You’ve learnt to cope.
Now your body is asking for something deeper.
Somaaya is a breath & body-first approach that weaves together somatic practice, shadow work and parts work (IFS), all held within a deeply relational therapeutic space.
Trauma-informed, grounded in the wisdom of the body, and paced with care.
How I Work
My practice is trauma-informed and shaped by what is present. I create a grounded, attuned safe space where healing can emerge naturally. This means:
Nervous-system safety and stabilisation before depth
Consent and choice throughout
Moving at the speed that matches your readiness
Observing how the work lands in real life, not just in-session
Integration & practice as central to the work, not optional
At Somaaya, I work with your internal world — the part of you that lives beneath thought and action. In practice, that means slowing down, noticing sensation, tracking your bodies reactions and learning to trust what your body is telling you.
I trust the body’s inherent capacity to move towards wholeness when it is met with safety, presence, and compassionate attention. I don’t control or manipulate your nervous system — I create the conditions for it to regulate itself.
Depth at
Your Pace:
The emphasis always remains the same: safety, pacing, and integration over catharsis and intensity.
Some sessions are subtle and quiet. Others are more cathartic. Both are valid. What matters is that the depth matches your system, and not an expectation.
3 Core Principles
Safety · Embodiment · Integration
Safety — Nothing here is forced, rushed or expected. Healing begins when your body no longer has to defend and protect itself.
Embodiment — Rather than analysing your experience, we learn to feel it, notice it, and gently move with it, without interpretation.
Integration — Real change isn’t what happens during a session. It’s what becomes possible afterwards in your day to day life — in your relationships, your choices, and the ways in which you meet everyday life.
Healing cannot be forced. It unfolds when we create the inner and outer conditions that allow it to emerge.
Working with the Shadow
Not everything that shapes us lives in conscious awareness
Parts of ourselves can become hidden, rejected or pushed out of view — often because, at some point, it felt safer not to feel, express or embody them.
My work creates space to gently meet what has been exiled or left unseen. Through the body, breath, relational and somatic inquiry and parts work, we can begin to recognise the patterns that operate beneath the surface — not to get rid of them, but to understand what they have been protecting.
Shadow work, in this sense, is not about forcing ourselves into the darkness. It is about allowing more of who we are to come back into relationship with us.
Therapeutic Breathwork
At Somaaya we take Breathwork a level deeper. Your breath is a simple doorway with surprising depth.
Used intentionally, your breath becomes an invitation into greater presence, emotional processing, and a renewed relationship with your body. Not by force, but by creating the conditions in which healing can unfold in its own time.
feel safe enough to soften and without collapsing.
Our approach is body-led, trauma-informed, and grounded in integration. Consent, pacing, and aftercare are woven into every stage of the process. Depth is available, but never imposed.
Many journeys begin quietly — with breath awareness, sensing, and cultivating presence. As trust deepens, the work often unfolds naturally into deeper layers of experience release, and surrender, opening into expanded states of consciousness.
There is no expectation to reach a particular state.
We simply follow what is ready to emerge.
Over time, this work can reveal the clarity, vitality, and wholeness and protective patterns have quietly obscured.
Nothing essential has been lost.
This work is an invitation to remember.
Practicalities:
Session length - 2-3.5 hours (depending on experience)
Investment - £160
Available - Worldwide online or in person (London)
A complimentary 20-minute conversation to see if this container is right for you
Somatic Therapy
Parts-based, Integrative Somatic Therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS) | Somatic Inquiry | Shadow Work
You don’t have to force change. Together, we create the conditions in which it can unfold naturally.
This work gently brings together Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic therapy, attachment-informed practice, shadow work, and nervous system safety. Rather than trying to fix you, we become curious about the different parts of you that have developed to protect, survive and help you navigate the world, life and this human experience.
Our work is relational, body-led, and deeply collaborative. We move at the pace of your nervous system, following what feels ready rather than forcing insight or breakthrough. Safety, consent and integration remain at the centre throughout.
Many people come because they feel stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected from themselves, or caught in patterns they can understand but struggle to change.
As awareness deepens, those protective patterns no longer need to carry quite so much alone.
Over time this work can cultivate greater self-leadership, inner safety and ease, and a more compassionate relationship with every part of yourself.
Practicalities:
Session length — 60-75 minutes
Investment — £100
Available — Worldwide online or in person (London)
Over time some people move between both therapeutic Parts-Work sessions and Breathwork sessions.
Group Breathwork
Group Breathwork & Somatic Sessions take place at SomaHoma in Stoke Newington, London.
View upcoming group breathwork sessions. Sessions are facilitated by myself and other qualified practitioners through BreathLife
For private bookings or corporate events please send me a message via my contact form.
Retreats & Gatherings
Some of the most profound shifts happen when we gather in community.
Somaaya’s community gatherings and retreats bring people together in ceremony, in nature, and in practice - from forest immersions and fire circles to breathwork evenings and seasonal rites.
Some are held at Hartwood Grove, our ancient woodland near Tring in Herefordshire, north of London. Others take place in London, Bali and other locations as they arise.
Everyone is welcome — both newcomers and those already immersed in the work. What matters is simply a willingness to show up and connect with yourself, with nature and with others.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The best place to start is with a 15 minute online 1:1 call to explore what you’re looking for, the type of support best suited o you in this moment in time and whether this feels like the right fit. There is never any pressure - just a chance to connect and sense into what might be needed to support you where you are.
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Change does not take hold over night, and this work tends to unfold over time, and continuity often allows for deeper shifts to take a hold in your day to day life. For both Breathwork and IFS sessions, a minimum of 3 sessions is recommended. From there-on-out we shape the container together.
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1:1 somatic therapy sessions are more relational and exploratory - working with parts, patterns and inner dynamics through conversation and Internal Family Systems inquiry. Breathwork sessions are more immersive and body-led, creating space for deeper material to emerge and be processed through the breath. Over time, some people move between the two.
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1:1 therapy is available both online and in-person. Breathwork for first timers are only held in person, and for those with experience this work can be taken online as well.
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You’re welcome exactly as you are - whether this is your first time exploring this kind of work, or you’re returning to it and are wanting to go deeper.
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Yes - I offer a limited number of concession spaces. Please reach out to ask.