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Meet the team at SomaPsych
Driven by desire & purpose to create a trauma informed world in all that we do.
Amanda is a dedicated somatic practitioner with over 500 hours of trauma-informed training, including social justice and inclusivity. Currently pursuing a Master's in Psychology, she combines academic knowledge with practical expertise. Amanda's integrative approach focuses on nervous system support and hormone balancing, recognizing the link between physical and mental wellbeing.
Through regular workshops and trainings, Amanda shares her knowledge on trauma-informed facilitation, resilience, nervous system regulation, neuroscience, and embodied practices. Her work aims to empower individuals to discover their inner strength and voice in a supportive, respectful environment.
Amanda is committed to enhancing our understanding of stress, adversity, and trauma while providing tools for personal restoration and growth. By blending extensive training with compassionate, evidence-based practices, she tailors her approach to each individual's or group's unique journey.
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Amanda Hanna (she / her)
SomaPsych Director & Creator
BA Psych - MA Psych Student, Integrative Somatic Practitioner
300hr TCTSY-F, 1000hr E-RYT, YACEP, Certified Mindfulness & Meditation Trainer, Somatic Dance Teacher, Shaking Medicine Facilitator
An advocate for all things sustainability, Esther is passionate about what we do and how we do it. She holds 100hrs of Trauma-Informed Yin Yoga Teacher Training, and believes in accessibility and inclusivity in all areas of life. Her Master’s in Sustainable Practice only further highlighted the need for holistic integration of empowerment via knowledge with sustainable embodied practices towards living well in the world. Her current studies in Theology support her visions of stepping into a future that is more equitable, as we learn how to love others, self and our world well.
Esther loves her work with SomaPsych, supporting people and diving into grants and funding applications to enable this work to be accessed by marginalised communities, or those who would otherwise face barriers to accessing this work. It’s a privilege to support education that plants seeds and witness these grow into unique and beautiful trees. Esther is the person to contact regarding your scholarship application, registration issues, or where we can bring this training to your community.
Esther Wood (she / her)
Administration Officer
Fiona's curious nature has meant that she has always challenged the 'normal' ways of doing things from an early age. She is passionate about living an integral life whereby human health, environmental health, and holistic ways of being and doing are held with the upmost importance.
Her personal studies in yoga, meditation and somatics has had a profound impact on how she navigates the world. Fiona enjoys to facilitate and share the practice of yoga, particuarly yin yoga. Her young busy mind 15 years ago would never have thought she would be practicing & sharing the slow and introspective practice of yin yoga, but Fiona has found yin yoga to be very transformational, allowing her to deepen her relationship with mind and body, build tools to regulate her nervous system, find more comfort in the body, and clarity in the mind.
After Fiona completed her studies in Business & Marketing in the United Kingdom, she quickly became very disheartened by an industry that thrives off taking advantage of our human-ness. Fiona joined SomaPsych in its early stages, when we were named The Self Agency Academy. She is very grateful to be able to work in Marketing & Communications, taking a trauma informed and humanized approach in all that she does.
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Fiona Aspdin (she / her)
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Meet SomaPsych's Partners
Kirsten Wilkinson is the Founder and Executive Director of Legacy Motion. Kirsten has over 20 years of working with moving bodies, trauma, and building trauma informed curriculum. Legacy Motion is an NGO that supports individuals and communities impacted by trauma by offering sustainable programing and trainings to community members in trauma informed, restorative movement based practices and somatic therapy modalities. Each program and project honors traditional healing methods, supports the collective human experience, and provides learning opportunities to aid in accessible and equitable mental healthcare through the mind/body connection. She is also the founder of Healing Motion, a private practice that offers somatic coaching and embodied practices that support mental health by assisting individuals in discovering their innate wisdom, restoring their embodied strength, and transcending to holistic wellbeing, trauma, and building trauma-informed curriculum.
Kirsten Wilkinson (she / her)
LegacyMotion Director & Creator
MA, TCTSY-F, E-RYT 500, RCYT, Qi Gong and iRest Certified, Thai Yoga Massage Certified, Ayurvedic Health Practitioner, Mind/Body Practitioner, Breathe to Heal Facilitator, Somatic Experiencing Advanced Cohort