Caitlin Olson - ITP.

Caitlin Olson - ITP. Mobile Sessions. Hello, I'm Caitie, a devoted yoga instructor with a passion for guiding individuals on a journey of self-discovery through yoga and meditation.

Somatic Yoga Teacher & Integrative Trauma Practitioner
Helping women slow down, tune into their bodies, and heal from stress and trauma
Passionate about guiding others to feel more embodied, grounded, and free

Accepting new clients! My dedication lies in helping you unravel more about yourself, fostering a deeper connection between mind, body, and spirit. Join me in exploring the transformative potential of yoga and meditation as we embark on a path of self-awareness and personal growth together. Creating Safety, Inspiring Calm: In the comfort of your home, my mission is to offer private sessions of gentle yoga and meditation, providing a personalized haven for soothing the nervous system and allowing you the freedom to truly be yourself. Join me on a journey of tranquility and self-discovery tailored specifically to you, fostering well-being and personal strength in the privacy and comfort of your own space.

11/20/2025

If you’ve ever noticed yourself rocking side to side, tapping your foot, or shifting your weight while you sit, it’s not random and it’s not always anxiety. It’s your body regulating. These tiny movements are one of the first signs that your nervous system is trying to settle.

For me, when I feel grounded and my system starts to come down from that braced state, I naturally start to sway. It’s subtle, but it’s my cue. My breath drops lower, my shoulders release, and my body starts leading instead of my mind.

The part I wish more people understood about somatic work is that regulation does not need to look big or scary or dramatic like social media often makes it seem. Most of it happens in quiet micro-movements you barely notice until you slow down. 🤍

This tiny sway you see here is what nervous system healing looks like in real time. It is your vestibular system, vagal pathways, and sensory motor loops communicating safety to your brain and reorganizing tension from the inside out. 🦋

If this is something you want to understand in your own body, I’m taking new 1 to 1 clients for online or in person sessions in Okotoks. Link in bio to book or send me a message if you’re curious. 🫶🏻

11/18/2025

Your body is not dramatic. It is not making things up. It is carrying everything you never had the words, time, or safety to feel. Emotions do not disappear. They settle into the places you notice most, or the places you do not notice until they ache loud enough to get your attention. 🥺

That tight low back. The chest pressure. The knot in your stomach. None of it is random. Fascia holds more than structure. It holds memory. It holds the micro bracing you did as a kid. It holds every time your breath got small so you could get through something hard. When you live in protection mode for a long time, those layers of tissue learn the pattern and they grip to keep you going.

I used to think I was just tense or sensitive. Now I know I was carrying years of stress and self protection in my muscles and breath without even realizing it. That is the part no one tells you about growing up. You think you moved on, but your body keeps the physical imprint of the moments you pushed through. The ache is not weakness. It is information.

This movement is one of the many ways to move through those layers. I lay on my belly with my knees wide, heels up, and let my feet fall side to side. It helps the low back soften, gives the psoas a chance to let go, and helps the fascia around the pelvis unwind without force. Think of it as giving your body a chance to exhale. 🤍🦋✨

There is something wild about seeing your younger self and realizing she had no clue how strong she would become. She ha...
11/18/2025

There is something wild about seeing your younger self and realizing she had no clue how strong she would become. She had no idea what she would survive or who she would grow into.

I look at her and I feel this wave of tenderness. Like she has been waiting to meet the woman I am now. The woman who finally knows herself. The woman who holds her own fire.

It feels like a full circle moment in my bones. 🥹

11/16/2025

Yesterday I got to spend time with such an incredible person and creator. She gifted me some portrait photography and she is unreal at what she does. I just felt really grounded and lucky to be in her space for a while. 🦋

During the shoot she gently noticed the tension in my face and asked if I needed anything to feel more at ease. It was such a warm moment, and it made me realize something I have avoided for a long time. I was not uncomfortable with the camera. I was uncomfortable with being seen. I could feel myself tightening everything to hide aging, tiredness, angles and the insecurities I have carried for years.

She created a space where I was allowed to soften and be playful and have fun, and reminded me that real beauty comes from the soul, not from trying to control every detail.

If I am being real, not as a practitioner but as a woman in her thirties navigating aging and beauty, I do not work with my face somatically. I do not include it in my nervous system care. And I have not given my own beauty much credit in a long time.

So today I chose to look at myself with neutrality instead of judgment. This is my skin. My eyes. My cheeks. My lips. My neck. This is me. And she deserves more patience. If you want to try it too, spend a moment in the mirror and just notice. Bare face or makeup, whatever feels comfortable. Add some gentle touch and see how your body responds. Stay with yourself if you can and offer a little compassion.

There are women who naturally make space for each other like this and I want you to know you are not alone. These beauty standards and filters and constant comparison are heavy. Most of us are dealing with something in this part of womanhood even if we do not talk about it.

💗✨🫶🏻

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11/15/2025

For so long I was hard on myself. Not just for how my body looked, but for everything it was carrying. Adeno, endo, fibroids, arthritis, pmdd… it felt endless, and I blamed my body for all of it.

My elected hysterectomy was the turning point. It slowed me down, made me listen, and helped me finally take care of myself. I look back now with so much gratitude for how strong my body has been through every symptom, every flare, every hard moment. It still shows up for me every single day. 🌸

Healing has been a quiet shift. I stopped worrying about who was watching. I let myself try new things, be seen, and take up space without apologizing for it. I let myself soften. I let myself enjoy the woman I am becoming. 🦋

Aging has had its challenges, but it also showed me the beauty in everything I have lived through. There is strength in this version of me. There is softness too.

Loving my body has become the most unexpected part of this journey. My curves, my femininity, my energy… I finally feel at home in myself. 🫶🏻

My body, my choices, my life.
And honestly, I have never felt more like me ✨

11/13/2025

This made me laugh because it is honestly my story. For so long I could not tell what was burnout, what was anxiety, or what was just my nervous system doing what it has always done. I did not realize how much of my life I was living in fight mode until I finally slowed down enough to feel it. 🦋🫶🏻🙏🏻

Everyone has their own story and their own way through it, and every path is valid. For me, things started to shift when I stopped trying to think my way out of trauma and started working with my actual body. When I focused on regulation and safety instead of re-living every detail in talk therapy, something opened up. I could talk about my past without spiraling back into it. I could stay present. I could breathe.

And honestly, I am a lot more chill now. I no longer feel like I am sprinting through life while just walking down the street. My body is not running the show the same way she used to. There is more space, more steadiness, more choice.

Our bodies remember everything, but they can also learn something new. That part gives me so much hope.

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11/12/2025

Legs up the wall looks simple, but it does a lot under the surface.

When your legs are elevated, blood and lymph move back toward the heart, which helps with circulation, digestion, and drainage through the lower body. It takes pressure off the legs and low back and gives your diaphragm more space to move — which is why your breath often deepens on its own.

This position also supports your parasympathetic response, the part of your nervous system that handles rest and recovery. A few minutes here can lower heart rate, reduce muscle tension, and help your body reset after a busy day.

You don’t need to “meditate” or try to feel calm. Just breathe, notice what’s happening, and let gravity do what it does best. 🤍

11/10/2025

I get it 😂 and let’s be real, I’ve definitely been someone’s annoying human before.

Even as someone who works with people all day, I have moments where I completely understand what you’re saying. Humans can be a lot sometimes. It doesn’t make you bad for feeling that way, it makes you real.

In a consult, my goal is always to create a space where you can show up exactly as you are. You don’t need to censor yourself or sugarcoat how hard things feel. You can vent. You can be frustrated. You can be tired of people.

When your nervous system is overstimulated, it’s easy to slip into overwhelm. You might feel snappy, shut down, or detached. Instead of judging those reactions, we can get curious about them. Somatic work helps you build awareness around those cues so you can notice the signs earlier, adjust your boundaries, and widen your window of tolerance. Over time, those same situations start to feel a little more manageable, a little less draining.

This space isn’t about judgment. It’s about understanding how those feelings live in your body and learning how to regulate them with compassion and curiosity.

Because the truth is, we all hit that point. And you’re not alone in it. 🤍

11/10/2025

Today was a slow one.
Coffee in bed. A walk with the dogs. 🐾
No plans, no rush.
Just headed out, breathed some air, built a fire, and stayed a while. 🌞

11/09/2025

Your hips hold a lot more than tension.
They’re one of the main places your body stores activation from stress, fear, or anything you’ve had to push through without fully processing.

This simple position helps your nervous system feel supported enough to finally start releasing some of that.

Here’s how to try it:
🌀 Roll up a blanket or towel
🌀 Place it right under your hips while you rest on your knees
🌀 Let your belly hang heavy and breathe low into your hips and lower back
🌀 Stay here a few minutes, let gravity do the work

As the body starts to feel safe again, it naturally unwinds.
No forcing, no trying to make anything happen.
Just your body remembering it’s okay to let go. 🤍

11/08/2025

Our body is always giving us information. Sometimes it shows up as tension, tightness, heaviness, or even restlessness. These sensations aren’t random. They’re your nervous system communicating what’s happening inside you.

In somatic work, we slow down enough to actually notice those cues and start building a relationship with them. When you can understand what your body is trying to tell you, you start to see patterns — what feels safe, what doesn’t, and what your system needs in the moment.

This is what builds interoception, the awareness of your internal world. And that awareness changes everything. Because when we learn to listen to our nervous system, it changes our lives. 🤍

ps, sorry about the little noisemakers in the back 🐾🐶

11/07/2025

You know that feeling when you’re with your girl, the one you can fully relax around? No pressure to make sense, no pretending you’re fine, no performing. You can talk, go quiet, cry a little, laugh a lot — whatever your body needs. That’s the vibe in my space 🤍

I want every single client to feel safe here. Safe to just be themselves, safe to take it easy for a bit, safe to move or melt or scream into a pillow if that’s what the moment calls for. There’s no judgment, no pressure to get it right, no chasing a breakthrough. We let things unfold naturally, at your body’s pace.

And while it might look soft from the outside, there’s real science happening underneath. When you feel supported, oxytocin rises, cortisol drops, your system begins to trust again. That’s co regulation — your body learning that it’s okay to relax because it isn’t doing it alone.

That’s where the big shifts happen. Not from pushing, but from safety. From presence. From being met right where you are. ✨

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My goal as an Instructor and as a friend is to create an atmosphere that allows people to be themselves. To me, Yoga is more than just the stretch or the balance. It is about building confidence in ourselves, learning to forgive and accept our flaws and to spread love and kindness where ever we go.

In my classes, all students are encouraged to let go of individual fears, embracing their bodies and learning to love themselves not only the mat, but off of it. Together, we will create a loving and non-judgmental space and allow ourselves to truly 'just be’.