Philippa Mackinlay, M.S., CLC
A Message From Philippa,
“Hi, I’m Philippa, and I am a life coach that specializes in Somatic Therapy, Breathwork, and TRE®. I will serve as your guide to help you learn to navigate the physical sensations and emotional states in your body that can arise as a result of unprocessed trauma. This can often be the key to unlocking unconscious patterns of behaviors, thoughts, and feelings that can make you seem stuck or unable to move forward in your life—and not really know why. We will focus more on the body’s innate ability to heal by talking, sensing, moving, and breathing.
My hope is that after a session, you will start to understand the different nervous system states you are living in and begin to build the capacity to flow through the ups and downs of those states with more ease. I will give you the tools to support your healing journey through practice together and also to take away with you outside of our sessions.
I truly believe it is a privilege to walk alongside someone in their most vulnerable state, and I would be honored to be part of your journey.”
About Philippa…
Philippa is originally from Scotland and moved to Mobile, AL in 1999, where she currently is practicing. She gained her Masters Degree in Exercise Science at the University of South Alabama and spent the first part of her career working in the sports performance field, coaching and taking care of high performance and professional athletes including the NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA, ATP and WTA.
She trained as a Rolfer at the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration and saw the magic of working with the fascial system of the body. Using her knowledge and intuition of how our fascial network stores past experiences and holds some of the keys to unlocking trauma she further went on to become a TRE® provider and Breathwork Coach.
TRE® stands for Trauma and Tension Releasing Exercises. These simple exercises induce a tremor mechanism in our body that we are genetically encoded to have after going through anything stressful or traumatic. Our bodies are literally shaking off the stress embedded in our tissues that show up as muscular tension patterns, pain, anxiety, disrupted sleep and many auto immune diseases. Many symptoms have improved after going through this process.
She is integrating these tools within her coaching practice to help her clients achieve her vision of teaching people to become their own best healers.