about alena
Some people look fine. They're doing the work, showing up, holding it all together. And underneath, they're exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix.
If that's you, you're not broken. You're depleted. And you've probably been that way for longer than you'd like to admit.
I'm Alena. I help high achievers and over-extended people release the nervous system tension that's been quietly running the show — so they can move forward with more ease, clarity, and presence.
This isn't talk therapy. It's deeper than that.
Somatic therapy works at the level your mind can't quite reach on its own — in the body, where stress, trauma, and exhaustion actually live. Through Root Cause Therapy and body-based somatic practices, we go to the source of what's keeping you stuck, depleted, or disconnected — and we release it.
I work with people one-on-one, in person on Sydney's Northern Beaches and online with clients across Australia and worldwide.
My own path here wasn't straight.
I've navigated traumas big and small, wandered through more careers than most people attempt in a lifetime — public relations, filmmaking, construction, permaculture, education — and somewhere along the way I realised I had a knack for sensing what people need to reconnect with so they can finally heal what's been holding them back.
Since 2009, I've been writing, researching, and building communities — tens of thousands of people who are done white-knuckling their way through life and ready to try something different.
I'm IICT Accredited, trained in Root Cause Therapy through The Centre for Healing, and hold a Graduate Diploma in Education from UNSW — among other qualifications that have shaped how I see people and what they're capable of.
I'm also a second-degree black belt in the comprehensive Korean martial artt of Hapkido, which tells you something about how I approach hard things.
This is self-development done differently.
Not another framework to layer on top of the exhaustion. Not more things to optimise or achieve.
Just you, your body, and the work of finally coming home to yourself.
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