“Our own body is the best health system we have if we know how to listen to it.” 
Christiane Northrup

A little about me

​​​My name is Kate-Marie and I am a certified somatic counsellor and Soul Motion® movement teacher.  I hold a deep passion for the language of the body and how it moves in the world.  Combining 20 years of experience as a conscious dance teacher & student, somatic therapist, counsellor and community facilitator, I find joy in opening nourishing and safe spaces for community and individuals to connect with self and each other. I bring the principles of mindfulness, authentic and peaceful dialogue, organicity, mind-body holism (all parts of us are welcome) and connecting with play and curiosity, into my offerings. 

By allowing ourselves to listen, feel safe to discover and embody the core of who we are, my intention is to hold space for people to experience their greatest potential and to free up what is already known deep inside.

Some of my field experience and background includes international community development, working in disaster zones,  conducting workshops in prisons, supporting people with different physical and mental abilities and supporting women and children in refuges.  
​Along with being a certified teacher in Soul Motion® and a registered counsellor with ACA, I am also a trained  Alternatives to Violence Community Facilitator and am continually practicing and studying as a student in modalities such as the Hakomi somatic psychotherapy and the ancient Indian practice of Samvahan.

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Writers who inspire me

• Jane Pujji -   https://www.wordremedies.co.nz/​
  • Follow yourself Home - word remedies to heal and inspire.
• Mark Nepo  - http://marknepo.com/
  • The Endless Practice , The Exquisite Risk, Finding Inner Courage, 7000 ways to listen, Things that Join the Sea and the Sky
• John Heider
  • The Tao of Leadership
• Shambhavi Sarasvati
  • Pilgrims to Openness
• Bessel A. Van Der Kolk
  • The Body Keeps the Score

• Paulo Coelho​
  • The Witch of Portobello, The Alchemists
• Jan Spiller
  • Astrology for the Soul 
• Joanna Macy
  • Coming Back to Life
• Gabrielle Roth - https://www.5rhythms.com/
  • Sweet your Prayers, Maps to Ecstasy
• David Whyte - https://www.davidwhyte.com/
  • Crossing the Unknown Sea
• Jeff Foster
  • The way of rest

My Journey to now....

Im writing my thoughts on paper first....

Music that Moves me

Still in development....