Marina supports women to reconnect with themselves through integrative, trauma-informed practices that draw from neuroscience, somatics, breathwork, ritual, intuitive arts and ancestral wisdom.
With more than 15 years of experience as an acute care physiotherapist, her work is grounded in both clinical understanding and deeply restorative embodied practice. She creates spaces for self-inquiry, nourishment and transformation, helping women build greater resilience, presence and connection as they move through life.
Marina is trained in:
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Bachelor of Physiotherapy
Bachelor of Health Sciences
Master of Physiotherapy
Bobath therapy (somatic practice; actively-facilitated efficient, effortless movement)
Temporomandibular therapy (jaw release and functional recovery)
Women’s health - pelvic education (pre and postnatal, post-operative)
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Shiatsu Yin Yoga teacher
Level 2 Yin teacher training
Advanced Breathwork teacher (Tantrik lineage)
Tantrik, Hatha and Yin Yoga trainings (focus on yoga philosophy, mythology, pranayama, meditation, mantra, mudra, yoga for women, restorative yoga)
Acupuncture + moxibustion training
Certificate in Natural Gynecology and Flower Essences (South American plant essences) with Anna Sazanoff
Herbalism trainings
Traditional Healing Herbs for Postpartum
Medicine Woman and Shamanic Womb Leadership initiations
Cacao ceremonialist initiation (Mayan lineage, Guatemala)
Basic Ayurveda for Women
Basic maternal nutrition, spagyrics, elemental herbalism, astro-herbalism
Traditional Reiki level 2
Reiki Maheo’o, Shamanic healing and Shamanic circles initiations
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Empathic listening, non-violent communication, trauma-informed, compassionate inquiry and somatic trainings
Women’s circle holder training
Inner child healing, reconnected parenting
Basic astrology, astrocartography, human design
Intuitive writing guidance
7-year background of professional contemporary dance, dance theatre and dance improvisations
Life-long self-explorations and art guidance through ritual dance; storytelling, prose & poetry; pottery, collage.
20+ Years
Working with the Human Body & Nervous System
17+ Years
Clinical & Trauma-Informed Experience
100+
In-person & online circles + experiences held for thousands of women
THE PODCAST
Episodes released every Sunday 7am AEST.
Each episode offers accessible, sustainable rituals, thoughtful storytelling and insightful conversations to help you cultivate more presence, nourishment, spaciousness and creative flow in everyday life.
Listen in and create more space for what matters.
I deeply acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which I live, play, and work, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and the Boonwurrung people. I pay my respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging, and recognise their profound wisdom, healing and caretaking of the people, land, and waterways.
My deep gratitude to the indigenous first custodians of the medicines, practices and wisdom I share with permission, and the golden chain of teachers before me