Return to Your Body.
Reconnect to Yourself.
We get to a point in life, where we realise that we need to make some changes and can't keep living in the way we have been. If this is you, you've come to the right place.
The depth of the work I offer, is hard to explain through a website and sometimes even words, as the body has it's own way of communicating. If you've made it this far, it could be worth just jumping on a call to have a chat about where you're at.
Welcome, my name is El
For most of my life I have been curious about human behaviour and emotions, and I have always understood the world mainly through my body.
After years working in Outdoor Education, guiding people through physical and emotional challenges in challenging environments, I began to recognise how deeply the nervous system shapes the way we move through life.
My work is also informed by my own lived experience navigating childhood adversity, stress, burnout and nervous system dysregulation, which ultimately led me into breathwork and somatic practices. Through that journey, Eluminate was formed.
Both my professional training and personal lived experience with childhood adversity and trauma inform the way I hold this work.
The work I focus on is helping discharge accumulated sympathetic energy from the body (this could be from years of being in a stress response) or on the other end of the scale, I help you bring energy into your body if you feel like you are numb or in a state of freeze.
The body knows how to discharge energy and process emotions, however our mind and conditioning stops the natural process. Through breath, movement and body work techniques, you let your body know it is safe to let go.
BBTRS® (Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System) is the main modality we work with, BBTRS combines breath, sound, touch, movement, emotion, and meditation to help the nervous system return to balance while allowing sensations, energy, and emotion to flow safely and naturally.
My Approach
Authenticity, honesty and clear communication is important to me. I am practical and also nurturing.
I provide a space for you to access the innate wisdom that already lives inside you. My role is to guide and support you as you reconnect with your own inner resources, building the awareness, capacity and confidence to navigate life from a more grounded place. This work is about reshaping the nervous system from developmental patterns, patterns from our lives or unprocessed emotions, and can take some time and commitment from yourself.
Education around the nervous system is imperative. When you understand what is happening in your body, you begin to feel empowered rather than overwhelmed. Catharsis isn’t always necessary to "release" and isn't my go to approach — often it is about gently bringing awareness to the parts of you that you have become disconnected from.
Healing from overwhelm or dysregulation takes time. It requires presence, slowness, and a gentle approach. I meet your body exactly where it’s at on the day.
Outcomes You
Can Expect
Greater awareness and connection to your body’s processes and the nervous system
Learn to process emotions in a healthy way
Reduce anxiety and build the capacity to respond to emotions, rather than be overwhelmed by them
Learn how to ground yourself and restore stability when stress begins to build
Gain more patience and understanding of yourself and others around you
Being less bothered by things that have bothered you up until this point
A well-regulated nervous system that supports clarity, calmness, and resilience
Increased mindfulness and ease in meditation, stemming from reduced inner muscular tension
Feel lighter and more grounded, with a renewed sense of self
Why This Matters
It is important to realise that we shift into flight/fight/freeze mode subconsciously, without this awareness you could be living in an overactive sympathetic state.
We don't get taught how to understand our bodily responses. Actually, we get taught to numb or ignore them, yet this is one of the main reasons why people are so sick and exhausted because of long term dysregulation or unprocessed trauma responses in their systems.
Learning about and healing your nervous system will make you feel empowered, will make you a better human, and have better relationships with yourself, others and the world around you.
The Method
Sessions with El, follow a framework that moves through four stages: Awareness, Practice, Embodiment, and Maintenance.
Awareness: learning to notice patterns in the body, your nervous system, and the sensations and emotions that arise.
Practice: using breath, movement, sound, and guided exercises to support the body in processing stored tension.
Embodiment: building the capacity to recognise and respond to emotions rather than react to them.
Maintenance: becomes part of everyday life, continuing practices that support regulation, awareness, and connection to the body.
To access these four stages, we work with
6 Main Elements:
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Breath
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Movement
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Sound
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Touch / Bodywork
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Meditation
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Conscious emotional expression
These elements work directly with the nervous system to release stored muscular tension, understand your inner landscape, restore natural rhythms, and rebuild capacity.
Testimonials
Ways To Work Together
Depending on where you are in your journey, different levels of support may be appropriate.
Outcomes You Can Expect
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Greater awareness and connection to your body’s processes and the nervous system
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Learn to process emotions in a healthy way
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Reduce anxiety and build the capacity to respond to emotions, rather than be overwhelmed by them
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Learn how to ground yourself and restore stability when stress begins to build
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Gain more patience and understanding of yourself and others around you
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Being less bothered by things that have bothered you up until this point
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A well-regulated nervous system that supports clarity, calmness, and resilience
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Increased mindfulness and ease in meditation, stemming from reduced inner muscular tension
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Feel lighter and more grounded, with a renewed sense of self