My somatic psychotherapist has helped me with so, so much and I am SO excited to have her on the podcast. Laura is someone with a wealth of experience, knowledge, compassion & brings so much richness to my life. This is such a great episode. 

We go into:

• Laura’s journey with embodiment through yoga, dance, plant medicine & how her health issues inspired her to connect deeper with her body

• Laura’s take on what somatics & embodiment actually mean & why incorporating a mind-body approach is such a strong part of repatterning trauma

• Why talk therapy alone may not be enough to heal

• The true gifts of embodiment & how it impacts our life

• Embodiment as a social justice act

• Having compassion for ourselves when we go back into old patterns

• Emelitta’s story of how she used to bypass her needs & how she identifies, speaks & meets her needs now

• People dancing on Instagram & calling it embodiment - is it empowerment or attention seeking?

• Trauma & hypersexuality vs sexual repression - finding the middle ground

• What does it mean to be “trauma informed” & why do people think it’s a cult?

Hope you love it so much! Let us know how it lands.

Lots of love,

Emelitta

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Laura is an embodiment facilitator who is also a somatic psychotherapist, counsellor, mover, yoga teacher & bodyworker with more than a decade of experience in body-based therapies.  She supports individuals who are seeking to transform stress, trauma, anxiety, overwhelm, PTSD and depression through a somatic &  a spiritually-oriented approach to therapy and embodiment practices. This work also helps Laura to stay  centred, humbled and connected to her path.

Laura describes herself as empathetic, open minded, grounded, kind-hearted, authentic and a deep listener.   Above all, Laura is dedicated to love, self-empowerment, inspiration, service and connection.

Laura loves to be of service to others and witness them heal themselves, realising that they don’t have to be stuck and can come back to alignment and healing in a grounded way.

Laura’s website: https://www.lauraemilia.com.au/

Follow Laura on IG: @lauraemilia.__