonates most with where you are right now.

For Women

  • One-to-one sessions

    A personalised space to go at your pace.
    We work gently and directly with what’s present, allowing space for deeper guidance, integration, and lasting change.

  • The Somatic Immersion Journey

    A guided experience for those ready to meet themselves more fully. Through somatic practices, you’re supported to drop into the body, build presence, and open to deeper layers of awareness and release.

  • Untamed and Tender

    A space for expression.
    Movement, feeling, and creativity, where the body leads and the inner world is given form through both motion and painting.

  • This is a space to slow down, share food, and be in connection with others.

    Come as you are. Bring something to share. Stay for what unfolds.

For Men

To honour my own nervous system and capacity, and to hold space with care, integrity and safety, I do not currently have an offering for men.

However, if you are interested in this work, you can access free content here. Alternatively, please do get in touch as I may be able to connect you with a practitioner who specialises in holding space for men.

If you're feeling the call but still unsure where to begin, you're welcome to reach out or start with the space that feels most aligned. There is no perfect entry point, only the one that feels right for you now.

Why Do This Work?

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You’re not just choosing a session - you’re choosing a safe, accredited (CMA, IBF, CPD), and trauma-informed pathway.

Science-backed, complementary therapy practices that support the whole person. From breathwork to Kundalini Activation - every session is safe, client-led, and grounded in embodied practice. This is work that honours your nervous system, your pace, and your truth.

    • Are seeking complementary therapies that support the whole body

    • Want to release tension, trauma, or protective armouring safely

    • Are ready for client-led, somatic, trauma-informed guidance

    • Are seeking a trauma-informed space where your pace, boundaries, and truth are honoured

    • Are ready to stop self-abandoning, numbing and neglecting yourself

    • Long to feel your emotions without fear, collapse, or overwhelm

    • Are seeking support from someone who has lived-experience of trauma

    If you feel the pull, trust the instinct.
    The body always knows when it’s ready.

    • Release stored tension and protective armouring

    • Restore nervous system regulation and vitality

    • Feel grounded and present in your body

    • Increase access to inner guidance without self-judgement

    • Experience emotional liberation without overwhelm

    • Access life-force energy and somatic presence

    • Integrate insights into daily life with grounded awareness

Your Path, Your Pace.

This work meets you exactly where you are.
There is nothing to fix - only more of yourself to remember.

About me

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  • I came to this work through lived experience: A journey of profound somatic release that followed surviving childhood trauma and learning to disconnect from my body in order to stay alive.

    When traditional therapy could no longer reach what my body was holding, I came to understand that healing needed to happen through the body, not around it. This led me to explore and integrate a wide range of somatic and embodied modalities, learning through direct experience how trauma is held within the nervous system, breath, and tissue.

    My own healing revealed the deep intelligence of the body. I learned that when safety isn’t felt internally, we tirelessly scan the external environment for both threat and safety - a process that is profoundly exhausting.

    Through my own journey, I realised that I wasn’t only searching to be seen; I was searching to be felt - and the most important person that didn’t see or feel me, was myself.

    I learned that we cannot expect others to see or feel who we are without first meeting ourselves. My work is about guiding people back in what has always been within.

    • A unique set of core somatic and neurobiological skills formed through lived experience

    • Professional trauma-informed accredited learning (CMA, IBF, CPD), inc. rigorous written and experiential assignments, assessed by a clinical counsellor

    • 3+ years of embodied trauma release, including 6-months of intensive, integrative application across modalities such as Inner Child Integration, Jungian Dreamwork, Somatic Unwinding, Embodied movement, De-armouring, Breathwork, Plant Therapy, Vipassana, and Kundalini practices.

    • Experienced in facilitation, space-holding and safe somatic touch at events with c.200 participants

    • Client-led and safe: your pace and boundaries always guide the work

    • Science-backed and experiential: breath, movement, and somatic touch integrate mind, body, and energy

    • Focused on deep nervous system regulation, embodied vitality, and lasting integration, rather than peak experiences or bypassing.

    • 15+ years’ experience supporting people through complexity, transition, and high-pressure environments, bringing grounded leadership, clarity, and emotional steadiness into the therapeutic space.

  • My role isn’t to rescue.
    It’s to walk beside you in safety and presence while your body remembers its’ own intelligence.

    You already know if you’re being called to reach out to me. Listen to the whispers. Because with every whisper I followed, a new version of me began to emerge. Maybe that will be you too.

    I will meet you where you are at, with devotion to helping you find ways to guide yourself back to your own truth and presence.

Music As Medicine.