The Body Talk Therapist

The Body Talk Therapist Yoga is meant for everyone and every body. In order to make this a reality it has been her dream to open a Yoga Clinic!

At The Body Talk Therapist, we believe the body is more than just a vessel – it’s a storyteller, carrying the echoes of past experiences and emotions, while also holding profound wisdom. True healing begins by listening closely to the subtle language of your body, interpreting its signals, and guiding you on a journey of deep transformation and self-discovery. Through a holistic approach that integrates evidence-based somatic and cognitive therapies, we honour the full depth and complexity of your being, bridging the connection between mind and body. Founded by Martine, a passionate psychotherapist and yogi and advocate for holistic trauma recovery and Ian a tech savvy, meditation and yoga lover. The Body Talk Therapist was born out of a deeply personal desire to understand and treat trauma in a way that delivers lasting results.

15/02/2026

A lot of people assume trauma sensitive yoga is just gentler or easier yoga.

I want to stress that it’s not.

Research cited in 2016 found that 78% of participants reported feeling safer and more connected when their teacher was trained in trauma sensitivity.

That matters.
As a certified TCTSY practitioner and teacher trainer, this reflects what we see again and again: safety is relational.

Because trauma isn’t only about what happened.
It’s about how safe you feel in your body and in relationship.

Training helps us reduce prescription, to increase choice and to honour the nervous system in the practice.

Training helps us understand how trauma impacts the brain, restoring choice and reducing subtle forms of coercion that often go unnoticed.

When agency is increases, safety begins to feel possible.

Research doesn’t shout, it clarifies.

If you appreciate grounded, evidence informed conversations about trauma sensitive practice, like and save this post.
More coming 🤍

13/02/2026

Client wins matter 🧠 💫

This is the kind of progress I care about: not perfection, not pressure- but real shifts that change how you live day to day.

Watching clients build trust again within themselves, never gets old.

If this kind of work speaks to you, you’re in the right place.

This is not a slower Yin training with a trauma themed edge.It is a nervous system informed approach to teaching Yin saf...
12/02/2026

This is not a slower Yin training with a trauma themed edge.

It is a nervous system informed approach to teaching Yin safely and skilfully with trauma impacted populations.

Yin can be profound medicine.
But for trauma survivors, stillness is not always soothing.
Silence can amplify.
Intensity can overwhelm.
And long holds can activate survival patterns we don’t see on the surface.

Trauma Sensitive Yin is about understanding what is underneath the pose.

It is about:
• Choice instead of compliance
• Interoception instead of performance
• Regulation instead of endurance
• Language that restores agency
• Structure that supports safety

Good Yin training teaches shape, time, fascia and rebound.

Good trauma informed training teaches nervous system literacy, attachment awareness and how not to re enact harm unintentionally.

This 20 hour training brings both together.

If you ant to be inclusive to students and clients who have anxiety, depression, PTSD, chronic stress, or complex trauma, this training will deepen your clinical understanding and your teaching skill.

March 28 and 29 2026
Online interactive training
YACEP accredited

If you are ready to lead with competence and compassion, I would love to teach you.

Limited places. Check our website for details. Link in bio.

Healing often begins not with fixing….but with noticing.Today’s invitation:Notice - where do you sense ease in your body...
07/02/2026

Healing often begins not with fixing….but with noticing.

Today’s invitation:
Notice - where do you sense ease in your body right now?

🤍 Your shoulders?
🤍 Your jaw?
🤍 Your chest?
🤍 Your breath?
🤍 Your mind?

Let me know in the comments ✨

Safety isn’t just a concept - it’s a felt sense.Many people don’t realise they’ve never truly felt safe in their body. U...
05/02/2026

Safety isn’t just a concept - it’s a felt sense.

Many people don’t realise they’ve never truly felt safe in their body. Until they actually feel it not as a thought or belief, but as a knowing. This is where somatic work begins.

In Ignite, we don’t just talk you through it.
We guide your nervous system into it.

✨ Start when you’re ready. 3 weeks to nervous system reset. DM Ignite or check out our website thebodytalktherapist.com

Trauma isn’t something you just talk about, it lives in sensation, tension and breath.Healing begins when your body feel...
04/02/2026

Trauma isn’t something you just talk about, it lives in sensation, tension and breath.

Healing begins when your body feels safe again, physically, relationally and emotionally.

Our 20 hour Trauma Sensitive Yoga Foundational Trainingin March equips professionals with somatic skills that meet the body where it lives the experience.

✨ Designed for yoga teachers, therapists, allied health professionals and anyone who supports survivors of trauma.

CPD points 20 hours for yoga teachers, 18 hours IAYT yoga therapists.

Certification from the Center for Trauma & Embodiment.

DM March TRAINING for more information

For many people living with trauma, traditional movement or mindfulness practices can feel overwhelming, confusing, or e...
01/02/2026

For many people living with trauma, traditional movement or mindfulness practices can feel overwhelming, confusing, or even unsafe.

Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Healing is a six-week, self-paced course created as a gentle adjunct to therapy. It is not about fixing the body, achieving poses, or forcing release.

The focus is on choice, pacing, and building a sense of safety in your body over time.

This work meets you where you are, honours your capacity, and supports reconnection without pressure.

More information on our website - link in Bio





For many people living with trauma, traditional movement or mindfulness practices can feel overwhelming, confusing, or e...
31/01/2026

For many people living with trauma, traditional movement or mindfulness practices can feel overwhelming, confusing, or even unsafe.

Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Healing is a six-week, self-paced course created as a gentle adjunct to therapy. It is not about fixing the body, achieving poses, or forcing release.

The focus is on choice, pacing, and building a sense of safety in your body over time.

This work meets you where you are, honours your capacity, and supports reconnection without pressure.

See link in bio for more information





Anxiety and depression are often spoken about as cognitive or emotional conditions, yet in practice they are deeply embo...
31/01/2026

Anxiety and depression are often spoken about as cognitive or emotional conditions, yet in practice they are deeply embodied. Changes in breath, muscle tone, digestion, sleep, and energy often appear long before someone has language for how they feel.

When yoga is taught without an understanding of the nervous system, practices intended to help can sometimes overwhelm, bypass, or inadvertently reinforce survival responses.

Supporting anxiety and depression ethically requires more than relaxation cues or positive reframing.

Yoga for Anxiety and Depression, when taught through a trauma-informed lens, prioritises regulation over suppression. It meets the nervous system where it is and works with the body’s capacity rather than pushing for change.

The professional training in May online or in person is designed for yoga teachers and practitioners who want to work skillfully and responsibly with anxiety and depression, grounded in nervous system awareness, trauma sensitivity, and embodied safety rather than performance-based practice.

Check out our events calendar on our website for details.





Many yoga teachers sense that something isn’t quite right when students shut down, push past limits, or disconnect durin...
27/01/2026

Many yoga teachers sense that something isn’t quite right when students shut down, push past limits, or disconnect during practice, but don’t always know why.

This training is designed for teachers and practitioners who want to understand trauma responses in the body and learn how to create safer, more attuned spaces.

The March Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Teacher Training focuses on nervous system literacy, choice-based sequencing, language, pacing, and ethical presence.

If this feels like the missing piece in your teaching, you’re welcome to comment TRAINING and I’ll share more details.

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Many people know what they feel, where it comes from, and even why it’s there. Yet the same patterns keep repeating.This...
23/01/2026

Many people know what they feel, where it comes from, and even why it’s there. Yet the same patterns keep repeating.

This is not because you’re doing something wrong. It’s because your nervous system learns through experience, not insight alone.

Ignite is a three-week foundational program designed to support nervous system regulation, body awareness, and the integration of change at a pace your body can tolerate. Ignite allows you to gain, clarity, find your centre and ground and to rewire old networks that have keep you stuck in old patterns.

If you’re ready to explore healing beyond mindset work, comment IGNITE and I’ll send you more information.






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Trauma sensitive yoga is not about flexibility, alignment, or pushing through sensation.It is about safety, choice, and ...
21/01/2026

Trauma sensitive yoga is not about flexibility, alignment, or pushing through sensation.

It is about safety, choice, and restoring agency in the body.

In trauma affected nervous systems, sensation can feel overwhelming, disorganising, or unsafe.

Without understanding how trauma lives in the body, even well intentioned practices can inadvertently reinforce survival responses.

TCTSY offers a framework that prioritises predictability, invitational language, and nervous system regulation. It supports practitioners to create spaces where students are not asked to perform, achieve, or “open”, but are supported to notice, orient, and make choice. This work is subtle. It is slow. And it is deeply relational.





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