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'The Touch We Long For: Nourishing the Protectors Inside'
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A 1-DAYÂ SOMATIC SOVEREIGNTY RETREAT IN THE RAINFOREST
The Gifts of THERAPEUTIC TOUCH
Safety & Regulation
Offer the nervous system an experience of support. When touch is attuned, consensual and responsive, it can invite the body to soften, settle and feel more safely held.
Rest into support.
Body-Mind Connection
Bring awareness to what words cannot always reach. Therapeutic touch can deepen connection with bodily sensations, emotions and needs, supporting greater integration and self-understanding.
Listen beneath the words.
Trust & Connection
Experience care without having to earn it. Respectful touch can support boundaries, choice and relational trust while nourishing the protective parts that have learned to remain guarded.
Let care reach you.
A Day of Safety, Connection & Nourishment
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There is a deep human longing to feel safely held. To experience care that asks nothing of us. To soften into a moment of warmth, presence and connection without needing to perform, explain or remain guarded.
Yet for many of us, touch has been absent, misattuned, overwhelming or unsafe. Our bodies may have learned to brace, withdraw or remain vigilant. These protective responses are not flaws to overcome, they are intelligent adaptations that have worked hard to keep us safe.
They deserve to be met with tenderness.
The Touch We Long For is an invitation to explore what becomes possible when our protective parts are approached with curiosity, respect and compassionate care.
Through sensory awareness, gentle somatic exploration, creative and symbolic practices, reflection and experiences of safe, attuned connection, we will create space to listen differently. To notice where the body softens or tightens. To honour a 'yes', a 'no' or a 'not yet'. To recognise what our protectors need before they can begin to rest.
Therapeutic touch will be offered as an invitation, never an expectation. All touch will be consensual, collaborative and guided by your boundaries and choices. You may also choose self-touch, symbolic touch or no touch at all. Your body’s wisdom will set the pace.
This is not about pushing through defences or forcing vulnerability. It is about building enough safety for the body to experience support, perhaps in ways it has always needed but rarely received.
This is a day for remembering that your protectors are not standing in the way of healing;Â they are waiting to be understood, appreciated and gently nourished.
Come and spend a day in a carefully held space, in good company and supported to explore the healing language of presence, choice and attuned connection.
Is your body longing to feel safely held, deeply supported and cared for without needing to perform or explain?
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Do you feel ready to meet your protective parts with curiosity and compassion rather than judgment or resistance?
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Are you longing for a gently held day of somatic exploration, creative practice and safe, consensual experiences of nurturing connection?
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Hi! I'm Monique.
I WILL BE YOUR GUIDE FOR THIS DAY OF SAFETY, CONNECTION AND NOURISHING TOUCH.
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I’m a proud descendant of Wiradjuri ancestors, Somatic Psychotherapist, Sandplay Therapist, Educator and Group Facilitator, with training in NeuroAffective Touch®. My work brings together soma, psyche, creativity and Country.
Along my own healing journey, I’ve discovered that transformation isn’t only found in understanding our stories or exploring what is difficult and wounded. It is also found in offering our bodies—and the protective parts within us—the attunement, compassion and care they may have always longed to receive.
I love creating spaces where people can slow down, listen deeply and explore what helps their bodies feel safe, supported and connected. My approach honours the wisdom of protective responses and recognises that trust develops through choice, respectful boundaries and experiences of genuine attunement.
For this day, I invite you into a carefully held space of somatic awareness, compassionate curiosity and nurturing connection; where all touch is consensual and collaborative, and your body’s 'yes', 'no' or 'not yet' will always be honoured.
Perhaps you will discover what becomes possible when your protectors no longer have to work quite so hard, and care is finally allowed to reach them.
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"Monique has an incredible gift for creating safety, nourishing experiences and fun. I can't recommend her as a facilitator enough. It's such a pleasure to have the opportunity to tap into her depth of knowledge and experience."
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"I love Monique's deep knowledge, wisdom and passion for this work. The way she delivers the content with such authenticity and presence creates such deep safety."
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