How I Can Help
Not only life threatening events can cause trauma. A routine surgery, a fall or a stressful period at work can also 'blow us out of our body' and make us feel numb and disconnected. Or we may find ourselves trapped by new uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, behaviours and sensations. Somatic Experiencing understands that trauma is not in the event, but held in our physiology. It can offer you a gentle and body-focused approach to resolving trauma.
When these symptoms come together or are persistent it can be a sign that our nervous system feels under attack or overwhelmed. Somatic Experiencing can help you connect to your nervous system to reinstall safety, grow resilience and come back into balance with your body and mind, so that you can embody your authentic self again. We may also use movement work to aid physical wellbeing.
Despite loving your profession you find it exhausting and uncomfortable to allow yourself to really be seen and this impacts your performance? Somatic Experiencing can teach you how to settle your nervous system, resolve your inner demons of shame and insecurety and help you get in touch with your strong, calm, authentic self when all eyes are on you.
Our nervous system does not differentiate between what we imagine and what is actually happening. When you tap into deeply challenging feelings or memories to bring a role you play to life it can push you into a trauma vortex that can be hard to reemerge from. Somatic Experiencing teaches you how to pendulate between darkness and lightness and how to keep your sensitive nervous system safe when exploring challening roles.
My Services
I offer live Pilates and somatic online group classes via Zoom. They are ideal if you are looking for a weekly group class to help you settle your nervous system and engage with your body in mindful movement practice. You can join us from anywhere in the world and should you miss a class you can catch up via a recording.
About
Kristin
Moving brings access to the feelful connections between thoughts.
Peggy Hackney,
MAKING CONNECTIONS
Starting out as a young Artist I was fascinated with movement and human expression and how it relates to our experience of life. It led me on a lifetime journey of exploration, discovery and personal transformation.
10 years into this journey I am an experienced Pilates Teacher, Manual Therapist , Neuro-linguistic Programming Practitioner, Movement Coach and Anatomy lecturer, as well as a Mentor in Pilates Teacher Education.
For the past 5 years I have focused my interest on the nervous system and the physiology of trauma and more recently I qualified as a Somatic Experiencing Practitoner. I am undergoing further studies in somatic developmental psychology.
I bring together all of the above approaches of working with the body and mind in motion and stillness, in order to help you unwind what is keeping you trapped, and explore your very own embodied path to a more healthy, authentic and empowered self.
A., Teacher
"Just wanted to say how wonderful my private lessons with Kristin have been so far. She is so knowledgeable and understanding of my situation and really works with my body to help me figure out a way forward. I've sought out a lot of help over the years from physios, massage therapists, personal trainers etc and although they have obviously all tried to help the best they can, Kristin is making the biggest difference because she really understands and is really willing to listen and experiment. Her technique is gentle but effective and she really notices things. Really feel relieved to finally be finding a way to get moving healthily again with Kristen's kind support."
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