Hello, I’m Gabriella
A somatic healing practitioner, women’s embodiment coach, mentor, and educator.
I guide women to meet the parts of themselves that carry pain, protection, and history — and to stay with them long enough for something real to unfold.
The work I offer is trauma- and shame-sensitive, and rooted in creating spaces where you can meet yourself, and the stories of your body with courage, compassion, and curiosity.
The spaces I hold are grounded in inclusion and non-judgment. My work is rooted in values that stand against racism, sexism, misogyny, and ableism, and support a way of being that allows for more honesty, more dignity, and more connection.
My approach weaves together somatic work, nervous system care, emotional integration, boundaries & relational support, and parts work, all held within a deep respect for the intelligence of the body.
At the same time, I hold an awareness of the wider systems we live inside. The ways we are shaped by what we are taught to be, how we are taught to relate, and how easily we can be moved away from ourselves and from each other.
Part of this work is gently recognizing those patterns.
The ones that create distance and keep us comparing, performing, and competing.
With time and support, there is more space inside those patterns.
More choice.
More contact with what feels true.
Through this work, we can recognize the strategies that once helped us survive, and are still shaping how we live, relate, and respond.
A little about where I come from
It’s not easy for me to trace a single beginning to this work.
The thread has been there for as long as I can remember.
I’ve always had pull toward understanding pain and suffering, toward finding a way through them.
I was drawn to practices early on, from age fourteen.
Meditation, energy work, shadow work, long before I had the language to understand what I was reaching for.
I grew up in Hungary, and came of age in a time and place where certain things were not often spoken about — especially when it came to the body, to emotion, to what it means to be a woman.
Later, my life unfolded across different parts of the world. Visiting over twenty countries and
living in Ireland, Jordan, China, and Thailand, moving between cultures, witnessing different ways of being, different systems, different expectations on us, women. Each place shaped how I see people, relationships, and the environments and systems we are asked to live within.
And alongside this, there were years that asked for depth in a very personal way.
And I mean … the depths of the depths.
Experiences of loss and grief. A near-death experience. A nervous breakdown. And later a brain surgery
and periods of chronic illness that brought me into long and complex relationships with healthcare systems.
In those spaces, I began to notice how much of the world is still organized around a very narrow understanding of the human body.
How often women’s experiences are minimized, misunderstood, or not fully listened to.
How easily authority can sit outside of us, especially in moments when we are most vulnerable.
That awareness stayed with me.
It shaped not only how I relate to my own body, but how I hold space for others.
Over the years, I explored many forms of practice and inquiry, and eventually found my way into somatic work and nervous system understanding, which brought a kind of clarity to what I had been feeling and living for a long time.
Suddenly there was more steadiness.
More compassion.
A growing ability to stay with myself without turning away.
All of these layers continue to shape my work as something I am still living.
My work has taken me into places of deep need and deep resilience — supporting communities in shelters, schools, and orphanages, as well as holding spaces in wellness centers, retreats, and festivals.
I have been walking alongside people for over a decade.
I have facilitated workshops, classes, and community events, and guided 14 retreats, along with a women’s wisdom and wellbeing festival. Again and again, I find myself drawn to spaces where something real can happen — where people can soften, open, and return to themselves.
My training is rooted in somatic and trauma-informed approaches, with ongoing studies in nervous system regulation, embodiment, and women’s work. I continue to deepen through both formal education and lived practice.
Some of the lineages and trainings that shape my work include:
• Somatic and trauma-informed approaches influenced by the work of Peter Levine, Linda Thai and Arielle Schwartz
• Women’s trauma and polyvagal-informed work
• Somatic embodiment and nervous system regulation
• Movement-based and expressive practices
• Breathwork, meditation, and deep rest practices
Alongside this, I hold certifications and trainings across coaching, bodywork, sound, and energy-based practices, which I weave in gently where they support the process.
I am currently continuing my studies in trauma-informed yoga and clinical somatic movement.
This work continues to evolve with me.
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Women’s Trauma — Polyvagal Strategies for Empowering Survivors
• Somatic Interventions for Chronic Pain and Syndromes (Somatic Experiencing informed, with Dr. Peter Levine and Dr. Diane Poole Heller)
• Somatic Embodiment and Regulation Strategies (with Dr. Linda Thai)• She-Dance Shakti Facilitator — School of Movement Meditation
• Life Coach (TH)
• Womb Massage Practitioner (TH)• Sound Healer & Therapist (trained across TH, CN, IN, HU)
• Reiki and Prana Flow Practitioner (HU, TH))• EFT Tapping Practitioner
• Pranayama and Breathwork Facilitator
• Yoga Nidra Teacher
• Somatics Practitioner
I am currently in ongoing training in:
• 500-hour Yoga Teacher Training (Trauma-Informed Yoga, Restorative Yoga, and Yoga for Women)
• Clinical Somatic Movement EducationAlongside this, I have completed more than 2000 hours of study in somatic approaches to trauma, anger, anxiety, and shame, as well as women’s studies, yoga, and mindfulness.
If you feel curious about working together, you’re welcome to reach out for a Curiosity Call.
It’s a simple, relaxed conversation where we can meet, hear a little about what is present for you, and sense whether this work feels like a good fit.
You don’t need to prepare anything.
There is no pressure to decide or move forward.
We take a bit of time, we talk, we listen.
If you have questions, you can bring them.
If you’re not sure what to say yet, that’s also completely okay.
The call is free.
You can choose a time that works for you, and we’ll meet there.
Warmly,
Gabriella