Daniela Da Silva

Despite we often hearing positive enforcements such as 'you past do not define your present' this is only a half-truth. Our brains have impulses to gravitate towards what has become 'familiar' through repetition, often unconsciously attempting to recreate, within our adult experiences the feelings we so intimately knew in childhood. If exposed to certain dynamics through our early experiences, we are at risk of recreating these states in what some could call 'sabotage'. Albeit traumas can be very straightforward to define (poverty, loss, abuse, violence, culture, bully, etc.), some of our past experiences might be subtle, such as witnessing parents who stayed in a relationship for other reasons than love or compatibility. If it occurred before the development of full speech, the feelings associate with it become primal and abstract to your mind, yet well known to your body. My aim is to identify these urges before they turn into actions, exploring the unconscious. My technics are movement, breathwork, free association, and bodywork. Our Bodies We all know and feel that our shoulders keep tension on them. But there are more to it, problems on your lower back are related to resentment, frustration and anger, disappointment. If you experienced a tense environment growing up, areas of the body that serve as a 'foundation' are likely to be affected—showing up as problems with pelvis, rectum, hips, legs and feet. Therapyoga will assist you to 'be in your body. Patterns of grief can be stuck on your lungs, to release it breathwork can be more efficient than years of talking therapy. If you believe in my approach of adding movement in addition to your talk therapy (using CBT technics). I will look forward to helping you to make the most of all your available resources. As harder was your past, more potential you have at the present moment, if you only learn how to be the alchemist of your life, transforming brute material into gold. Daniela