Our ground: A physiotherapy of presence

This haiku came through in a moment of attunement - one of those times when nothing needed to be said or done, only met.

In my work, I often sit with bodies that carry pain, fatigue, and protection. Many of the people I meet have grown used to being misunderstood, rushed, or reduced to parts.

There’s a kind of listening that happens beneath technique.

A kind of presence that doesn't chase change but stays, gently, long enough for something new to be felt.

We know this, don’t we?

And yet, in the swirl of assessments, goals, and outcomes, it’s easy to forget that being with is often more transformative than doing to.

In my physiotherapy practice, integrating Hakomi somatic psychotherapy, I find myself returning again and again to the subtle, often unseen, terrain where nervous systems meet.

Where pain, fatigue, or shutdown aren’t symptoms to fix, but languages to listen to - patiently, relationally.

So much happens in the non-doing.

The pause.

The subtle shift when someone senses they are no longer being evaluated, but accompanied.

This is where I find the deepest work - in the moments we tend to what is evergreen; those living, resilient parts of us that persist beneath exhaustion, beneath shutdown, beneath the strategies that once kept us safe.

This kind of presence isn’t a method.

It’s a commitment.

To grace.

To complexity.

To not looking away.

This is the work I trust.