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Marie is a caring, intuitive and experienced therapist. When we find the doorway into this inner landscape of experiencing, true change can happen.

Somatic Listening & Focusing for Inner Health
Learning to listen to the quiet wisdom within
Sharing the gentle practice of Focusing
A space for your innate health to unfurl She has spent many years exploring the language of touch and felt sense, the life that we are experiencing below our level of thinking. Marie is skilled at providing a non judgmental presence and listening deeply to the underly

ing experience of whatever is presenting. She has a deep connection and trust in the intelligence of the body wisdom which is always seeking more health and carrying us forward. Marie's work is deep, yet gentle and nurturing. She is sensitive and empathetic with an ability to promote deep healing. She brings presence and connection to places that are stuck, numb or overcharged so that they can return to ease and flow. Treatments offered

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

Focusing (Body based Counselling) Sessions
Therapeutic Massage

21/04/2026

You don’t need more time. You need more space.

When we are overwhelmed, we feel like we are drowning in a sea of must-dos. It feels like the world is sitting right on our chest.

But overwhelm is often just a lack of internal distance.

🤍 slower

🤍 softer

🤍 more aware

In Focusing, we use a practice called Clearing a Space. It’s not about fixing your problems, it’s about changing your relationship to them. By mentally placing our burdens a comfortable distance away, we give our nervous system a chance to settle.

If you’re looking for somatic tools for anxiety or nervous system regulation for burnout, Focusing helps you find the quiet center in the middle of the noise.

somatichealing

13/04/2026

Stop fighting your pain. Start meeting it.

When we live with chronic tension or physical discomfort, we often treat our bodies like an enemy.

But what if the pain is actually a whisper that has had to become a scream just to be heard?

🤍 slower
🤍 softer
🤍 more aware

In The Way In, we learn that physical pain often carries a "lived meaning." When we stop trying to relax it away and instead offer it our gentle company, the internal landscape begins to shift. Relief doesn't always come from a fix, it comes from being heard.

If you’re navigating physical discomfort or looking for somatic tools for pain management, Focusing offers a gentle path back to your innate health.

I have a few openings left for 1:1 sessions this month. Let’s find The Way In together. DM me

nervoussystemregulation

26/03/2026

In Focusing, we don't look for giant leaps or instant "cures." We look for the smallest possible movement, a tiny softening in the throat or a slight shift in how a feeling "looks" to us. These steps may seem small, but they change everything. Once your body takes a step, you are no longer standing in the same place you started.

These words come from Eugene Gendlin, who shared a way of listening, called Focusing, that helps us settle into the quiet, physical "knowing" that lives inside us.

This month, I’m sharing quotes that help me find my way back to my own innate health. I hope they help you catch a glimpse of the wisdom waiting in you, too.

You don't need to see the whole path. What is the smallest "next step" your body is asking for today?

24/03/2026

We often treat "bad" feelings like broken parts that need to be removed. But Gendlin saw them differently, as energy that is simply stuck or frustrated. Like a sprout pushed under a heavy stone, the energy is still trying to grow toward the light. When we offer that feeling our presence, the stone can be moved, and the energy can finally flow in its "life-forward" direction.

These words come from Eugene Gendlin, who shared a way of listening, called Focusing, that helps us settle into the quiet, physical "knowing" that lives inside us.

This month, I’m sharing quotes that help me find my way back to my own innate health. I hope they help you catch a glimpse of the wisdom waiting in you, too.

What if your most difficult feeling is actually holding the energy you need to move forward?

22/03/2026

Have you ever struggled to explain how you feel, and then, the moment you find the right word, your shoulders drop or you take a sudden, deep breath? Gendlin called this a "Body Shift." It is your body’s physical way of saying "Yes, you finally heard me." It isn’t just a thought; it is a literal release of tension that you can feel in your bones.

These words come from Eugene Gendlin, who shared a way of listening, called Focusing, that helps us settle into the quiet, physical "knowing" that lives inside us.

This month, I’m sharing quotes that help me find my way back to my own innate health. I hope they help you catch a glimpse of the wisdom waiting in you, too.

Have you felt that "physical sigh" lately? It’s a sign that you’ve touched something true.

19/03/2026

Our bodies are always talking to us, usually in very quiet ways, a slight tightness in the throat, a little flutter in the chest, or a subtle heaviness. If we ignore these "whispers," the body eventually has to get louder to be heard. Focusing is simply the practice of checking in early, so we can hear what our body needs while it’s still speaking softly. 🌿

These words come from Eugene Gendlin, who shared a way of listening, called Focusing, that helps us settle into the quiet, physical "knowing" that lives inside us.

This month, I’m sharing quotes that help me find my way back to my own innate health. I hope they help you catch a glimpse of the wisdom waiting in you, too.

Can you pause right now and listen for a "whisper" in your body? What is it trying to tell you? 🕊️

17/03/2026

It feels counterintuitive, but change doesn't come from fighting ourselves. Gendlin noticed that when we try to force a feeling to be different, it usually just digs in its heels. Real movement happens only when we can sit with a feeling exactly as it is murky, messy, or uncomfortable, and offer it our acceptance. That is the moment it finally feels safe enough to shift. 👣

These words come from Eugene Gendlin, who shared a way of listening, called Focusing, that helps us settle into the quiet, physical "knowing" that lives inside us.

This month, I’m sharing quotes that help me find my way back to my own innate health. I hope they help you catch a glimpse of the wisdom waiting in you, too.

What would happen if you stopped trying to "fix" your mood today and just let it be exactly what it is for a moment? ✨

15/03/2026

We often spend so much energy trying to look away from a difficult feeling, fearing that acknowledging it will make it "real" or "bigger." But Gendlin reminds us that the body is already carrying it. When we finally stop hiding and gently say, "Yes, I see you're there," the tension of the struggle can finally start to relax. 🌿

About Eugene Gendlin: These words come from Eugene Gendlin, who shared a way of listening, called Focusing, that helps us settle into the quiet, physical "knowing" that lives inside us.

Focusing in March: This month, I’m sharing quotes that help me find my way back to my own innate health. I hope they help you catch a glimpse of the wisdom waiting in you, too.

CTA: Is there a quiet truth your body is holding today that might just need a little bit of your kind attention? 🕊️

12/03/2026

Sometimes, "sad" or "anxious" just doesn't quite cover it. There is often a "more", a layer underneath our familiar emotions that is hard to name but very real.
In Focusing, we learn to be especially curious about that "more." It’s the part of us that doesn't fit into a neat box or a single word. When we stop trying to label it and instead just "stay with" the wordless sensation, that is often where the most beautiful shifts happen.

These words come from Eugene Gendlin, a man who spent his life exploring a beautiful truth: that our bodies aren’t just physical shells, but wise companions. He shared a way of listening, which he called Focusing, that helps us move past our busy thoughts and settle into the quiet, physical "knowing" that lives inside us.

This month, I’m simply sharing a few of the quotes that have deeply touched my own heart and helped me find my way back to my own innate health. I hope that in reading them, you might catch a glimpse of that same quiet wisdom waiting for you, too.

When you run out of words to describe how you feel, that is often where the most honest conversation with your body begins. Have you ever felt that "more than words" sensation? ✨

18/08/2024

"Are there problems in your life that seem like they’ll never change?

It turns out being stuck is not an endpoint, it’s a clue.

Wherever there is something in your life that is impossible to think, feel, or do, you’re finding the exact spot where the next steps in your life are waiting to unfold.

It doesn’t matter how long ago it got all jammed up. The right next step of your life can still happen. And when you understand that transformation happens where something in your life feels impossible, it becomes possible to lean toward what feels bad. You can gather it to you, listen to it, love it. The place that seems so hopelessly stuck will untangle itself when you give it the attention it needs.

What is the attention it needs and how do you provide it? That’s what this book is about.

Based on 30 years of teaching, practice, and exploration, Untangling shows you how to create the environment in which impasse can transform into flow" Barbara Mcgavin & Ann Wiser Cornell

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