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  • Held & Heard

    A Somatic Immersion for Emotional Processing and Nervous System Regulation


    A small, professionally facilitated experience where the body leads — allowing you to safely feel, process, and begin to release what you’ve been carrying.

    Sedbergh, Yorkshire Dales

    16–19 October 2025 · 3 Nights · Full Board · Max 10 Participants

    £750 pp

    *Please note that instalment payments incur a 5% admin fee and are available until the end of May only.

    **Three single rooms are available, subject to request and availability.

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WHAT THIS IS — AND WHAT IT ISN’T

Held and Heard is not a yoga weekend, and it isn’t a spa experience.

It is a body-based, trauma-aware process grounded in somatic practice and nervous system safety.

Rather than focusing on talking or analysis, this work allows the body to lead — creating space for emotions that may have been held for a long time to surface safely, move, and begin to resolve.

There is no expectation to share, perform, or “open up”.

You are met exactly where you are.

THE HELD AND HEARD METHOD

This work is guided by the Held & Heard Method: a structured, body-led approach that creates the conditions for the body to process safely, without force or overwhelm

Body-led, not talk-led

The body is the primary guide — not the analytical mind 

Neurodivergent-friendly

Quiet sessions, low stimulation, scent-neutral spaces, no performance expectations

Three-lens integration

 Western somatic science, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and energy-based frameworks working together

Polyvagal-informed

Every element is designed with nervous system safety in mind 

Professionally facilitated

Held by trained, accredited practitioners — not a casual or drop-in offering

Small group setting

Maximum of 10 participants to ensure depth, safety, and individual attention

No pressure to speak

Words are optional — the body does the work 

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE

Body-Based Work

🟡 Somatic practices focused on areas the body commonly holds tension:

neck, throat, shoulders, hips and pelvis

🟡 Breath-work supporting vagal regulation and emotional processing

🟡 Tremoring and shaking practices

🟡 Deep rest and supported stillness 

Movement & Integration

🟡 Slow, accessible movement — floor and chair-based

🟡 Yin-style practices with no fitness requirement

🟡 Guided meditations tailored to specific body regions

🟡 Gentle sound work: humming, toning, and vocal resonance

Reflection & Nourishment

🟡 Facilitated journaling with somatic prompts

🟡 “What was never said” expressive writing

🟡 Nutrient-dense, gut-supportive meals

🟡 Fermented foods, juices, and gut-supportive element

🟡 Shared table — connection without pressure

THE STRUCTURE

  •  St Marks Stays, Sedbergh — boutique accommodation in the Yorkshire Dales 

  • Three nights, four days (Friday to Monday) 

  • Full board included

  • Small group (maximum 10 participants)

  • Time in nature woven throughout — walking, stillness, and space

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE 

During the Immersion 

  •  A safe, professionally held environment

  • Practical tools for emotional processing and nervous system regulation

  • Understanding of how and where emotions are held in the body

  • Introduction to somatic, TCM, and energy-based frameworks

  • Deep rest in a quiet, contained setting

Integration & Ongoing Support

  • Personalised resource materials (somatic practices, guided scripts, body maps)

  • Tools you can continue using independently

  • A clearer, more connected relationship with your body

  • A sense of lightness and internal space

  • Signposting for continued support where needed

WHAT THIS WORK MAKES POSSIBLE

You may not leave with everything resolved.

But you are likely to leave with a different relationship to what you carry.

With more awareness.

With more space.
With language where there was none before.

And often, with a sense of lightness —

not because anything has been fixed,
but because something has finally been felt.

THE SETTING

Sedbergh sits within the Yorkshire Dales National Park — a quiet, expansive landscape that naturally supports slowing down.

The town itself is known as England’s Book Town, with a pace that reflects stillness and depth.

St Marks Stays offers a boutique, homely environment — not a hotel, and not a traditional venue, but a space designed to feel calm, contained, and personal.

Accessible via Oxenholme train station, followed by a short taxi journey.
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If this feels relevant 

This work tends to resonate with people who are used to holding a lot — often for others — and are ready, in their own way, to begin turning towards themselves.

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