Nothing is sacred until we make it so with the eloquence of our attention.
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Welcome.
I’m so glad you are here.
My name is Laura. I am a somatic practitioner passionate about supporting women in finding safety, connection and belonging through the wisdom of their bodies.
Have a look around and I invite you to reach out if you’d like to talk about how this work could support you. I look forward to connecting.
WHY SOMATICS?
The body has so often been left out, cast aside or silenced, especially for those of us who have been socialized as women, or who have experienced relational ruptures or violations.
With somatics, we gently invite the body back into the conversation.
There is so much intelligence held in our bodies that can be uncovered when we set the right conditions to listen.
With this work, we engage the body with curiosity and care. We listen at the body’s pace, with a deep presence. Rather than overriding or fixing, we attune.
My work is rooted in a somatic therapy called NeuroAffective Touch. It is an approach that supports body–mind awareness, connection to self, and early developmental repair centering gentle, attuned touch.
This approach reaches early emotional and relational wounds that talk-based therapies often miss.
By honoring the body’s intelligence alongside the mind, it creates a meaningful dialogue between the two—offering a restorative experience and helping rebuild trust and safety within.
I weave NeuroAffective Touch together with other trauma-informed, body-based therapies to help clients feel safer in their bodies, release patterns of holding and build new pathways of connection. You can find more about my training here.
WHY TOUCH?
Touch is the body’s first language. When we work with touch and the body, we communicate at the level where our earliest imprints were formed. We meet the body’s stories as they live in the present moment, reaching places that go beyond cognitive understanding alone.
Attending to the body with attuned, nurturing touch opens the possibility of experiencing true safety, not as a concept, but as something felt in the body. As we interrupt old patterns that keep us anchored in the past, we gain greater access to an embodied present. This changes everything.
WHY IS THIS WORK SO EFFECTIVE?
Our early experiences lay the foundation for our relational lives. When our needs were not met, or when relational ruptures occurred, we often learned to disconnect from parts of ourselves in order to adapt.
These experiences don’t disappear—they live on in the body, quietly shaping how we relate to ourselves and the world. By gently exploring the body through a somatic lens, within a safe and supportive relational field, we begin to restore connection and reweave the parts of ourselves that were once cut off.
SOMATICS MAY HELP YOU
Invite your body to communicate her story and release holding patterns that may no longer serve you
Shift your nervous system from chronic stress, freeze or fawn responses and explore more settled and centered states
Gently unwind the patterns of unmet emotional needs and lack of nurturing touch implicitly stored in the body
Release what’s been held in your body. Sadness, grief, fear can be met and softened in safety
Open up new ways of seeing and experiencing yourself and others
Reconnect to your needs and restore a sense of self and vitality
Grow a clearer sense of trust and expand capacity for safe connection
Experience nurturing and attuned touch that supports healing and repair
Feel grounded, embodied and connected to the here and now
Who I work with?
I work with women who are interested in learning and deepening their ability to speak the language of the body.
I am inspired by what our communities would look and feel like if we as women were to tap into the flow, inner-strength and connection that is our birthright. The systems are set up to keep us wounded, stuck, distracted, small — connecting with ourselves, our bodies, is a revolutionary act. More than ever, we need our unique wisdom and energy to emerge at this time. My commitment is to support this emergence.
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