The body is a compass that tells you where you are.
Learning how to listen to it is a pathway to healing.
01.
About Me
I have worked since 2009 across more than 20 countries, supporting individuals, communities, and humanitarian teams navigating trauma, systemic violence, and recovery to listen and bridge mindfulness and somatic practice with cultural and ecological wisdom.
02.
What I Offer
Systemic Rings of Care
The Systemic Rings of Care is a flexible toolbox that brings together different methods I have been trained in and have explored through my own lived and professional experience. It offers a way of understanding healing as a process that unfolds in layers. It is not based on a linear protocol or a one-size-fits-all approach.
Trauma-Informed and Culturally Responsive Work Across Continents
"I am fortunate to benefit from Paula's guidance and solid experience in Somatic Experiencing and trauma. In every one of our exchanges, both verbal and written, Paula demonstrates a great humanity and benevolence the like of which is rare. She has an incredible ability to listen and observe. It's a real pleasure for me to be accompanied by her, both for my professional project and for my personal development. If you're wondering whether or not to call on her services, don't doubt any longer. You can trust her with your eyes closed.
“I didn´t imagine that this course was going to bring me closer to my roots. We decided to do the sessions at the end of fasting in Ramadan. I could feel in my body the importance of fasting and praying and could relate it to how my nervous system regulates."
“Learning about the nervous system and the window of tolerance has been one of the most important things to slowly overcoming the fear I felt in being in my body”
“Having the constant invitation to be truly in myself has been of great support to understanding my autonomy and the knowing of what I need moment to moment”
“This process made me reflect on how much my identity was build around being a Gender Based Violence worker. I realise I am not only that, I´m ready to find myself again, my pleasure, my hands, my art!”
“It can be very lonely to be a humanitarian. I often feel attacked even by my own colleagues. It was so refreshing to feel safe in this group."
“This training helped me realise how much I judge others, but mostly myself. It has helped me develop more compassion and understanding”
“I just feel that these sessions have been helpful for me to work with more attention to myself and others when delivering services”
“I was feeling frustrated with the thought of survivors not finding their agency, then I realized I didn´t know it for myself either. I felt how to access agency in feeling my body only in this course, how was I thinking I was going to transmit something so essential if I hadn´t understand it myself?"
“I understand now that self-care is not about another thing to do, I can access my emotional resources wherever I am with my awareness to face difficult situations with survivors”