“If you want to give birth to your true self, you are going to have to dig down into that body of yours and let your soul howl. Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith and trust that if you turn off your head, your feet will take you where you need to go.”
Gabrielle Roth
Reconnect to Your Body & Reclaim Your Wholeness
Somatic Illumination is a one-to-one somatic therapy approach for individuals experiencing long-term illness, emotional overwhelm, trauma responses, or chronic stress and pain. Rooted in nervous system healing, trauma-informed care, and somatic movement, this work supports you in returning home to your body.
This integrative process blends science-backed somatic tools with intuitive, embodied presence. Each session is uniquely designed to help you gently release stored tension, access emotional resilience, and feel more regulated in your day-to-day life.
Together, we work with the body — not against it — to uncover the deeper stories, sensations, and wisdom beneath the surface.
This Work May Support You If You Are-
• Navigating chronic illness, fatigue, or pain
• Feeling dysregulated, anxious, or emotionally overwhelmed
• Recovering from trauma or burnout
• Disconnected from your body or your inner sense of self
• Ready for a gentler, embodied path to healing
No prior experience is needed. You simply need a willingness to slow down, get curious, and explore what’s ready to shift.
Each session may include-
Somatic movement and nervous system regulation techniques
• Breathwork and grounding tools
• Guided inquiry and emotional processing
• Trauma-sensitive body awareness
• Support to identify and gently unwind patterns of tension, shutdown, or overwhelm
Every session is responsive to your unique needs and held with care, collaboration, and deep respect for your process.
My approach-
I have a decade of experience in nervous system healing and body-based therapeutic work. I am not a counsellor or talking therapist however my approach draws fromthe somatic aspects of some of these approaches and includes-
• Somatic Experiencing
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)
• Polyvagal-informed yoga and therapy
• Embodied movement and inquiry practices
• Deep emotional listening and intuitive presence
I welcome working alongside medical practitioners, talking therapists, complementary therapists, or existing support systems.
Please contact me to discuss how this approach can work for you.
What my clients say-
“I had a series of 1:1 sessions with Kelly as well as attending her Saturday class. Her deep insight into mind-body connection and personalized approach have greatly enhanced my practice and overall well-being. Highly recommend for anyone who needs to reconnect with their own body.” Corinne
Thank you so much for helping me get in touch with my body and heart. I felt for long time being in defensive default mode not knowing that I was still carrying my childhood traumas added to the daily stressors from work , family and relationship. Throughout our 6 sessions I managed to have more compassion and understanding to my feeling , acknowledging anger , frustration or grieve as normal feeling, observing these without judgement. and noticing where these are actually showing in my body. We could release a lot of these , the most important ones in my opinion. I continue my daily exercises that you kindly recorded for me. Thank you so very much for being such a wonderful person. Naoual - Somatic 1:1
Kelly skilfully provided me with a grounding and containing space to engage in somatic therapy. I am a psychologist and therefore work primarily using a ‘talking therapy’ framework. Kelly’s work differs from this framework and instead she encouraged me to identify how an emotion was showing up in my body. This meant that I had to let go of my tendency to overthink and analyse which was hard at first but became easier with Kelly’s guidance. The approach has been fundamental in the positive changes/shifts that I have witnessed following my time with Kelly. Above all, she is a warm and an extremely knowledgeable trauma informed practitioner. I highly recommend her, and I feel grateful to have worked alongside her. Sara 1:1
I had somatic therapy sessions with Kelly over the span of a few months and the results were remarkable! Kelly uses a combination of somatic inquiry and and a specific way of processing emotions which gently bring long-held trauma and repressed feelings to the surface; once they are seen for what they truly are they can be released, and what a difference this makes to the daily experience of life! Not only do I feel better but I'm also able to use this method by myself now so I can process unwanted emotions whenever they arise. Kelly was amazing: very warm and caring but also very insightful, with an uncanny instinct for my blind spots and unconscious defense mechanisms. Definitely someone you want by your side on the roller-coaster adventure of self-improvement and discovery! Oana - 1:1
My sessions with Kelly have been absolutely brilliant. I’ve got in touch with some deep rooted emotional difficulties that I was not able to feel or be present to, with talking therapy. Not only did these things arise but I was finally able to be present and process them. Some of these traumas have been hiding away and were so deep rooted. I feel so free now that they have been seen. I am so grateful that kelly is offering this work. It’s really worked so well for me, Lexi,