Are you ready to trust your body and feel safe again?

Have you done plenty of talk therapy but you feel like you can't just think your way through it?

Maybe you are easily triggered into anxiety or hypervigilence, and the problem is not in your head?

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Our bodies still hold what was too much (overwhelming) at the time of a traumatic incident. In Somatic Experiencing® (SE) therapy, the body is encouraged to lead the session, with a lot of focus on resourcing, developing resilience and capacity.

 

Learn to regulate your nervous system with this gentle, non-cathartic approach.

SE® helps with stress, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, PTSD, and any unresolved emotional and physical trauma.

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Available from the clinic, or online via Zoom, these 60 or 90 min sessions look and feel a bit like counseling... The difference is the huge focus on body mindfulness, tracking and exploring sensations through the body. In person sessions often include bodywork or nervous system regulating Touch.

Kali explains the neuro-physiology (Polyvagal theory) and helps you understand what's happening in each moment. She teaches simple practices to anchor you in the present and begin to feel calm in your body. The Art of Touch cards are a fantastic resource for home practice, which is important for rewiring the nervous system through repetition.

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Internal Family Systems® (IFS) approach

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Kali incorporates some IFS "parts work" into the SE sessions where needed. The idea behind this therapy is that we have many parts, or sub-personalities within us. These include protector parts eg. an inner critic, a manager or a fighter; and exiles that have been suppressed eg. a wounded child, a playful part, a sensual goddess, etc. Then we have "self energy" - the part of us that can witness and observe.

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The benefit of this approach is that we can truly listen without judgement to how parts of us think and feel. Some parts we may dislike (such as our inner critic) and even find them crippling to our self esteem. Some parts are locked into protective patterns causing physical tension, even pain. But if we take the time to listen to them we often discover they emerged during childhood as a way to help us navigate our family, the schoolyard or another challenging time. We can bring these old programs into the NOW, loosening their grip on us, becoming more helpful, and freeing up our energy.

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IFS is a relational model that brings so much repair to one's inner life. It is considered to be one of the best approaches to healing emotional trauma.

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HeartMath® - Heart focused

 

Kali is a certified HeartMath practitioner. HeartMath meditation is a heart-focused breathing meditation that can help you quickly change from feeling stressed to feeling calm. Science-based and used worldwide, HeartMath meditation uses breathing techniques to bring about coherence — the alignment of your physical, mental and emotional systems to work in sync.

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Feminine Embodiment for women

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Kali is also a women's Tantra yoga teacher. She teaches 'Empress Yoga & Dance' locally in Melbourne's Dandenong Ranges. She holds a space for deep feminine embodiment (in person & online) and teaches the art of releasing anger, creating strong boundaries, and developing pleasure pathways in the body. Kali assists women preparing for pregnancy and for birth, healing sexual trauma and embodying the feminine on their own and in their relationships.