Hi, I’m Islay, a singer songwriter and somatic facilitator. I help sensitive, creative women trust the gift of being themselves.
I have spent over a decade cultivating the path to my own liberation as a highly sensitive woman whose heart kept calling her to come home to herself, and express the truth of her soul.
I have created a method to support other women whose bodies, like mine, are calling them to find another way to live in which they come deeply — and so authentically — alive.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve likely struggled with:
feeling the pull to find your authentic self yet being unsure of how to actually do that
not feeling good enough or unworthy (of whatever it is you feel called to)
being unable to function in the culturally normalized — and highly disconnected ways that most people exist in
being really overwhelmed with the world
feeling like no one gets you and like there’s something wrong with you…
having this internal soul pull to create but haven’t had the confidence or energy to actually bring your visions to life
multiple chronic health and pain issues that you’ve been trying so hard to heal
seeming to chronically attract and be in relationships with harmful and abusive people — and staying way too long because you are deeply empathetic…
This is a non-exhaustive list of the many struggles that highly sensitive creative women go through when living with trauma — personal, intergenerational & collective, in a colonized world disconnected from the earth, and therefore life itself.
Add in living in a woman’s body while navigating the paradigm of patriarchy and, pardon my french, our lives become a sh*t show.
Living through this struggle myself, I have come to understand that the healing comes through cultivating the ability to inhabit ourselves with such depth and presence that — somatically, every single cell of our body learns to exists from a felt sense and embodied knowing that:
I am safe, I belong, and I am worthy.
It is from this understanding that I offer my somatic work — cultivating your relationship with yourself while clearing out all of the patterns that have prevented you from living the life your heart truly longs for.
All of this — through feeling deeply.
Somatic Sessions
In these sessions we are focused on cultivating your relationship to yourself through your senses. This happens through being held with presence and attunement — leading to the development of a space (and healing relationship) in which your body feels safe to express itself.
Layer by layer, your soma — the embodied totality of your lived experiences, those of your lineage and the culture you were shaped by — will begin to reveal the stories that have been woven into your biology. We will hold each of these threads with curiosity so that we can ask:
“Is this truly mine, and do I consent to it being part of my being?”
Over time, the values that have been imprinted into your being without your consent, will be replaced with your true values and your life will start to feel like your own — quite possibly for the first time in your entire life.
This work not a quick-fix. It is a slow and relational practice of cultivating a new embodied experience that restores the flow of life.
All sessions are offered online and last 1 hour.
$75 CAD
Booking
Once you click the link below and submit payment, I’ll be in touch by email within 1–2 days (excluding weekends). I’ll share my availability, and you can let me know which date and time works best for you.
Cancellation & Rescheduling
Sessions are non-refundable. If you need to reschedule, please reach out at least 24 hours in advance so we can find a new time together.
By completing your payment, you are confirming your understanding of and consent to this policy.
Thank you for honoring this boundary — it helps me care for myself so I can continue to offer this work with deep presence and care.
Scholarships
I deeply understand the struggles of healing from trauma while doing your best to handle life. For this reason I reserve one partial scholarship per month for women who need additional support in accessing somatic care and empowerment services. These are need-based scholarships that I assessed on a case-by-case basis. Please email me directly to inquire.
Coming Soon!
Dive deeper with me on Substack where I share my personal reflections and explorations of weaving a wildly woven life.
Writing from the intersection of highly sensitive + creative woman, I share a blend of the things that I am most passionate about — somatics for trauma healing, authentic self-expression & finding your voice, cyclical & seasonal living, and the process of connecting with your soul and bringing it’s frequency into the world.
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