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I believe we all have two basic needs:
Connection - To Be in Relationship
Authenticity - To Be Who We Truly Are: Our Essential Nature
Receive a Samacitta bodywork session and a compassionate inquiry session
The body/our somatic experience doesn’t lie. It is honest. When we connect to the innate intelligence held within and when we allow the emergence of Truth without cognitive interpretation or editing, we become open to the possibility of profound transformation. Whether we are healing from chronic illness or from past trauma, once we step out of the way of the egoic mind and personality and into our essential nature and become witness to our neurophysiology just as it is, whether regulated or dysregulated - we can experience where the subtle body and our neurophysiology converge - and so we get to experience the gift of presence itself. Thus we become the infinite ocean of pure unconditional awareness that simply IS - where possibility and connection and wholeness are ever-present. By trusting in the process and in the wisdom is the container for our pain and suffering, we become open to seeing pain as opportunity for growth. Compassionate Inquiry is a deep dive into the felt-sense, subtle body and unconscious, unveiling freedom and essential nature.
“Katrina thank you. Your profound wisdom and skill exquisitely held me through my messy emerging, my fears, my vulnerability and through that beautiful space, you took me through the door where I’d been hiding all along. My fierceness of spirit, my certainty that I was not damaged but a truly brilliant human being with a very, very wise soul guiding me every step of the way, came bursting out with such joy. This. Gratitude. Your beauty is indeed a wonderful thing! Bless you.”
“I have had weekly Compassionate Inquiry sessions with Katrina for about one year, this has been the deepest practice I have experienced so far. The sessions helped me raise my awareness, better understand root causes for the challenges I face and also release tensions in my body that I was initially unaware of. I’d highly recommend working with Katrina if you’re interested in releasing some of those unconscious patterns that stay on the way of our development.”
Samacitta bodywork is a full body meditation using the healing art of touch and a deep intuitive inner knowing that comes from hands and heart & gut. By giving attention to the breath, to subtle movement, to sound and sensation and to pure essence and natural flow, using long, relaxing strokes, fluctuating pressure and by simply giving space to what arises - the possibility to realign, release and restore to your own innate sense of pure wholeness emerges. Experiencing, feeling and opening up wherever there is contraction and holding, releasing the old and creating a renewed sense of freedom and spaciousness within.
Compassionate Inquiry is a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Dr. Gabor Maté that reveals what lies beneath the appearance we present to the world. It weaves together a rich tapestry of neuroscience, mindfulness, and somatic, relational and attachment-based psychotherapy, gently guiding toward uncovering core beliefs whilst connecting deeply and safely with the body, to accurately identify sensations and emotions and their link to implicit memories. Using Compassionate Inquiry, both client and therapist unveil a level of consciousness, mental climate, hidden assumptions, implicit memories and body states that form the real message that words both express and conceal.
“The purpose of Compassionate Inquiry is to drill down to the core stories people tell themselves – to get them to see what story they are telling themselves unconsciously; what those beliefs are, where they came from; and guide them to the possibility of letting go of those stories, or letting go of the hold those stories have on them … That’s what Compassionate Inquiry is.”~ Dr. Gabor Maté
If you are new to Compassionate Inquiry and would like to book a free, discovery 20 min Compassionate Inquiry session (one per person) - please click the button below to book.
TRAINING BACKGROUND
Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner Listing here.
Private Mentor Listing here.
Katrina trained in AyurYogic bodywork in 2007 and later in 2008 in AyurBalance bodywork at Rasovai Ayurveda in Goa. Teaching originates from Pune master teacher Kusum Modak who combined ayurvedic massage techniques with Iyengar yogic stretching.
In 2011 training in Esalen® massage from the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. Esalen®️ massage is a combination of various techniques – influences being the movement of the Pacific Ocean, sensory awareness, Swedish massage, oriental medicine and the meridians, meditation, Gestalt practice and the deeper work borrowed from Ida Rolf’s teachings and neural somatic integration and Trager’s passive movement - to awaken the body/mind. In 2015 Katrina completed a Tula®️ bodywork workshop to rewaken her hands, after a period of not giving sessions.
Katrina is a fully certified Compassionate Inquiry practitioner and Compassionate Inquiry Private Mentor, certified by Dr. Gabor Mate & Sat Dharam Kaur. She is also a certified life coach, and has more than twenty six years’ experience of the twelve step recovery approach, having worked as a recovery companion/mentor with women recovering from addiction in London. Whether with Compassionate Inquiry, yoga or bodywork, sessions do not claim to fix or change you - rather they serve to act as a container for all of who you are to show up, and to celebrate you as you are, in immanent form. They offer the possibility for you to be in relationship with both authentic and egoic self, discerning and respecting the difference, un-learning conditioning and building integrity and cultivating an embodied sense of sovereignty and connection. They are about presence and being and RE-membering inherent wholeness and that disconnection is always in relationship with connection.
“I had the very good fortune of being able to spend 6 weeks in a customized solo retreat with Katrina. At that time, I was in great need of physical and psychic healing, and right off the bat when I first reached out to her, Katrina listened to my needs, was responsive and sensitive, and provided me with a sense of safety and confidence to pursue a healing journey. As a result, I decided to put myself in her hands, and flew to Salento for an individualized retreat.
Katrina met me on the first day, and knew immediately what I needed—grounding foods and creature comforts to make me feel at home while away from home. We went for a nourishing dip in the healing waters of the Adriatic. We talked. And we set up twice weekly body sessions. Katrina’s gift with energetic bodywork is astounding. Slowly but surely, she was able to move energy that has been stuck in my body for so long, and pushed out the knots. We are not talking about a really good massage here; Katrina’s work is beyond that. She goes beneath the surface, under the skin, deep into the muscles, and right to the tissues that are imprinted with our pain. She feels and works with the energy in our body, and gives us the means to deal with what blocks us and holds us back. This work is not relaxing in the way a spa massage is superficially relaxing. Instead, Katrina works at the cellular level, so “relaxation” takes on a more profound meaning. I had to learn to give in to the deep healing work and be nourished.
I had a lot of opportunity to talk with Katrina about the bodywork we were doing, its connection to the mind, the heart and the soul. She made sure to touch bases with me before and after a session. These conversations were a profound complement to Katrina’s energetic bodywork. Needless to say, my time with Katrina, surrounded by scenic and nurturing land and sea of southern Italy, set me on a good path towards feeling whole.
—anonymous Individual Immersion Participant — in 2019
Katrina’s support over the last five years has been invaluable. Her extensive training in a wide range of fields, as well as drawing from her own personal experience gives her a solid foundation to call upon and offer support through. Any suggestions she offers are practical, achievable and solution focused. Working with Katrina has enabled me to gain a true understanding of who I REALLY am and to develop a deeper sense of self.
—anonymous ongoing coaching client — in 2020
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“Having worked in the holistic field for many years it was a joy to come across Katrina. Her specialist bodywork is second to none. As a nutritionist I have sent clients to Katrina and seen how much they have improved as a result.
TH, Medical Nutritionist, Edinburgh
Katrina gives knowledgeable sessions that flow with intuitive ease. I benefitted from a 90 minute session that allowed for a deeply relaxing and meditative experience. I highly recommend.
SR, Owner EcoYoga Ltd
Edinburgh
Katrina’s energy and hands gave me one of the most magical experiences and I thank her for that - it was like receiving a session from an angel!
AV, Yoga teacher, on retreat at Ulpotha, Sri Lanka
You are such a beautiful, powerful healer Katrina.
LM - London
I think often of the phenomenal session I had with you. It’s about your healing touch and your soulful aura, and also what you said. It was the first time someone—a stranger no less—told me, with such compassion, that she recognized what I was going through in the way you did. It was such a simple gesture...but so profound. It gave me the license to release more deeply.
KK - on Retreat in Italy
Bodywork is not a massage; it is therapy for the body and therefore works right into your spirit, into your soul & so your well-being. Katrina makes it feel like a shared experience and an art-form. Both during and afterwards, I felt held, protected and a powerful sense of connection to my feelings. She has great strength yet gentleness in how she works through your body in a responsive way intuiting which part to focus attention on. It was for me a unique experience and I would highly recommend Katrina.
~KW on Retreat in Italy
I have never experienced a massage like hers before - it felt as if we were energetically combined as one. She worked through my body and eased and loosened and released my joints with such sensitivity and rhythm that it felt more like a full body meditation and I felt incredible afterwards!
~BJR, Reiki Master/Teacher & Healer on a two-day Retreat in South Italy
Katrina you are wonderful.
I was over the moon about your bodywork.
Katrina’s strong and confident hands worked their magic to relieve and release the tension I had in my painful back and shoulder.
I highly recommend this experience to anyone who wants to heal on all levels physically, mentally and spiritually.
~SK, on Retreat in Puglia Italy
This is the best session I have ever had, it really got in, your hands were gentle and strong at the same time and you really hit the spot energetically and got right into the centre of my being…
~DW, on Retreat in Puglia, Italy
I cannot thank you enough for organising such a beautifully curated week of spiritual yoga practice, sumptuous and healthy meals, a perfect venue and most importantly — sharing it all with such an exceptional group of people. I am looking forward to the next one next year!
~FB - on Retreat in Italy
The drive here has allowed me to reflect on my time on retreat with you all. It really feels as though this came at the perfect time to wake me up. Thank you for taking such good care of me, and for infusing the retreat with your generous spirit.
~TB - on Retreat in Italy
What a truly wonderful week - loved every bit of it and you made it just that more of a ‘special’ one, thank you so much Katrina.
~LAl-F, on Retreat in Italy
Thank you dear Katrina for your insights, your kind hands and your gentle guidance and organisation. It was a blissful week.
~DK, on Retreat in Italy
It was an unforgettable experience: a week of yoga practice in complete harmony with nature, barefoot, with no makeup and hairdo, with no negativity, sleeping without closing your door, surrounded by love, happiness, friendship and beauty.. Feeling so blissful.
~IB on Retreat in Puglia, Italy
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