Esme Winterflood Embodied Trauma Therapies

Esme Winterflood Embodied Trauma Therapies Trauma Recovery Facilitator | Nervous System Reset Programme | Workshops & Yoga Classes | In person Hertford & Online

08/09/2026

Always expecting the worst —
even in moments where everything is otherwise ‘ fine? ‘ 🥴🥴🥴

Overthinking everything?

Struggling to switch off?

Easily overwhelmed by little things?

Snapping at the people you love?

Finding it hard to actually relax?

You don’t just want to understand
why you feel this way.

You want to feel different.

There are different ways to approach this by working with the brain, thoughts/ beliefs, nervous system and body:

1:1 Tailored Trauma Recovery
Nervous System Reset Live & 8 week online Programme and Workshops
Yoga & Mindfulness

Find what feels right for you ↓
If the time is right for you, you can book a call via embodiedtraumatherapies.com
Yup, link in bio! ✨☀️✨☀️✨☀️

06/09/2026

I love it when the sun is out ☀️

We’re walking into a new term, a new season, new clients and workshops ….

At the heart of all of my work is helping people connect with themselves, understand their responses, recognise what’s happening in their bodies and develop more choice in how they meet their experience in life.

More and more I’m making sure I have time to be creative, connect with nature and just ‘be’.

So basically if it’s nice outside , get out there and get your feet on the ground, listen to the birds and take a few slow breaths. It’s medicine for the soul!! ✨☀️✨☀️

02/09/2026

Once a month we come together for just an hour in the heart of Hertford.

But it’s a special hour. Peace, quiet, gentle movement and rest.

Time for you to let it go. Allow yourself to be supported in a safe place and guided into deep rest and relaxation.

Move, or don’t, join in, or don’t!

Leave feeling calmer, more relaxed and ready for the best nights sleep you’ve had all month ✨🙏❤️

30/08/2026

If you’re exhausted from holding it all together, this is your invitation to join me for Come Home To Yourself: A Nervous System Workshop. ❤️

Learn about your own nervous system and be guided through gentle practices to calm your brain waves, helping to down shift your nervous system and relax your body. ❤️

Leave feeling calmer, lighter, more connected and better able to cope. ❤️

When? Wed 16th Sept 5.45-7.15pm
Where? , Essendon
Why? Because you need it. 😃🥴

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When was the last time you stopped, like properly stopped and rested?If you’re feeling burnt out, overwhelmed, constantl...
27/08/2026

When was the last time you stopped, like properly stopped and rested?

If you’re feeling burnt out, overwhelmed, constantly “on” or simply exhausted from holding everything together, this evening is for you.

Join me at the beautiful Cucumber Fields in Essendon for a nurturing Nervous System Reset Workshop, an opportunity to step out of the noise and give yourself some space to breathe, move, rest and reconnect.

We’ll explore gentle, trauma-sensitive practices designed to help you:

• settle an overwhelmed nervous system
• release built-up stress and tension
• reconnect with your body
• create a greater sense of safety and ease
• slow down without needing to “achieve” anything

No experience is needed. Just come as you are.

🩷Wednesday 16th September
5.45–7.15pm
Cucumber Fields, Essendon
AL9 6JB

🩷Early bird £39 until 1 September
£45 thereafter

🩷Places are limited, so if you’ve been feeling like you need a pause, this is your invitation.

Book your place via the link in my bio.

27/08/2026

Such a lovely new addition to the town has opened its doors — in one of the oldest building in Hertford.
Often we have to be in the right mindset to sit down and read with this gentle focus can really help or creativity imagination concentration.

The next time you go to reach your phone, maybe turn into a book instead!!

Find a book you want to get lost in, make a cup of tea, and give yourself 20 minutes where nobody needs anything from you. 🏝️✨

ReadingForWellbeing

20/08/2026

Annual family trip 🏖️🏝️🎉

Helps to bring:

1. Perspective
2. Lots of laughs
3. Amazing local, nourishing food
4. Carefree days in the warmth

A reminder that we need moments and extended periods of time to rest, enjoy ourselves and nourish the soul.

Whether it’s a holiday or a long walk in a beautiful park, time in nature and away from routine to just ‘be’ is essential to not just recovery but to a full life well lived.

Make the most of the summer folks the days will be shorter before we know it 😃🥴🙈

You can understand your past and still find yourself reacting as though you’re back there.You know you’re safe.You know ...
19/08/2026

You can understand your past and still find yourself reacting as though you’re back there.

You know you’re safe.
You know things have changed.
You may even have done years of self-reflection.

And yet your body still braces.
You overthink.
You shut down.
You anticipate what might go wrong.
You struggle to trust, relax or feel fully yourself.

That doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you.

Your brain and nervous system have been doing what they learned to do: protect you.

The work isn’t about fighting those responses or trying to “fix” yourself.

It’s about helping your whole system experience something different — so that, over time, you can have more choice in how you respond to what’s happening now.

And sometimes that work goes beyond simply understanding why you are the way you are.

It becomes about asking:

Who am I now?
What do I want to change?
And who might I become when the past no longer has such a strong hold on my present?

That’s the deeper work I offer through personalised 1:1 trauma-informed support.

If you know there’s something specific you want to change, book a Discovery Call.

We can explore what you’re experiencing, what you want to be different, and whether 1:1 support is the right fit for you.

You don’t need to have it all figured out before you reach out.

👉 Link in bio to book your Discovery Call through the website. ✨✨

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Live in Hertfordshire? If so, read on….You look like you’ve got it all together.You get up. You get on with things. You ...
18/08/2026

Live in Hertfordshire? If so, read on….

You look like you’ve got it all together.

You get up. You get on with things. You show up for work, your family, your friends.

People probably see you as capable, organised and reliable.

But inside?

You’re exhausted.

Your mind is constantly busy. You’re overthinking. You’re anticipating what might go wrong. You find it hard to properly switch off — even when you’re desperate to rest.

And sometimes the smallest thing can feel like the final straw.

You know you need to slow down.

You know you need to look after yourself.

But somehow, you just can’t seem to switch off.

I’ve helped people who feel exactly like this; functioning on the outside while their bodies are quietly telling them they’ve had enough.

“You hold it all together for everyone. It’s time to come back to you.”

That’s exactly why I’m hosting Come Home To Yourself , a gentle Nervous System Reset Workshop at Cucumber Fields.

An evening to step out of the constant doing, thinking and holding it all together.

To breathe. Slow down. Reconnect with your body. And learn simple practices to help you feel calmer, more grounded and more like yourself again.

✨Wednesday 16th September
✨5.45–7.15pm
✨Cucumber Fields, Essendon

With Esme Winterflood, Trauma Recovery Facilitator

If you’ve been running on empty, constantly “on”, or finding it harder and harder to properly switch off…

This is 90mins just for you to come home to yourself. ❤️

Link in bio to book via my website or DM me # here.

Running on empty?When you're constantly looking after everyone else, it's easy to lose touch with yourself.This evening ...
08/08/2026

Running on empty?

When you're constantly looking after everyone else, it's easy to lose touch with yourself.

This evening is an invitation to pause and reconnect with youself.

Join me at Cucumber Fields for a gentle Nervous System Reset Workshop where you'll experience simple, science-informed practices to help calm your nervous system, release stress and reconnect with yourself.

✨ Gentle body-based practices
✨ Nervous system education
✨ A peaceful, supportive space
✨ Guided meditation and yoga nidra
✨ Tea, dark chocolate & a take-home Nervous System First Aid Kit & Toolkit

📍 Cucumber Fields, Essendon
🗓 Wednesday 16th September
🕠 5.45–7.15pm

Early Bird £39 until Sept 1st

If your body has been asking you to slow down, this is your permission.

Reserve your place via the link in my bio or visit https://www.embodiedtraumatherapies.com/come-home-to-yourself-workshop

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Hertford
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Thursday 9am - 5pm

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