There is wisdom in knowing when to move, when to pause, and when to change direction.
Resilience begins when we acknowledge what we're going through.
Supporting people navigating stress, change and demanding environments through an integrative, body-informed approach to resilience.
Through individual sessions and workshops, I help people strengthen their capacity to respond to life's challenges with greater awareness, and connection.
Life can challenge us in many ways.
The demands may come from work that carries significant responsibility, a major life transition, illness, caregiving, relocation, conflict, or the accumulation of everyday pressures. Sometimes we become so focused on adapting, coping and performing that we lose connection with ourselves and the resources that help us navigate these experiences.
My work begins by understanding your unique context. Together, we explore how stress and life’s challenges are showing up in your experience, including how they may be affecting your thoughts, emotions, body and ways of responding. My work is informed by an understanding of how stress, difficult experiences and trauma can affect us across mind, body and everyday life. We draw on the resources available to you, creating space for new responses and meaningful shifts to emerge.
The aim is not simply to cope better. It is to support a deeper process of reconnecting with yourself, restoring a sense of safety, presence and connection.
Welcome
This work may be for you if you...
work in complex or high-pressure contexts, such as peacebuilding, development, human rights or related fields;
are navigating significant change or prolonged stress, whether through relocation, conflict, caregiving, illness or other circumstances;
engage in physically and emotionally demanding practices, such as martial arts, dance or sport.
Individual Sessions — Online
Resilience & Nervous System Support
One-to-one sessions for people experiencing stress, overwhelm, burnout, life transitions or prolonged stress and challenging circumstances.
We begin by understanding what is happening in your life and how it is affecting you. Through conversation and body-based awareness, we explore the patterns that may be keeping you stuck in stress, survival or disconnection.
Together, we work to strengthen your capacity to respond to life's challenges with greater regulation, clarity and connection — so you can make choices from a place of awareness rather than simply reacting to pressure.
Each session is guided by your individual needs and may integrate reflection, awareness of physical sensations, movement, breath, visualization and other practices that support your nervous system.
About Leila
My work brings together more than twenty years of international experience in development, governance and peacebuilding with a lifelong connection to movement and embodied practices.
I believe resilience is not something we either have or lack. It is something we cultivate by recognising and strengthening the resources within ourselves, our relationships and our communities.
Having lived across Europe, Asia and North America, and worked throughout North Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, I have experienced the richness and complexity of navigating different cultures, identities and challenging circumstances. These experiences have shaped my understanding that resilience is influenced not only by the individual, but also by our relationships, communities and the environments we are part of.
I am a certified Mental Health First Aid and Resilience Facilitator and a Classical Yoga teacher, with study of the principles of Ayurveda. I am currently undertaking Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner Training.
My experience includes crisis helpline support, refugee mental health, support for survivors of human trafficking, and the design and development of mental health and resilience programmes, including initiatives focused on preventing radicalisation.
Movement has always been one of my greatest resources. Through dance, capoeira, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, yoga and ongoing somatic training, I continue to explore the relationship between body, mind and resilience.
Today, I bring these experiences together to support you in navigating stress, change and life's challenges with greater awareness and connection.
CONTACT
Let's start with a conversation.
Book a free 15 - 20-minute discovery call to explore whether my approach feels right for you or email me directly: leila.elkrekshi@gmail.com