Healing the Ache of Loneliness: Body-Based Healing Circle

Loneliness isn’t just an emotion — it lives in the body.
And when we learn to meet that ache with compassion instead of fear, something inside us finally softens.

Join me for a gentle, somatic healing experience designed to help you:

• Feel less alone from the inside out
• Soften the tight, heavy places where loneliness lives
• Build inner companionship and safety
• Reconnect with your own presence and inner warmth

Together, we’ll move through grounding, body awareness, somatic teaching, visualization, journaling, and a tender Body Talk practice. Optional sharing is welcome but never required.

If you’ve been feeling disconnected, empty, misunderstood, or hungry for deeper presence … this circle is for you.

You’ll learn how to shift loneliness not through the mind, but through the nervous system—gently, safely, and at your own pace.

Led by: Natalie Bussell
Somatic Healing & Embodiment Coach | NB Holistic Health
Trauma-informed. Nervous-system aware. Body-based healing.

### Core Principles of Trauma-Informed Practice

1. Safety – Physical, emotional, and energetic safety are prioritized. People aren’t pushed to do anything that feels overwhelming.
2. Choice – Participants have agency; they can opt in or out of any practice, change positions, or just observe without pressure.
3. Collaboration – The facilitator and participants are in a shared experience, rather than a top-down “expert/subject” dynamic.
4. Empowerment – Focus is on strengths, resilience, and self-trust rather than on deficits or “fixing.”
5. Cultural Humility – Recognizing and respecting that people’s experiences, beliefs, and bodies are shaped by diverse backgrounds.

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### Why It Matters for Healing

• Many trauma survivors are hyper-aware of threat cues (tone of voice, body language, abrupt changes), so being mindful of these creates a safe space where healing can actually happen.
• The nervous system learns safety through experience, not just logic — so a calm, respectful, choice-based space helps the body downshift out of survival mode.
• Avoiding re-traumatization means you don’t accidentally trigger someone into reliving their trauma through overly intense, invasive, or fast-paced practices.