Living a Life in Balance
Licia Sky on Embodied Trauma Healing: Insights from a Near-Death Experience and Psychedelics
With Licia Sky
Licia Sky explores embodied approaches to trauma, reflecting on a near-death experience and psychedelics.
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Licia Sky on Embodied Trauma Healing: Insights from a Near-Death Experience and Psychedelics
Licia Sky
Inside this conversation
Journey into Trauma Work and Meeting Bessel van der Kolk
Intuition and Listening in Healing
Childhood Mysticism
More themes
- Multicultural Upbringing and Identity
- Generational Trauma and Family History
- Spiritual Experience at Age 12
- Integration and Search for Understanding
The guest
Licia Sky
Licia Sky is a somatic educator, bodyworker, artist and singer-songwriter, and a co-founder of the Trauma Research Foundation. Her teaching uses movement, voice, writing and experiential exercises to explore bodily awareness and connection. She works with people affected by trauma and teaches mental-health professionals. Her personal experiences in this conversation should be distinguished from clinical research findings. Official biography.
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Licia Sky discusses bodily awareness through movement, voice and creative practice. She shares personal experiences that shaped her work and considers the importance of boundaries and integration when discussing psychedelics. The conversation also explores improvisation, learning from clients and the place of singing in her life.
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Licia shares moments from her own journey, including a near-death experience that transformed her understanding of life, love, and presence. She reflects on the power of embodied awareness, how the body remembers what the mind forgets, and why slowing down is essential to finding balance.
Together, they discuss the future of psychedelic therapy, the importance of integration and guidance, and how music, movement, and community can help us return to ourselves.
Tune in for a deeply human conversation about embodiment, trauma, and the art of coming back to balance.
A somatic educator, artist, and bodyworker, she guides individuals and trains professionals in using movement, voice, mindfulness, and creative expression as tools for healing and connection. With over 40 years of experience as an artist, musician, and therapist, her approach weaves together polyvagal theory, parts work, and the latest research on trauma and the body.
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