Meet Ayesha

Ayesha is a embodiment facilitator and somatic practitioner, who helps women to resolve trauma, connect in community, and deepen relationship with the wisdom of the body.

With 10 years of experience in the wellness and embodiment field, she offers transformative interventions in her work, guiding women through somatic experiencing, emotional embodiment and process work, feminine shamanic practices and archetypical expression, boundary renegotiation, relational healing, somatic movement, embodied dance journeying, breathwork practices, myofascial release, and feminine nervous system education — in both small group containers and 1x1 sessions.

Ayesha plays with the therapeutic concepts of both catharsis and titration in her work. Catharsis when pushing growth edges (mainly in group containers), and titration for a slower, steadier, grounded approach to healing (mainly in 1x1 sessions).

In both approaches, Ayesha prioritizes the importance of resourcing and integration, creating a nurturing container where you can unravel and be held.

Her professional foundation and educational background is rooted in trauma-informed yoga therapy, somatic experiencing (SEI), registered massage therapy (RMT), and medical acupuncture. While she is currently not active in her RMT/acupuncture practice, her clinical experience has provided her with a strong understanding of anatomy, therapeutic concepts, and a deep commitment to compassionate and quality care. In addition, Ayesha educates movement and wellness professionals in the topics of musculoskeletal anatomy, somatics, myofascial release, and nervous system education. She has trained over 370 professionals in these areas of study to date. See her work with HealthyHips® and CE programs here.

Professional Credentials & Influences:

  • Somatic Experiencing® for Trauma Resolution (SEI)

  • Integrative Somatic Partswork — Internal Family Systems (IFS) lens

  • Embodied Dance and Group Process Work (various trainings and influences)

  • Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT, TIYT, ERYT-500, YACEP)

  • Vaginal Steam Provider (CSP Level 2, Peristeam Hydrotherapy Institute)

  • Myofascial Release (various trainings and influences)

  • Somatic Movement Instructor (Clinical Somatic Education, Hanna Somatics)

  • Meditation, Breathwork, Therapeutic Yoga, and Nidra Instructor (Kripalu Centre, iRest Institute)

  • Former Regulated Healthcare Professional (former RMT with the CMTO, rostered to provide Acupuncture)

  • Folk Herbalism and Plant Spirit Medicine (Gaia Hive Mentorships)

Please read our Acknowledgements and Honourings page for more info on the practices and rituals that are woven into this work, and an acknowledgement to the land we gather on.