Wellness By Olivia

20/11/2025

18/11/2025

Years ago at a retreat inspired by Ramana Maharshi’s work really impacted, we sat in rotating dyads, answering one question again and again: “Tell me who you are.” Not with stories or roles, but with direct experience — what’s true right now.

What surprised me was that the first thing to surface wasn’t clarity, but the old memories that once shut us down.

The early moments that killed our faith in ourselves.

The sensitive child who wasn’t allowed to express anything. The wounds that quietly formed our false, egoic identities: I’m too much. I’m not enough. I have to hide.

As we spoke and switched partners, the stories eventually tired themselves out. There was a pause — a space where the old answers couldn’t stand. And in that space, something softer appeared.

Not a new identity, but a sense of being that didn’t need defending.

I realized then that most of what we call “me” is just leftover survival strategies from the past. And beneath all of it is something simple, unguarded, and already whole.

Sometimes the real work isn’t finding who you are — it’s seeing what you’re not, and letting the true self emerge on its own.

16/11/2025

08/11/2025

06/11/2025

🌸 Your body listens to every thought you think.

That ache in your hips, the tightness in your chest, the heaviness in your shoulders — they’re not random. They’re your body whispering stories it’s held onto for years.

When we live in patterns of worry, self-criticism, or fear, our nervous system stays on high alert. Muscles tighten. Breath shortens. The body holds the weight of emotions that were never fully released.

Often, physical pain carries old emotional patterns — like feeling restricted after years of control, or holding tension from being judged or criticized.

✨ The beautiful truth? You can release them.
Through gentle EFT Tapping, we calm the body’s stress response and open space for healing — allowing both mind and body to soften, release, and return to safety.

When you shift your inner story, your body begins to follow. 💗

If you’re ready to let go of old patterns and reconnect with ease —

💌 Send a private message to book your healing session today

04/11/2025

Thank you for explaining embodiment so beautifully in words

The past 3 years have been my own embodiment journey with my back pain. What was once referred as “chronic back pain” became known also as nervous system central sensitization — meaning due to the length of time I was with my injury (2 years) my pain wasn’t just about tissue injury. My brain had learned to be hyper-vigilant, like a house alarm constantly going off alerting me - it was real pain but sent by the brain to the cells…

Over time, I accepted it was revealing itself as my body asking to be heard — through sensation, not just pain.

A somatic practitioner once guided me through what she called a 90-second release:

inhale gently through the nose while pressing softly on the tense joint, then exhale — whispering what I truly wanted to say.

She told me, “Say what needs to be said — even if it’s raw, unfair, or unkind. Keep breathing until the muscle softens. The body doesn’t need them to hear it — it needs you to stop holding it.”

When I began introducing acceptance and slow, steady movements, everything shifted.

One day my body called me to ever do so so slowly tap my left toe… then my right… naming aloud the emotions stored in my hips — and long-standing pain released in a moment. Somatic work is about slow slow movement to being safety

The movements were so slow it shocked me — it was the mildest, softest touch that released my pain. This work, used alongside breathwork, became a bridge between my body and my nervous system.

Along the way, I’ve used many of ’s breathwork meditations — you can find them on the Insight Timer app and on YouTube. They’ve been a beautiful support in reconnecting my mind and body.

Embodiment isn’t about fixing the body.
It’s about finally listening to it 🫶✨allowing it to lead you home safely xx

30/10/2025

30/10/2025

You don’t need more journals, more meditation, or more healing to be ready. You don’t need more information — you need permission: permission to be seen, to be heard, to take up space. 🌿

Self-expression is the practice. Self-acceptance is the outcome. Without expression, self-development becomes just another loop of overthinking, less living. Start showing up as you are — all of you. The rest will follow. ✨