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Learn to live somatically Somatic Therapy for self, relationships and community. FHT/MTI/IPHM Accredited. Talks/workshops/121sessions

Nik is a Somatic Trauma Therapist who offers Sessions including Trauma therapy, Myofacial Release, Cupping and Massage.

17/04/2026

Honestly, it’s true. It’s why when someone converses with me about something and asks my opinion I give it without the purpose of that person needing to follow through or a even a ‘I told you so’ if the advice seems likes it hasn’t landed. People know what they need, their own mind knows what they could probably tell you what they need BUT we still end up in the same cycles. It may not be within there capacity to stop if an unfinished trauma cycle isn’t finished…

Sound familiar? This could be your nervous system in charge, it keeps putting you in these cycles, dynamics, relationships with hope of a different outcome. Sad thing is the trigger cycles usually replicate the same outcome as the core cycle itself trying to close because our nervous system is looking for the closure in the same places.

There is a way out. Somatic Awareness can help up gain insight to what need we are trying to be filled, an unmet need from childhood? A unmet need passed down in our parent nervous system? What ever it is let’s explore together.

Book a Somatic Trauma Session in the link in my bio

Please note: what I share here is for guidance and self-reflection only. It is not a replacement for therapy. If something resonates deeply, I encourage you to reach out to a trauma-trained somatic therapist for support. You can only get so much information in an Instagram post, as always somatic work is a many layered therapy.

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A hand on Somatic Session can involve Somatic Massage, Myofascial Release, Myofascial Cupping and Spinal Flow techniques...
17/04/2026

A hand on Somatic Session can involve Somatic Massage, Myofascial Release, Myofascial Cupping and Spinal Flow techniques. It is a good choice when you would describe the ability to feel your internal signals as not as strong as you would like or when you struggle with connecting to them. This can also be beneficial to people who describe the body to be numb or dissociative. It’s all about using my attuned touch as a guide to bring awareness to parts of your body and what they may hold for you. I use my skills to track how the body may be reacting to this attuned touch and act as a mirror, bringing your awareness to change I witness in the external body and ask what may be going on internally when you focus. Somatic Awareness is like a muscle; the more you use it the stronger it becomes, sometimes we may just need a little guidance in the beggining, especially if the body has numbed for a reason. That’s when intentional, supportive touch with no expectation on the body is very beneficial. We meet the body where it’s at, not where we think it should be.

To have a hands on Somatic Session head to the booking link in my bio

Please note: what I share here is for guidance and self-reflection only. It is not a replacement for therapy. If something resonates deeply, I encourage you to reach out to a trauma-trained somatic therapist for support. You can only get so much information in an Instagram post, as always somatic work is a many layered therapy.

16/04/2026

Hands on or hands off ? Which will you go for?

To book a consultation head to the link in my bio. Meet me, have a chat, ask any questions you may have about Somatic Therapy. Get in touch
📍 St. Peters, Gadigal Land.

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It’s here! Starting Saturday 6th June I will be hosting a FREE Somatic Healing Circle where we will start to create the ...
14/04/2026

It’s here! Starting Saturday 6th June I will be hosting a FREE Somatic Healing Circle where we will start to create the community we need in challenging times. This circle will be what ever it needs to be, a chance to meet pals, talk, find support and maybe even having book recs to help us learn and grow in life. Community to humans is everything, some of us have lost it along the way. This is the chance to come together again. With like minded people. With me, a Somatic Therapist to help guide us with somatic tools and practices if needed.

To join please sign up in the link in my bio. We will be in the pink room the 1st Saturday of every month. Bring snacks to share, an open mind, kindness and compassion for each other as humans.

I will say this is open to everyone, as I strive to create a supportive environment and hope we can learn and grow together, in saying that we are Q***r and proud here, please honour this as a q***r space, allies are very welcome. We celebrate neurodiversity in this space. We are students in the decolonisation movement but we are still unlearning and learning, If adjustments or adaptations are needed to make your community more welcome please reach out to me personally. I will do what I can do and listen with intention.

As we are a free workshop and hosting on Gadigal Land, If you are financially secure and attending, I encourage you to donate to the Aboriginal led communities below. Moving beyond recognition to redistribution on Gadigal Land.

Let’s come together and create something fu***ng special ✨
Link in bio to join and add yourself to my mailing list.

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14/04/2026

Try this one out. I use this in my Somatic Sessions with clients when I can actively see an activation or freeze in their body. It’s a great tool to have in our back pocket for self and community. It’s great to do if someone is experiencing a panic or anxiety attack. Closing the eyes sometimes can help as it takes away a sense and helps bring us into the moment rather than wha the body assumes is a danger coming. There is a difference in just doing an action and being really present in feeling an action, make sure you are in the latter, relaxing your tongue.

Let me know how your body responds.

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Let me know what happens

For personal trauma integration let’s get some sessions booked. Link in bio for online and in person.

Please note: what I share here is for guidance and self-reflection only. It is not a replacement for therapy. If something resonates deeply, I encourage you to reach out to a trauma-trained somatic therapist for support. You can only get so much information in an Instagram post, as always somatic work is a many layered therapy.

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Thoughts? I’d love to hear them. I would like to note that I am very aware therapy is expensive and takes vulnerability....
10/04/2026

Thoughts? I’d love to hear them.

I would like to note that I am very aware therapy is expensive and takes vulnerability. But Ai is not the answer to complex human emotions and healing.

Reach out to real people.

The Trevor Project: Offers a secure, confidential text service for LGBTQ+ youth (under 25).
Text: ‘START’ to 678-678.
Rainbow Door (Australia/Victoria): A free helpline and text service providing specialist support for LGBTIQA+ people, families, and friends.
Text: 0480 017 246 (Available 10am–5pm daily).
LGBT Youth Line (/Global): Provides confidential text-based peer support for youth.
Text: 647-694-7275.
1800RESPECT: Australia’s national domestic, family, and sexual violence counselling service. They provide support for all women and femmes, including those in the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities.
Text: 0458 737 732 (Available 24/7).
13YARN (Australia): A national crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, offering a safe space to yarn without judgment.
Text/Call: 13 92 76 (24/7).
Brother to Brother (Australia): Crisis line providing support for Aboriginal men, managed by Dardi Munwurro.
Call: 1800 435 799.
Crisis Text Line:Text: ‘HOME’ to 741741

10/04/2026

To experience emotions is to be human. If we find it hard to sit with an emotion, this could be a Trauma Response. The body expecting a certain outcome from the feeling so it doesn’t allow us to go there, especially alone.

Do you find yourself hard to sit in your emotions?

Come explore this in a Somatic Therapy session. Link in bio to book.

Please note: what I share here is for guidance and self-reflection only. It is not a replacement for therapy. If something resonates deeply, I encourage you to reach out to a trauma-trained somatic therapist for support. You can only get so much information in an Instagram post, as always somatic work is a many layered therapy. ***rtherapist

Surviving isn’t Thriving. We need support through the not so bad as well as the really bad. When we wait till it gets to...
09/04/2026

Surviving isn’t Thriving. We need support through the not so bad as well as the really bad. When we wait till it gets to this we are only allowing ourselves to stay just above water enough to survive, but we need to become stronger swimmers, gain the tools, build the life raft then invite others to get on the raft.

There is no point in waiting till there is no other way out. We all need help and tools to survive this world. No shame in this game.

Book a Somatic Session in bio or reach out if you have any questions

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09/04/2026

Confrontation can be so uncomfortable but it is a part of life. When our body deems that violence may come out of confrontation we can freeze, a protection measure from the body. We know logically that a meeting with a boss, chat with a friend or other forms of confrontation don’t mean this, but we can’t stop these reactions happening…Sound familiar?

Your body could be reacting in a trauma response, we cannot get out these cycles alone. Without closing the stress cycles associated with the response, we remain stuck, it’s affirmed we can’t use our voice or stick up for ourselves, then comes in the shame guilt and ruminating thoughts of how we wished we’d handled it.

It’s all too familiar and it’s something that Somatic Trauma Therapy can help you move past.

Book a one to one session through

Please note: what I share here is for guidance and self-reflection only. It is not a replacement for therapy. If something resonates deeply, I encourage you to reach out to a trauma-trained somatic therapist for support. You can only get so much information in an Instagram post, as always somatic work is a many layered therapy.

You are not going to process emotions with your mind if it was experienced in your body. Say that again and again until ...
09/04/2026

You are not going to process emotions with your mind if it was experienced in your body. Say that again and again until you believe it.

Get into the body with Somatic Sessions

Please note: what I share here is for guidance and self-reflection only. It is not a replacement for therapy. If something resonates deeply, I encourage you to reach out to a trauma-trained somatic therapist for support. You can only get so much information in an Instagram post, as always somatic work is a many layered therapy.

06/04/2026

I think this is what shocks people about Somatic Therapy. Theres nothing really that can get you ready to feel emotions that you have been pushing down forever. We aim to allow the body to feel and process in a supportive setting, in small manageable amounts… but sometimes, especially after your first session, this can happen once your out the room. I give all my clients free access to my online workshop which contains Somatic Exercises to help with overwhelm, that are ok to do on your own. We can’t really navigate when the body will allow us to feel these emotions. We gain the tools and capacity to know these emotions won’t consume us.

All we are doing is bringing awareness to the body. To integrate they need to pass through. I wish it wasn’t this way. When we hinder our ability to feel ‘negative emotions’ we are also hindering our ability to feel the love, joy and happiness that can be residing in the same area.

To do this alone is too much, especially when it’s connected to core traumas. This is what this supportive setting can provide.

Book a sesh in my bio



Please note: what I share here is for guidance and self-reflection only. It is not a replacement for therapy. If something resonates deeply, I encourage you to reach out to a trauma-trained somatic therapist for support. You can only get so much information in an Instagram post, as always somatic work is a many layered therapy. If you feel in crisis please call 1300 22 3646

04/04/2026

Let’s see how I would hold a session around feeling anxious. Join in if you like. Let me know what comes up for you…

To explore why your body may be feeling anxious together, head to my bio to book a session.

Please note: what I share here is for guidance and self-reflection only. It is not a replacement for therapy. If something resonates deeply, I encourage you to reach out to a trauma-trained somatic therapist for support. You can only get so much information in an Instagram post, as always somatic work is a many layered therapy.

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