“The day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

— ANAIS NIN

What is the Unfolding Mentoring Immersion (UMI)?

Unfolding is not about forcing change or trying to “fix” yourself— it’s about gently guiding your system back to its innate capacity for regulation, resilience and wholeness.

Mentoring Immersion

UNFOLDING

3 Months | 12x 60min Sessions | Weekly

A 1:1 Embodied Healing Container for Somatic Transformation

This personalized container is designed to (hold) space for somatic transformation through Somatic Education and Therapy-focused work. Grounded in embodiment practices and somatic psychology in order to explore safety, stabilization, and befriending the body.

A Pathway for Self-Discovery and Self-Care

This immersive experience blends somatic education, polyvagal trauma-informed care, and experiential movement to help participants reconnect with their bodies, explore nervous system balance, and widen their capacity. The path equips individuals with practical knowledge to transition from overwhelm and disconnection to self-awareness and empowerment.

Through the phases of stabilization, somatic awareness, and integration, the immersion fosters a deeper understanding of the bodymind connection. Participants learn the knowledge for sustainable healing, and create a toolkit for living with greater choice, presence, and vitality.

In this context, a psychobiological approach is not about striving to feel calm all the time or avoiding being “triggered.” Instead, it is a practice of self-discovery—learning about oneself and the living body. It’s about distinguishing the difference between “feeling better” and “better feeling,” allowing for authentic connection with one’s experiences.

The Journey

The immersion begins by cultivating somatic awareness—the foundation of transformation. Participants are guided to establish a sense of safety within their bodies and to gently befriend their container. Through arrival practices, mindfulness, and self-compassion, this work invites a deeper exploration of questions, “What is happening inside of me?” and “How can I describe, and be in relationship to what is here, now?”

An optional workbook supports this process, helping participants track their nervous system states, identify resources, and develop a self-regulation toolkit. These tools foster accountability and empower individuals to sustain their healing journey beyond the sessions.

The Power of Somatic Work

Somatic-focused work accesses the brain’s capacity for change by engaging the body’s innate intelligence. By creating new neural pathways and shifting habitual patterns, these methods encourage alternative responses to oneself, the environment, and others.

This work ultimately supports nervous system regulation, co-regulation, homeostasis, and neuroplasticity—helping participants move toward balance, resilience, and a renewed sense of connection.

What is included:

  • The full immersion is available in-person or online and consists of 12x weekly sessions.

    Prerequisite: a minimum of 12 Integrative Somatic Therapy (IST) sessions, or an extensive knowledge and experience in the somatic world.

  • Throughout UMI, participants will be guided by an optional workbook that includes a variety of resources: worksheets, cheatsheets and tools to support and track the unfolding.

  • I work with the modalities and techniques from my professional trainings, as well as approaches developed from my own embodied transformation:

    — Somatic Experiencing (SE™) Techniques

    — Somatic Stress Release™ Techniques

    — Embodied Trauma-Informed Resilience Work

    — Polyvagal-Informed Nervous System Mapping Work

    — Integrative Somatic Parts Work

    — Elements of Somatic Counseling

    — Elements of Neuro-Linguistic Programing (NLP)

    — Body-Based Practices (Movement Meditations, Somatic Awareness, Conscious Breath Work, Sounding, SE Touch, Fascial Ball Work, Free-Form Movement, Sensorimotor Drawing, and Yoga)

  • In between your sessions, we will be connected. Sunday funday check-in’s are an optional space for integration— this offered space is open to anything you feel called to share, reflect on, or for any curious questions you may have!

    Some clients have used this space to share their new found desire to create again through photos of paintings, pottery, dance class, baby pictures connecting and celebrating their playful inner child, deep reflections of what is different, etc.

What we will explore:

  • This phase focuses on establishing a foundation of safety within the body and nervous system. Participants will explore grounding techniques, develop internal and external resources, and learn to recognize and track their nervous system states. The aim is to build stability, foster self-compassion, and create a sense of containment to support deeper somatic work.

  • In this phase, participants deepen their awareness of body sensations, emotions, and patterns of tension or disconnection. Using somatic education and experiential practices, they will learn the language of felt sense, map their body’s signals, and begin to expand their capacity for regulation. This phase emphasizes reconnecting with the body as a safe and responsive container.

  • The final phase guides participants toward integrating their learnings and developing tools for long-term self-regulation. This includes recognizing polyvagal states (ventral, sympathetic, dorsal) and using tailored upregulating or downregulating strategies to navigate these states effectively. The program culminates with practical techniques for maintaining resilience, fostering adaptability, and nurturing ongoing growth and self-awareness.

Who is this Immersion for?

UNFOLDING is for those addicted to “feeling better” or “releasing” trauma, and those who have a knack for “understanding”.

People who seek constant emotional releases, quick fixes, or intellectualize experience often misunderstand that healing is cyclical, not linear.

1. Healing is slow and layered:

• Traumas and patterns of dysregulation often develop over years and need time to unfold. Quick fixes often skip over deep integration. Instead of always trying to “release” anger, what would it be like to focus on building capacity to feel the anger and explore its roots safely?

2. Regulation is subtle, not dramatic:

• Moments of regulation often feel like small, quiet wins—like taking a deep, unforced breath or finding joy in mundane moments—not like fireworks or peak experiences.

3. It’s about building a wider container:

• Healing isn’t about emptying your system; it’s about expanding your capacity to hold and integrate both joy and discomfort, the both/and. Think of it as strengthening your ability to ride life’s waves, not flattening the ocean.

— Former Client, Unfolding Mentoring Immersion, Paris

“Intense and life changing! This should be accessable to all and taught in schools, to children and parents. We all expect a peaceful world but how can that happen if everyone living on this earth isn’t even at least inside their own skin? Do this program, sweat, sigh, but just do it!”

— Former Client, Unfolding Mentoring Immersion, Kuwait

“I told my therapist that I have noticed since starting somatic therapy I started to allow myself to feel more than I used to in the past, that includes emotions and sensations that i was too scared to have. Every time I notice something in my body throughout the day, like a pulse or a shiver, I take a moment pause to feel it pass through or just to notice it is happening. It’s like little tiny moments throughout the day to reconnect with myself. It’s helped me build capacity to safely connect again because it’s slow.”

Let’s Unfold!

Click on “unfold” to book your Mentoring Immersion (all 12 sessions must be pre-booked)

“Hopefulness lies in knowing that while early experiences shape the nervous system, ongoing experiences can reshape it.”

— DEB DANA