About me
About Laura Emilia
Laura is a movement alchemist. A somatic psychotherapist, counsellor, yoga teacher, embodied flow facilitator and bodyworker she believes creative expression and movement are the most potent medicine. With more than a decade of experience in body-based therapies, Laura is dedicated to love, self-empowerment, inspiration, service and connection.
Immersed in dance and art as a child, Laura has a long-standing passion for creative expression through the body and was first introduced to yoga at age 14. After journeying through a difficult in her life when she was diagnosed with endometriosis and ovarian cysts, Laura left her job to embark on a never ending journey of healing as a student, client and therapist.
Since then, she has sought out opportunities to study with senior teachers across the globe โ from her first 200hr somatic Yoga Training and training closely under the guidance of agent of change, embodied flow creators Tara Judelle and Somatic Psychologist Scott Lyons and Movement therapist Myra Avedon.
Embodiment and somatic therapies allowed Laura to feel more comfortable in her skin and therefore to engage with life more fully. This brought her a new sense of freedom, curiosity, aliveness and radiance. These embodiment practices supported Laura in integrating unresolved experiences, grief, spiritual awakenings and pain. Laura decided to further journey into the path of embodiment, somatics and psychotherapy in her studies in order to further understand and heal herself.
Laura's work draws upon her background in counselling, holistic humanistic psychotherapy, anthropology and her Masters in Cultural Heritage, which was inspired by her involvement in multiple communities abroad. Laura was exposed to various communities, cultures, religions and philosophies as well as developing strong roots in the lineages she was initiated in, such as the Tantric Kashmir Shaivism tradition. By the age of 20, Laura had lived in over 10 countries across the globe, from her birth country Argentina to Venezuela, Malaysia, England, Africa and more.
Currently in Melbourne, Australia, Laura loves to be of service to others and to witness how people can heal themselves, realising that they donโt have to be stuck and can come back to alignment and healing in a grounded way.
Most notable Education & training
Trauma Course: Somatic Psychotherapy Skills to Bring the Body into Trauma Treatment. Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MA, LMFT, CHT (Hakomi Psychotherapy)
Healing Trauma with Dr. Peter Levine .
Basic Principles of Somatic Experiencing with Somatic Experiencingยฎ Trauma Institute and enrolled in Somatic Experiencingยฎ Professional Training 3 years (current)
Postgraduate Counselling&Psychotherapy Training (2 years). PACFA Accredited. Metavision Institute.
Scott Lyons. Somatic Stress Releaseโข.
Craniosacral therapy -Milne Institute with Matthew Kirsch . Level 1.
Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy with Scott Lyons, Hakomi principles with Manuela Mishke-Reeds, Psychology and Trauma Recovery with Dr Arielle Schwartz, Polyvagal Theory and Pathways to Connections with Deb Dana, Polyvagal theory with Dr. Stephen Porges and Somatic Experiencing with Dr Peter Levine.
Embodiment teacher training and Non-Linear Movement training with Michaela Boehm and Steve James.
Body-Mind Centeringยฎ (BMCsm) SOMATIC MOVEMENT EDUCATION certification program in Melbourne, Australia:
Ligamentous and Fascial System & Endocrine System
Scott Lyons & Myra Avedon. 500 hours Embodied Flowโข Somatic Movement Therapist Program. ISMETA Approved Program.
Certified Embodied Flow Facilitator and Yoga Teacher ( 500 E-RYT) + Mentorship
Yoga for Humankind. Certification in Trauma-Informed Yoga & Embodied Social Change. 60 hours
Irene Lyons. Apprentenship. SmartBodySmartMind. Nervous system regulation program through polyvagal-informed education, practical neurosensory exercises, and interactive support.
My Why
I once lived outside of my body due to a painful gynaecological condition, body and sexual shame and trauma. My cultural conditioning, passions and hobbies where my disordered behaviours with my body-mind, food and emotions were not only accepted, but encouraged.
When I finally had surgery for my endometriosis, I realised I was experiencing burnout, overwhelm, anxiety, confusion, feeling lost and disembodied. I found limited resources, long waitlists, and treatment practices that were not trauma-informed. I spent years on this healing journey without being able to fully embody my body and recover. I had a messy spiritual awakening, where I met tricksters and charlatans that offered me empty promises full of smokes and mirrors. Toxic behavior and abuse of power in spiritual, educational and healing spaces offered me lessons around empowerment, trust and self worth. I left my job and decided to immerse myself in somatics, psychotherapy, Kashmir Shivaism philosophy, embodiment, movement and yoga. This took me on a never-ending path of learning about the body-mind, consciousness and life itself. I also started the healing process of my pain and integrating both traumatic and joyful experiences.
I finally felt at home.
I learnt language to name what I was feeling and sensing. I found new maps to understanding consciousness and reality. I learnt new pathways to re-pattern old toxic ways. I found freedom from self-limiting beliefs, shame, low self-esteem, trauma, overwhelm and overachieving and continue to prove my worth.
Ultimately not only had I found myself, my body and my community, but I had found freedom, vitality, ease and harmony. I learnt to transmute and alchemise my pain into bliss and connection.
My passion for helping others to have embodied lives led me to offer myself as a movement facilitator, therapist, yogi and human.
I now live a life that is still imperfect, messy, and yet still beautiful. A life that accepts all parts of myself. I now dance with my shadows and pain with more fluidity and ease. Iโm no longer stuck with being in my pain-body or trying to escape it.
I feel that I have more inner resources and a better capacity to be with it. I live a life that does not require escaping my pain, my power, my body or includes sexual or bodily shame or dysfunction. A life that is filled with authentic people, unconditional love, purpose, creativity, devotion and adventure.
Aliveness. Vitality. Freedom. Harmony.
I live a life filled with purpose through the privilege I have of helping others come home to their bodies.
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