Lotus Circle International’s team of professional somatically-informed trauma therapists and healers are highly dedicated to our own clinical training and personal growth, in order to bring the highest quality, cutting edge, Integrative Somatic Expressive Arts training to support people around the globe affected by trauma. Our uniquely tailored approach offers culturally sensitive, awareness-based somatic healing that shifts the fixated trauma patterns of traumatized and disregulated nervous systems to help bring about states of increased regulation, confidence and strength.

Our Integrative Somatic Expressive Arts (ISEA) approach draws from trauma-informed modalities including the world renowned “Somatic Experiencing,” (developed by Dr. Peter Levine), expressive arts, attachment theory and pre/peri natal psychology (Ray Castellino’s work) developmental theory, as well as movement therapies and body-mind practices such as Dancemeditation, gentle yoga, and mindfulness programs.

Our Guiding Principles include: 

• Awareness based : Mindful of the present moment, we honor the sacredness of life within each person.

• Titrated & Integrative: Life’s stresses and traumatic experiences are processed slowly, allowing one to digest and transform into a more whole, more evolved human being.

• Empowerment Focused: We focus on finding each person’s unique inner wisdom and resources in order to build strength, confidence, and resilience.

• Individual Consent & Choice: Each person is respected and given full choice and opportunity to consent.

• Cultural Flexibility: We understand that each culture views the world and their circumstances differently. We let go of our agenda and join with that culture to gain further understanding of their world.

• Excellence: We hold ourselves to high standards, listening and learning from those we support, our partners and each other, to continuously improve all that we do. 

Through understanding the science of nervous system disregulation and recognizing the stress of our world, we support the repatterning and reintegration of trauma and stress responses and support each person into deepening into a greater sense of “beingness,” that brings about increased vitality and presence.

We hope you will join us on this incredible journey!

Elizabeth Nielsen
Founder, Somatic Therapist, Trainer

“I don’t work with trauma, I work with resilience.”

— Peter A Levine, PhD

Ease. Serenity. Calm.

Strength. Boundaries. Confidence.

Grounded. Wholeness. Connection.

Professional Trauma Support and Experiential Education for Individuals, Organizations and Communities