Holistic Aquila

Holistic Aquila Holistic + Somatic Trauma Therapist based in Edinburgh + Online

Last week I had some headshots taken and I wasn’t fully feeling in my usual outward energy. I would normally wait for a ...
30/03/2026

Last week I had some headshots taken and I wasn’t fully feeling in my usual outward energy. I would normally wait for a moment where I feel more expressed, but something about this felt right to go ahead anyway.

Looking back at them, I can see something softer. A quieter kind of presence that actually feels really true to where I am right now. It feels like my inner winter, which for me often mirrors my luteal phase. Slower, more gentle, a little more turned inward but still full in its own way.

I notice this in my cycle again and again. Even though I live quite in tune with my body, I’m still surprised each month by how much rest I need in luteal. How much it asks for me to soften, to slow down, to come back inwards rather than push through.

It feels like a gentle reminder to meet myself there, and also to hold a bit of understanding for others moving through similar rhythms, especially with PMDD or chronic illness. There’s often a lot happening beneath the surface that isn’t always visible.

This is something I bring into my work as well. Supporting people to listen to their bodies and move in ways that feel more sustainable and supportive, rather than overriding what they’re feeling.

What tends to nourish you most when you’re in your luteal phase? 🌿

An evening to soften, land, and reconnect.We’ll begin with gentle grounding, followed by a sound journey with crystal bo...
26/03/2026

An evening to soften, land, and reconnect.

We’ll begin with gentle grounding, followed by a sound journey with crystal bowls and group Reiki woven throughout. A space to rest, release, and be held just as you are.

✨ Friday 10th April
✨ 7–8pm
✨ Soft Soul Studio
✨ £15

You’re welcome to book via the link or message me 🤍

This weekend I’m diving back into exploring shadow work and continuing my journey into the West.In shamanic practice, th...
21/03/2026

This weekend I’m diving back into exploring shadow work and continuing my journey into the West.

In shamanic practice, the West is the place of shadow, endings, death and rebirth, its the space where we are asked to let go of who we thought we were and meet the parts of ourselves that are harder to face.

Last year I wasn’t sure if I was ready to continue into the third year of my training. I was already deep in the shadows during the year of the snake, and it felt like a lot to hold.

Looking back, I can see that what I needed was to come back into my body. Over the past year or two, I’ve been focusing deeply on somatic work, because for most of the last 10 years I was living primarily in the spirit realm and didn’t fully know how to live in my body. This time has been about grounding, building safety, and learning how to stay present with myself.

Now I feel like I’m learning to bridge the two, body and spirit rather than abandoning one for the other.

This work always brings me back to my why. When the mind and body don’t fully resolve what I’m moving through, I return to spirit to access the deeper layers exploring energetic blocks, past lives, extraction work, soul retrievals and power retrievals.

Each time, I’m reminded how much more there is to step into my power, and how the shadow and ego continue to show up in new ways. I see more clearly the ways I’ve placed myself into boxes shaped by conditioning and other people, and how much of this path is about gently dismantling them.

This path opened me up to live more unconventionally, more honestly, and more freely and not everyone will like that and that’s something I’m learning to feel okay with.

But the more you shine the light, the more you see the dark.

It feels like a continuous path of meeting myself again and again, with more compassion, more balance, and a deeper commitment to walking this path for myself and for others.

18/03/2026

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I’ve been reflecting a lot recently on food and the nervous system.In somatic work we often talk about breath, grounding...
17/03/2026

I’ve been reflecting a lot recently on food and the nervous system.

In somatic work we often talk about breath, grounding, or movement but something that’s been coming up both personally and in client sessions is how deeply nourishment supports regulation.

For many people, especially those who are neurodivergent or living with chronic illness, meeting the body’s basic needs isn’t always straightforward. Appetite, sensory sensitivities, allergies, routine, and past experiences with food can all shape our relationship with nourishment.

Over the past few months I’ve managed something that once felt really difficult for me: consistently eating three meals a day. It sounds simple but something I’ve never been able to do my whole life, all the way back to school days I remember never eating my lunch due to feeling sick.

I experience complex reactions to food physically, which can quickly push my nervous system into fight or flight, and it’s reminded me how foundational nourishment can be for stability in the body.

Interestingly, I found some of the more “advanced” somatic practices easier to integrate than something as fundamental as regular meals. With allergies and a complicated history with food, that basic rhythm took time.

It’s been a reminder that just because something is fundamental doesn’t mean it’s easy.

Sharing this as a gentle invitation to reflect on your own relationship with food and nourishment, and the ways it may support or challenge your nervous system, often there is more nuance there than we first realise.

Around the 17th February we found ourselves in the energy of the Lunar New Year, a New Moon, eclipse, and the early stir...
13/03/2026

Around the 17th February we found ourselves in the energy of the Lunar New Year, a New Moon, eclipse, and the early stirrings of Spring.
All of this was unfolding alongside a shift out of the Chinese Zodiac Year of the Snake and into the Year of the Horse.
And we also entered into numerological Year 1 which is all about fresh starts, new direction, and independence.
Year 1 is often called the Sunrise phase, signifying the early light of a new day, when something new is just beginning to take shape.
There is a strong current of renewal here;
Spring
The Year of the Horse
The start of a new 9 year cycle with numerological Year 1.
Exciting times! One important reminder is that:
Renewal doesn’t have to mean urgency, push, or being in a hurry.
We get to sloooooooow down,
and go at our own pace.
If you’re wondering what on earth all of this means, then I get into it in my latest blog post. It is a lot happening all at once and if you love symbolism, themes, and a reason to feel hopeful then this is for you!
Blog posts allow for longer form content that there’s not the space for on social media apps. So I would love to see you over on the blog 🙂

Link in bio to read or head on over to holisticaquila.co.uk

11/03/2026

Somatic healing supports the nervous system.
It doesn’t blame the body for being ill.

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