Mara Gomes
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker | Play Therapist | Trauma Recovery Program Coordinator
Trauma-Informed Movement
At Integrative Therapy NQ, we understand that wellbeing extends beyond the mind. Our experiences, emotions, stress, and trauma are often carried within the body, influencing how we move, feel, and engage with the world around us.
Trauma-Informed Movement offers a gentle, compassionate, and evidence-informed approach to supporting both physical and emotional wellbeing. Through a combination of Trauma-Informed Yoga, Trauma-Informed Pilates, and Restore, Stretch & Relax sessions, individuals are invited to reconnect with their bodies in a way that feels safe, empowering, and meaningful.
Unlike traditional fitness programs, these sessions are not focused on performance, appearance, or pushing beyond your limits. Instead, they emphasise body awareness, nervous system regulation, mindful movement, and self-compassion.
Participants are encouraged to move at their own pace, honouring their unique needs and experiences.
Whether you are seeking support for stress, anxiety, trauma-related symptoms, chronic tension, reduced mobility, or simply looking to cultivate greater balance and wellbeing, Trauma-Informed Movement provides a welcoming space to slow down, reconnect, and heal.
Trauma-Informed Yoga
Trauma-Informed Yoga offers a gentle, body-based approach to supporting stress, anxiety, trauma-related symptoms, and nervous system regulation.
Through mindful movement, breath awareness, and grounding practices, participants are supported to reconnect with their bodies, reduce tension, and cultivate a greater sense of calm, safety, and wellbeing.
Sessions are adapted to individual needs and delivered within a safe, supportive, and trauma-informed environment where healing can occur at a comfortable pace.
Key Benefits
Supports nervous system regulation and recovery
Reduces stress, anxiety, and physical tension
Improves body awareness and mind-body connection
Enhances emotional wellbeing and resilience
Promotes relaxation, restorative sleep, and self-care
Encourages safety, empowerment, and self-trust
Move gently. Breathe deeply. Reconnect with yourself.
Trauma-Informed Pilates
Trauma-Informed Pilates offers a gentle, body-focused approach to supporting individuals experiencing stress, anxiety, trauma-related symptoms, and physical tension.
Through mindful movement, breath awareness, and core stability exercises, participants are supported to build strength, improve mobility, and reconnect with their bodies in a safe and empowering way.
Sessions are adapted to individual needs and delivered within a trauma-informed environment that promotes confidence, resilience, and overall wellbeing.
Key Benefits
Supports nervous system regulation and recovery
Improves strength, posture, balance, and mobility
Reduces stress, tension, and physical discomfort
Enhances body awareness and mind-body connection
Builds confidence, resilience, and self-trust
Promotes emotional wellbeing and overall health
Move with intention. Build strength. Reconnect with your body.
Restore, Stretch & Relax
Restore, Stretch & Relax offers a gentle and restorative approach to improving flexibility, mobility, and overall wellbeing.
Combining mindful stretching, mobility exercises, breathwork, and relaxation techniques, these sessions help release tension, reduce stress, and support a greater sense of calm and comfort within the body.
Suitable for all ages and fitness levels, participants are encouraged to move at their own pace in a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment.
Key Benefits
Improves flexibility, mobility, and posture
Reduces muscle tension and physical discomfort
Supports relaxation and nervous system regulation
Encourages stress reduction and emotional wellbeing
Enhances body awareness and movement confidence
Promotes overall health, recovery, and wellbeing
Restore your body. Stretch with intention. Relax your mind
Move, Play & Thrive
Move, Play & Thrive is a fun, engaging, and therapeutic movement program designed to support children with developmental differences, disabilities, emotional challenges, and additional support needs.
Using games, movement activities, obstacle courses, fitness-based play, and sensory-informed exercises, sessions are tailored to each child's unique strengths, interests, and goals. The focus is on building confidence, coordination, emotional regulation, social skills, body awareness, and participation in everyday activities.
Children are encouraged to move, explore, learn, and succeed in a safe, supportive, and encouraging environment where every achievement is celebrated.
Key Benefits
Improves coordination, balance, and motor skills
Builds confidence and self-esteem
Supports emotional regulation and focus
Encourages social interaction and teamwork
Develops strength, fitness, and body awareness
Promotes participation and independence
Provides a fun and engaging way to learn through movement
Tailored to individual abilities and goals
Helping children build confidence, develop skills, and thrive through movement
