From Freeze to Flow: Transform Through Movement

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Friday, March 20, 2026

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05:30 PM Australia/Sydney

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This experiential webinar explores how intentional, gentle movement can support the nervous system in shifting out of states of freeze, collapse, chaos, or panic, helping clients move toward greater flow, presence, and safety. Participants will learn simple, adaptable practices that promote reconnection with the body and cultivate awareness of internal sensations. Through exploration of micro-movements, orienting, and pacing, clinicians and helpers will gain practical strategies to restore a sense of agency and enhance neuroceptive accuracy.

The session emphasizes trauma-informed approaches, highlighting how subtle, intentional movement can support regulation without overwhelming clients. Participants will engage in hands-on demonstrations and guided exercises, gaining confidence in introducing these tools safely in their clinical or support work.

By the end of the webinar, attendees will have actionable techniques to guide clients from hyperarousal, immobilization, or dysregulation toward grounded, embodied engagement, fostering resilience, presence, and somatic awareness in everyday practice.

Shirley Hicks

Shirley empowers clinicians to meet clients with safety, sensitivity, and the deep nervous-system attunement that trauma recovery requires. Her work centres on creating healing experiences—somatically, cognitively, and relationally—so survivors can move toward stability without being retraumatised in the process.

With over three decades of somatic psychotherapy experience, Shirley’s practice is anchored in one essential question: “What functional new experience can we co-create in this moment?” She brings profound depth and compassion to her work with survivors of religious and institutional abuse and Victims of Crime, and she loves training clinicians to embody presence as a living part of effective practice.

And when the workday ends, Shirley returns to her creative loves—gardening, singing, cooking, and eating beautiful food (though not all at once!).

Agenda

AGENDA

Lecture & Brief Discussion (60 min) – Explore movement-based strategies to support nervous system regulation—recognizing states of freeze, collapse, or panic, gently restoring safety and agency, and guiding clients toward grounded, embodied engagement through practical, experiential techniques.

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