A somatic space for women in the overwhelm of midlife & motherhood.
Meet Ali
Hi & welcome here,
I’m Ali. I’m a somatic practitioner - trained in trauma aware somatic coaching, internal family systems, breathwork & trauma informed yoga.
I’m also an Irish Mother of two, a lover of decolonised liberation centric practises & a wilderness seeker.
I discovered the somatic modality, many years into a journey to wholeness, following the end of a toxic relationship and the death of my Mother.
Up to that point I had always turned to yoga as a way to find relief & balance but I continued to struggle in weaving that practice into my reality.
It wasn’t until the somatic practice really began to land in my body that I realised I had been living my life in a state of complex PTSD.
My nervous system was completely exhausted and needed some very deep care & rest.
The non-linear and non-forceful approach of Somatic work has helped me in this process by allowing me to slowly attune to the needs of my body in a way that feels truly rooted in safety.
It is an approach to healing that challenges the dominant narrative of hyper-individualised or isolated healing on a convenient timeline.
Here we heal in connection.
Through these practises I have started to reclaim my own connection to natures rhythm and also found a deep acceptance of the gritty & imperfect, beyond all the things I was ever told that life is supposed to be.
Why breathwork?
Breathwork is a powerful somatic means both for supporting the body through hormonal shifts & for expanding our capacity to meet the sensations that arise as we begin to challenge the limiting narratives we’ve been conditioned to believe.
With the breath we can bypass the "thinking" brain and directly access the autonomic nervous system, where many unprocessed emotions are held somatically (in the body). This can create a pathway for these held emotions to surface.
Through weaving breathwork into our lives we can connect more deeply to our own inner wisdom and our true nature, beyond all of the limiting patterns & belief systems.
Cycle reclamation…
Realigning with the rhythms of nature is truly a transformational practise. In a world where we’re pushed towards a life of extraction, productivity and perpetual growth. Cycle reclamation is not only what is beyond that… it’s what came before. And it’s what our bodies remember as our natural way of being. What happens when we slow down or take time to rest? What do our conditioned parts say when we’re being rather than doing? It’s here that we unravel from the binds of a life of disconnection and rekindle our relationship with the natural world.
Offerings
1:1 Somatic Support
Two hour drop-in sessions (online or in-person) are available for somatic support with cycle reclamation OR containers of 3 or 6 months wherein we meet bi-weekly for a 90 minute somatic explorative session (online or online/in-person hybrid). In these sessions we often explore a combination of childhood wounding & cultural conditioning through the lens of the body and with the supportive map of your cycle. We allow two weeks in between sessions for integration but supportive check-ins & personalised integration practises are also offered in between.
Online or in-person | From £62.50 per week | Book your first session
Awakening the Wild
COMING SOON
Awakening the Wild is an upcoming 12 month journey through the seasons of rewilding & resistance. We will meet bi-weekly in a small group as well as maintaining connection through a group communication channel and journeying through the somatics of each season with the additional guidance of breath & movement practises available to access at any time in a pre-recorded content library. We begin 1st of Feb with a ceremony to celebrate Imbolc.
Bi-weekly 60 min gatherings | From £100 pm | Register interest
Gatherings & Workshops
Group sessions take place both online & in-person. Online workshops may sometimes be completely free. Immersive breathwork & seasonal wheel of the year rituals are created as an embodied experience & celebration of natures rhythms.
Monthly events | From £30 pp | See what’s happening
Rewilding Rituals for home
COMING SOON
Access pre-recorded somatic practises for every phase of your cycle. Short accessible breath & yoga sessions to work around your life… because sometimes what you need is less not more.
£80 one time payment | Get started
Come & say hi!
This is a casual space for you to check in, say hi, ask questions or just come with whatever’s on your heart.
There’s no force or obligation here… Just a space to explore what might work for you.