Somatic Trauma Healing: Explore & Shift triggers, nervous system patterns & childhood adaptations keeping you stuck in old cycles

A quick note about the retreat format:This retreat can be experienced as a standalone day on Saturday 14th Nov, or can become a deeper, more integrated 2 day experience. The 2nd Day on Sunday 15th Nov is focused on integration — moving beyond understanding & somatic experiencing of our survival patterns and into reconnecting with the authentic self beneath them.You are welcome to attend one day or both, and you can also decide after day 1 if you'd like to join the second day. Please feel free to whatsapp me on: +447944127004 (or email me aliyahcoaching@gmail.com) with any further questions. Happy to arrange a short video call as well.👉 At the end of each day, we will have a sauna & sea swim experience to support integration, resilience and nervous system regulation. This is an important part of the retreat journey, helping bring the work from the mind into the body.Participation is strongly encouraged, but if you have medical reasons, health considerations, or this does not feel right for you, your choice will always be honoured — there is no pressure to go beyond what feels safe and supportive.

Understanding How Your Nervous System Shaped Who You Became — and How to Create New Choices

Have you ever wondered:

"Why do I keep repeating the same patterns, even when I know they no longer serve me?"

Do you find yourself:✨ Pushing yourself to overwork, achieve and keep going until you burn out — but struggling to slow down or understand why?✨ Putting other people's needs before your own, feeling responsible for others, and ending up depleted, resentful or disconnected from yourself?✨ Feeling like you need to keep proving yourself through achievements, performance or being "good enough" — yet still feeling like you are falling short?✨ Finding it hard to trust, open up or let others truly see you, even when you long for deeper connection?✨ Avoiding things that matter to you because fear, doubt or overwhelm takes over?These patterns are not random. They are ADAPTIONS your nervous system created to help you feel safe, connected and accepted.

Intro:This retreat day/weekend, explores how your nervous system shaped the ways you learned to respond, protect yourself and navigate relationships — and how you can begin creating new choices beyond these automatic patterns.This is a follow-on from the Awaken Your True Self Retreat Part 1 held last November, where we explored triggers and connected with younger parts of ourselves that learned to adapt. This experience builds on that foundation, taking us deeper into understanding how these patterns were formed and how they continue to show up through the nervous system and the body — not just the mind.You do not need to have attended Part 1 to join. We will explore new triggers and experiences, offering a foundation for understanding your own nervous system patterns, while those who joined us previously will have the opportunity to continue building on and integrating the work.

Breif Outling of the Weekend:

Day 1: Understanding Your Survival Strategies & Adaptations

What patterns do I keep repeating that keep me stuck and disconnected from my authentic self?We will explore the triggers, behaviours and responses that continue to show up in our lives and relationships, and begin to understand:✨ What adaptations did my nervous system create to help me feel safe, connected and accepted?

✨ How did my nervous system learn to respond to certain experiences?

✨ What younger parts of myself become activated when these patterns appear?

✨ How do these adaptations continue to influence my thoughts, emotions, relationships and choices today?Through experiential exercises and somatic practices, we will map out our individual nervous system patterns and explore our threat responses — including fight, flight and freeze — noticing how they show up through sensations, emotions, thoughts and behaviours.Rather than only understanding these patterns intellectually, we will begin to experience them within the body, creating greater awareness of our automatic responses and the possibility of new choices.

Optional Day 2: Moving Beyond Old Patterns & Creating New Choices

How do I reconnect with my authentic self beyond the adaptations I learned?Building on Day 1, we move from awareness into deeper integration — exploring how we can create more choice, resilience and safety within the nervous system.We will explore:✨ How can I respond differently when old patterns are activated?

✨ What gifts and strengths developed through these adaptations?

✨ How can I honour these parts of myself without being controlled by them?

✨ Who am I beneath the strategies I learned to survive and belong?This day is an invitation to reconnect with your authentic self, integrate what you have discovered, and begin creating new ways of relating, responding and showing up in your life.Together, the

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