Yvette (they/she) is a somatic/movement psychotherapist focused on integrating the neurobiology of trauma into relational movement practices.

In this episode, Eryn and Yvette talk about:

• Yvette’s journey
• Their spiritual initiations
• Trying our actual selves on in spaces where we didn’t really know anyone
• How they went from wanting to be a nun to finding a more fluid & open spirituality
• Craving community with elders and decolonizing mentorship
• Retraumatization in spiritual communities
• Rooting into our power in healthy and helpful ways
• The role of somatics in our empowerment & disempowerment
• Not putting judgements on contraction or expansion
• Healing together in community

Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/yvette-lalonde

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Connect with Yvette on their website and Instagram.