Holistic Aquila

04/06/2026

Ecosomatics is a body-based approach to healing that explores the relationship between our nervous system, our body, and the natural world around us. Put simply, it’s a practice of reconnecting with nature, which helps us reconnect to our bodies.

The word combines “eco” (environment or ecology) and “somatics” (the experience of the body). Ecosomatics sees human bodies as being inherently part of nature, not separate from it. It also recognises that our wellbeing is impacted by our environment.

In modern life, many of us spend large amounts of time indoors, in front of screens, moving through our days with a sense of urgency and stress. This can disconnect us from our bodies, from our environment, and even from the natural rhythms of the seasons.

Ecosomatics is an invitation to nurture our relationship with the earth, with nature, and with our bodies. It’s a way to reconnect.

Nature supports the nervous system, brain and body. Research increasingly shows that spending time in nature can positively support nervous system regulation, stress reduction and overall wellbeing.

Research increasingly shows that spending time in nature can positively support nervous system regulation, stress reduction and overall wellbeing.

A 2020 systematic review found that exposure to natural environments was associated with lower levels of both perceived stress and physiological stress responses in the body. PMID: 33066853.

You can read more on this topic in full, including simple ways you can practice ecosomatics at home, by heading to my blog at holisticaquila.co.uk

04/06/2026

04/06/2026

An invitation to slow down for an hour 🌿

We’ll begin with a gentle sound bath alongside group healing, creating space to soften, rest and reconnect with ourselves.

Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, navigating a lot, or simply in need of some time to receive, you’re very welcome.

✨ Friday 12th June
✨ 7–8pm
✨ Soft Soul Studio
✨ £15 exchange

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02/06/2026

May magic ✨

02/06/2026

Through my training and practice as a Trauma-Informed Somatic Therapist, Reiki Master and Shamanic Practitioner, I’ve learnt many techniques over the years to support myself and my clients. 

One of the most simple, yet profound and consistently effective practices that continues to be part of all my work is nature connection and ecosomatics.

This is one of the reasons I appreciate the work of so much, who I have collaborated with this month to share our stories with each other’s newsletter lists.

Nutrition offers practical ways to support the body and regulate the nervous system, using the beautiful bounty of nature to source nutrients from.

Similarly, ecosomatics offers a gentle way to support the nervous system through our relationship with the natural world around us. 

and I are approaching wellbeing from our different specialisms, with Lynn being a nutritional therapist and myself being a somatic therapist.

But the same understanding underpins our work: our bodies have more opportunity for repair and restoration when they feel connected, supported and safe.

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31/05/2026

TFW your bleed arrives at the exact same time as the Sagittarius full moon 🌕🩸

After one hell of a luteal phase, I’m not gonna lie… I feel GOOD.

Sagittarius is all about expansion, truth, and looking towards the horizon, and honestly that’s exactly how this bleed feels.

Here’s to letting go of what no longer fits and making space for what’s next ✨

30/05/2026

Last night I had a Closing of the Bones ceremony, a ceremony often used to honour life transitions 🐦‍🔥

For me, it was an honouring of grief, inspired in part by The Wild Edge of Sorrow.

I was honouring the grief of chronic illness and my choice to have my sterilisation surgery to avoid passing on my genetic condition, of no longer having the capacity I once had, and of finally letting go of the person I’ve spent nearly ten years trying to get back to.

This past year has been about meeting that grief rather than resisting it, whilst also finding awe and wonder in who I am becoming, in the depths I’ve met within myself without pushing beyond my body’s needs and in my growing capacity to sit with the grief of others without turning away.

The whole evening felt deeply symbolic. The fire crackling beside me, the earth around me, the birds singing. Earlier that day my dog had killed a bird in the garden just before the ceremony and it somehow felt representative of death and rebirth, endings and beginnings 🕊️

By the time I emerged from the unwrapping there were only a few embers left in the fire 🔥

I came out feeling such expansion, joy, peace and stillness, like a deep breath and a new chapter unfolding 🧡

I wish we had more spaces in our society for grief, more places where it could be witnessed and held without needing to be fixed, when grief is given space, something within us can finally begin to soften.

25/05/2026

I do indeed turn into a bit of a donkey when I’m in nature 🫏 it’s just all very exciting!
Mindfulness 🤝 nature 🤝 nervous system regulation

24/05/2026

Joy and fun are such important parts of somatic healing 🧡

22/05/2026