In this episode, I interview Lesha Nelson. Lesha and I met years ago at the children’s hospital we both worked at.  We immediately bonded over our shared love for mind-body practices and passion for holistic care. Lesha has numerous certifications and licensures from modalities including occupational therapy, psychosomatics, yoga, craniosacral therapy, integral facilitation, spiral clearing process, womb healing apprenticeship, and family constellations. In this episode I talk with Lesha about her unique background and process for working with people who have experienced trauma.
We discuss…

* How is trauma defined?
* What does a trauma response look like?
* Polyvagal theory
* Flight, fight, freeze, and fawn
* How does trauma shape the brain and impact the nervous system?
* What does it mean to be trauma informed?
* Is mindfulness appropriate for someone who has experienced trauma?
* A mix of Eastern and Western tools to help regulate your nervous system throughout the day
* and more…

Lesha’s Bio:
Having spent over a decade studying trauma, meditation, stress responses in the body, embodiment, psychosomatics, the womb, and birth work, Lesha Nelson is an established specialist in facilitating the release of trauma and conditioning in the mind and body, allowing the body to its natural state of thriving and pure potentiality.
She has built two businesses from the ground up: a busy craniosacral therapy practice addressing care for both moms and newborns as well as an online coaching business where she focuses on trauma, nervous system regulation, embodiment, and womb healing. Her work guides women to release trauma and patterning so they can become more embodied, connected to their inner wisdom, and capable of their own potentiality for creation.
She also teaches coaches and practitioners how to help their own clients’ process trauma and to help them to create lasting changes by addressing the nervous system. Coaches who work with her can confidently recognize and treat trauma with integrity and offer deep healing sessions.
Lesha has numerous certifications and licensures from modalities including occupational therapy, psychosomatics, yoga, craniosacral therapy, integral facilitation, spiral clearing process, womb healing apprenticeship, and family constellations.