Welcome to Somatic Movement Therapy
Combining many years of yoga practice, teaching, somatic movement, breathing practices and nervous system regulation techniques, Fiona offers a gentle, breath-led approach to yoga, movement and therapy that fosters deep body awareness and healing.
Somatic Therapy sessions can help release trauma held in the body, and assist with processing and digesting difficult or challenging experiences. Yoga Therapy sessions can help relieve symptoms of disease, chronic pain or assist with injury recovery.
Whether you're seeking relief from stress, recovering from injury, or aiming to enhance your overall well-being, individual sessions are adaptable to your unique needs.
Based in Ballina, NSW, Fiona provides small group classes, chair yoga classes and individual therapeutic sessions designed to be accessible for all bodies.
The word "somatic" comes from the Greek word soma, meaning "the living body experienced from within."
‘Movement is what we are, not something we do.’ — Emilie Conrad
Somatic movement, or a somatic yoga means we cultivate internal focus and place deep attention on bodily sensations, breath, subtle, soft movements and stillness.
We develop and notice states of self-regulation. We can notice and inquire into places of tension and holding in our body, allow them to release and relax, and develop the capacity to support emotional healing.
Movements are gentle and intuitive, mindful, and adaptable to your needs in the moment.
We don’t strive to make a shape or posture. We are not focussing on "performance". We are experiencing and exploring, becoming somanauts.
