Kinesiology · Yoga · Meditation · Art
You have an innate ability to self-heal.
I help facilitate optimal and harmonious flow to support wellness and wellbeing in mind, emotion and spirit.
Where energy goes, energy flows.
Some areas of focus
including, but not limited to:
- Postural concerns
- Sleep issues
- Digestive disorders
- Health conditions
- Chronic pain
- Stress & anxiety
- Allergies
- Trauma
- Depression
- Emotional patterning and limiting beliefs
- Boosting confidence and vitality
- Supporting mind, body, spirit connection
- Improve general wellbeing and joy
- Immune and hormonal support
- Rest and recuperation
- Addictions and phobias
- Burnout/adrenal fatigue
A Bit About Me
About Carla Collins
I am a kinesiologist, teacher, artist, mother, partner, sister and friend.
For the past two decades, I have been gathering diverse knowledge and skills to support all these facets of my life and assist others in living their lives more fully. As a trauma-informed kinesiologist, my extensive experience is combined with training in Yin yoga, somatics and art, all of which have been transformational gifts, profoundly supporting nervous system regulation as tools for life that extend into every breath and thought.
I am a compassionate practitioner and prioritise the safety of a non-judgmental space to support clients in making meaningful and sustainable change, developing the confidence and resilience to move forward in life.
When we heal, we do not only heal ourselves, but our families, communities and the world. Healing radiates.
My Approach
Each session is a co-creation. Using bio-feedback and the vast scope of kinesiology, I draw on my diverse experience and knowledge to facilitate nervous system regulation, an embodied path to wellness, restoring flow and balance. for health is harmony.
Kinesiology
Specialised kinesiology is a therapeutic practice using biofeedback (a brain-body-brain loop) to detect and address discord and imbalance. It is a journey of self-discovery, working cohesively with your nervous system and integrating subconscious with conscious awareness of the physical and emotional body.
Based on the triad of health (the biopsychosocial self) and underpinned by Chinese meridians, this brings together Eastern and Western healing philosophies. This method seeks to restore harmony through gentle touch, acupressure, sounds and images to facilitate healing mentally, emotionally, physically and energetically.
Each session is client-led and always tailored to the unique requirements of the individual at the time. It is non-invasive, interactive and profound. Three sessions are recommended.
Types of Kinesiology
N.O.T
Touch For Health
Emotional Kinesiology
Emotional kinesiology is as the name implies. The focus turns to your emotional body and the layers of self, finding root cause, releasing subconscious stress, memories and patterning and how these often hidden parts of ourselves, direct our lives. It is not making sense of the senseless but diminishing the power of past wounds, neutralising feelings that limit you and connecting the parts of your emotional landscape.
Neuro Training
Neuro training explores the deeper patterns behind symptoms and concerns. It aims to identify and retrain the underlying neurological and emotional stress responses, patterns and behaviours that are possibly protective, no longer serving you, and may be contributing to long-term issues. Here we create new neural pathways and solutions, so we can move through life’s challenges.
7 Qi Keys
The Seven Qi Keys is a precise and powerful method for balancing the seven major chakras through the acupuncture point system to support overall health, vitality and well-being. We are so much more than flesh and bone, and often the unseen is the most powerful.
“All human movement is expressive.”
― Alexandra Pierce
Yoga
Yoga is a process, a system of self-discovery, self regulation and connection. It is not performative.
It teaches mind-body integration, the expansiveness of being in the present moment, and the interconnection of all things. Nothing and no one exists in isolation.
My teaching invites the felt sense, garnering a deeper awareness rooted in breath and presence, supporting integration and nervous system regulation, tools for restoration and ease.
Types of Yoga
Trauma Sensitive Yoga
Everything I teach and facilitate is trauma-informed. There is substantial evidence to support the benefits of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga. Considered a “ground-up” and embodied therapeutic modality, TSY has elements of standard Hatha Yoga, but the methodology is modified to harness felt experiences of empowerment and cultivating present-moment awareness. This approach is centred on personal autonomy, creating internal safety, and promoting a positive relationship to one’s body.
Yin Yoga
Floor-based and gentle, it offers longer, passively held postures with a physical emphasis not on muscle, but on the yin tissues of ligaments and fascia, gentle stretch and stress without strain, supporting tissue resilience. In Yin Yoga, the postures are held with a mild to moderate load, enough to gently stress the connective tissues without creating strain. This mindful softening back into your body, resting onto the earth to be held, brings a shift from doing to being.
Restorative Yoga
The quietest of yoga asana, these long holds use props, cushions, bolsters, and sandbags to support each joint to minimise muscular effort and mechanical stress. The emphasis is on deep relaxation, dampening fight-and-flight to switch on rest-and-digest. A rested body can experience deep serenity and greater clarity.
Vinyasa & Hatha Yoga
I teach asana (postures) with an emphasis on embodiment, awareness, focus, and breath where movement and stillness interweave, bridging a deeper connection between body and mind. The practice becomes a moving meditation. You do not need to be able to touch your toes, but come with an open and curious heart.
“Abiding Practice can remind us that there is nothing we need for wholeness that does not already exist within us.”
― Judith Hanson Lasater
Additional Offerings
More paths to healing.
Meditation
Meditation is a potent part of yoga, so often forgotten. In its many forms, it aims to quieten the chaos of thought and streamline attention, changing brain activity, increasing neurogenesis, and shifting the stress response.
Breathwork
Breath is synonymous with life. Breathwork takes many forms; my curiosity and the tools I use are chosen according to the need. Some breathing techniques enhance vitality and some aid rest and peace. How we breathe affects how we feel, our vitality, qi, and prana.
“Breathing is our participation with the cosmic dance. When our breath is in harmony, cosmos nourishes us in every sense.”
― Amit Ray
Therapeutic Art
Creating is at the core of who we are; it is a space where we can externalise and give expression to our inner world, a holistic pathway to healing and personal growth while processing subconsciously without the need to make sense! The joy of the creative process IS processing and a way of effecting change in our world.
It is not outcome-driven and you do not need to be able to draw, just to play.
What People Say
Reviews
The session was not only healing but also empowering. I left feeling lighter, more connected and truly supported. I’m so grateful for Carla’s presence and the powerful work she offers. I look forward to my next session.
– Berenice
Carla has a beautiful way of tuning in and getting right to the root of what’s going on – both emotionally and physically. I left feeling clearer, lighter, and more balanced. Highly recommend a session with her if you’re looking for real insight and gentle but powerful healing.
– Katherine
I highly recommend a session with Carla. Her ability to get to the bottom of what was really ailing me felt nothing short of miraculous. I am deeply grateful to Carla and her work for setting me free from a prison I wasn’t aware I was in. Powerful stuff!
– Gaby
Carla made me feel at ease straight away. There was an immediate effect. I felt taller, straighter, and more aligned physically as well as mentally clearer on leaving each session.
– Robyn
From the first session there was a remarkable reduction of physical pain. These sessions have helped me be more present with less discomfort. I am feeling stronger and calmer than ever before.
– Sam
I had the most beautiful kinesiology session with Carla. Her approach was so gentle, nurturing and deeply intuitive. I felt completely held in a safe space and her insights brought real clarity and emotional release.
– Ryan
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