Awareness of the body-mind-breath connection is key for cultivating wellbeing.
Somatics with Zena
My Qualifications
Zena is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and international Assistant and intermediate level Provider of the SE training. She offers private sessions - mostly online. Somatic Experiencing is an excellent compliment to psychotherapy sessions as they allow a shift in the body's autonomic system in ways that cannot be reached through talk therapy alone. It is also a more subtle and integrative approach towards healing trauma and building resilience in general and can be pursued as its own therapy.
Zena specializes in birth trauma, complex trauma, developmental trauma and systemic trauma. She is a certified Neuro-Affective Touch Practitioner, a graduate of the Bodynamics Foundations Program and a graduate of the Integrated Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics Program, all of which have deepened her understanding of interpersonal energy, gentle interventions and qualities of presence that support the transformative process of healing.
Since 2009, Zena teaches weekly yoga & qi gong in community settings. Her passion is to make these self-empowering and healing practices accessible to people in all kinds of challenging circumstances and she offers regular weekly online classes for free to help support their health and wellbeing.
She is a board o the UK-registered charity Tools 4 Inner Peace and co-founder of the Dubai-based holistic wellness center Body Mind You.
Private Practice
Community Care - Group
I offer Free Trauma-informed Qi Gong practices online. You can request to join my group by contacting me here. I teach bi-lingually, Arabic & English. The duration is usually about 40 mins.
Three Session Cycle - Private
Three sessions offers a short and contained time-frame and is particularly well-suited for those who worry that therapy is a never-ending process. Somatic Experiencing as a therapy works directly with the nervous system and can have a discernable effect even in a short time.
A Season of Change - Private
This is a commitment to three months weekly sessions for when you know that that's what you need. Regularity and longer process matter when there are many layers, particularly when trauma is relational, developmental and there is chronic pain or auto-immune symptoms. Is this journey calling you? Have you tried everything else and still feel stuck in an old pattern? This is a gift for yourself when you're ready.
Free Weekly Qi Gong Practice Online
With the intention of individual and community wellbeing, internally and externally, Zena offers free weekly online qigong practices. These are taught bi-lingually in Arabic and English. All are welcome.
The duration of the session is between 30 to 40 minutes, depening on the flow.
11am on Saturdays- Beirut timing
What Would You Like to Book?
A Discovery Call?
Questions on your mind? Need more info? Please don't hesitate to get in touch. It is important to get a feel of what kind of processes we do in sessions and then to trust your gut if it feels right for you. I'm happy to offer a free 20 minute discovery call and answer your enquiries.
Online Sessions?
Ready to get started? The majority of my practice is online and the meidum is actually very effective as a holding space for therapeutic work. Online also affords easier access and regularity, since it is less likely to be interrupted by travel.
Recommended
In Person Sessions?
Not a fan of online? I am based mostly in Dubai & Beirut. In Dubai, the Wellbeing Studio at Body Mind You Holistic Wellness Center caters to somatic support for mental health. It is my favorite place to be. In Beirut, I love the community space at Houna Holistic Center and the immersive rooms at Laam Holistic Wellness Hub.
