Mindful Somatic Wellness

03/06/2026

You’ve heard of fight, flight, freeze… maybe even fawn.
But what does it actually look like in someone’s body?

In their breath.
In their eyes.
In their posture.
And more importantly…
what do you do about it?

Embodied Trauma Skills Training (Intro / Phase 1) teaches practitioners how to track nervous system states and support shifts without pushing or overriding protection.

Inside the training:
• real-time tracking
• trauma-informed cueing
• micro-movement
• pacing + boundaries
• ethical co-regulation

📅 March 13–15
📅 April 17–19
📅 May 1–3, 2026

Apply through the link in bio.

03/05/2026

For caring professionals who know they’re missing something.

You can be compassionate, skilled, and deeply committed to your clients—and still find yourself unsure what to do when survival responses take over.
Because trauma isn’t just a story.

It’s a state.

When survival is running the show, insight alone doesn’t always land.

But the body is still speaking.

This is a curated, paced training designed to support how trauma actually shows up in the body.

📅 March 14-15
📅 April 17–19
📅 May 1–3, 2026

Apply through the link in bio.

03/02/2026

🌿 There’s never been a better time to go deeper into what it means to hold presence and safety — for yourself, and for those you serve.

In a world that asks more of caregivers than ever before, what if your capacity for calm, grounded resilience could become your greatest strength?

✨ Intro/Phase 1: Embodied Trauma Skills begins soon — a gentle, embodied dive into the skills that actually change nervous systems and deepen therapeutic presence.

In this foundational experience, you’ll learn to:
• Create embodied states of safety in yourself and others
• Track nervous system responses with somatic precision
• Build stabilizing, relational skills that support real healing
• Shift from doing for to being with — grounded, present, capable

🌀 For therapists, clinicians, guides, healers — this is a starting place that changes everything.
Spaces are limited, and the journey begins soon.

➡️ Now is the time to step into trauma-informed embodiment with clarity, confidence, and care.
You’ve been called here for a reason — and your clients deserve what you can become.

✨ Reserve your place → mindfulsomaticwellness.com/…/embodied-trauma-skills-intro-phase-1

02/22/2026

This is one of the nervous system adaptations we explore somatically in Embodied Trauma Skills for Caring Professionals. Join us to find out more about this adaptation and how you can help clients (and yourself) to MOVE out of shutdown/collapse. https://www.mindfulsomaticwellness.com/service-page/embodied-trauma-skills-intro-phase-1-1?referral=service_list_widget

02/18/2026

This one’s for caring professionals who know they’re missing something…

You can be compassionate, well-trained, and brilliant—
and still find yourself guessing when survival shows up.

Because trauma isn’t only a story. It’s a state.
And when survival is running the show, insight can’t always land.

But the body is still there. Movement is still happening.
And if you learn what to track, you can support a shift—without pushing, forcing calm, or overriding protection.

So yes, you’ve heard fight/flight… freeze… fawn.
But what does it look like in someone’s breath? Their eyes? Their tone? Their posture?
What’s the lived experience of those states?

And… what do you do about it?

Embodied Trauma Skills Training (Intro/Phase 1) is where you learn the map + the method:
real-time tracking, trauma-informed cueing, micro-movement, pacing, boundaries, and ethical co-regulation—inside a small, intentional, application-based container.

This isn’t a “if you have the money, I’ll fit you in” training.
It’s curated. It’s paced. It’s trauma-informed top to bottom, inside out, beginning to end.

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02/16/2026

EXHALE.
Salt Spring Island · Aug 20–23, 2026

You have been holding so much.
Deadlines. Caretaking. Decisions. The invisible work of being the steady one.

This retreat is your permission to soften.

Join me at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga for three nights of intentional rest, nervous system reorganization, and spacious time to simply be.

Each day we’ll practice:
• Mindful Somatic Meditation™
• Gentle embodied movement
• Mindful Somatic Breathing Flow™
• Journal explorations that help you listen inward
• And long, unstructured afternoons to wander forest trails or rest in the meadow

You’ll be nourished with farm-fresh vegetarian meals, tea, and quiet beauty everywhere you turn.

This is for you if:
– You know when you’re out of survival, everything in your life shifts
– You’re ready to exhale instead of brace
– You want to support Canadian land, teachers, and community with your time and resources
– You long to feel more like yourself again

You don’t need to fix anything.
You don’t need to perform healing.
You simply need space to remember your own rhythm.

Early Bird pricing is open.
Come alone. Come with a friend.

Let’s exhale together. 💛.




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02/12/2026

02/11/2026

So many of us are reeling today after the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge.

My heart is with those who were killed, those injured, and every loved one now living in the shockwave of this violence. There are no words big enough.

And already, there’s speculation and blame being aimed at trans people—before anything is even officially confirmed. Please: don’t turn grief into a hunt for a scapegoat.

Let the focus be care, solidarity, and support for the community—and the deeper work of addressing what fuels mass violence in the first place.

No one deserves to die in violence. No one deserves to live in fear.
We can choose division, or we can choose healing.