 Alive and Aligned
A deliciously embodied reset for OTs and Somatic Therapists
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A live group journey through six fortnightly modules.
Starts Monday 17th August | 6pm AEST
Join anytime and begin with instant access to pre-course resources and practices.
You've spent years learning how to support others.
It's time to come home to yourself.
Yes! Reserve my space...
Are you an OT or somatic practitioner that's feeling stuck, depleted or burnt out?
Does any of this feel familiar?
You pour yourself into your work. You show up, hold space, problem-solve, advocate. You know exactly what your clients need — and you deliver it, day after day.
But somewhere along the way, you stopped checking in with yourself.
- You're constantly "on" — and genuinely can't remember the last time you switched off
- You rest, but wake up still exhausted
- Your body feels more like a vehicle than a home
- You move through your days on autopilot, less present with clients, with the people you love, with yourself
- The values that drew you to this work feel distant — buried under admin, pressure, and sheer depletion
- You're surviving. And you know you deserve more than that.
You are not broken. You are not failing.
What you're experiencing is what happens when a caring, capable person spends years giving from an empty cup — often without even realising the cup has run dry.
Most helping professionals know how to regulate themselves, and all the reasons why, yet we still dont end up doing it...I have been there...And don't be too hard on yourself, the healthcare system is also stacked against you.
We learn to read our clients' cues, but not our own. We learn the theory of self-care, but rarely the lived, embodied practice of it.
Alive & Aligned was created to change that.
What becomes possible here...
A reset that goes beyond rest days and bubble baths.
This isn't a wellness program built on willpower. It's a somatic journey — one that works with your nervous system, not against it.
Not more theory, not too woo-woo; not unrealistic...just real, effective, spacious and alive...
Inside Alive & Aligned, you'll explore:
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✔ Interoceptive awareness — learning to hear and trust your body's signals again
✔ Somatic mindfulness and embodied presence — being here, now, in your actual body
✔ Breathwork and restorative practices — calming, restoring, and rebuilding from the inside out
✔ Stress and survival pattern awareness — understanding why you feel how you feel
✔ Nervous system regulation — practical tools grounded in polyvagal theory
✔ Daily rituals for regulation and recovery — sustainable practices that fit real life
✔ Occupational balance and values alignment — reconnecting with what genuinely matters
✔ Self-care that actually works — not as an afterthought, but as the foundation
Strategies that work anywhere, include inside the therapy room
"When we understand what's happening in our bodies, everything changes — not just how we care for ourselves, but how we show up for everyone around us."
The Alive and Aligned Pathway
A six-module arc, designed to unfold gently and progressively — meeting you exactly where you are.
Reflect
Develop awareness of your nervous system, stress patterns and body signals.
Before we can change anything, we need to notice it. This module invites you to slow down, tune in, and begin to understand the patterns that have been running beneath the surface — often for years. Apply polyvagal theory in real life
Bring awareness to the imprints of stress in your body and mind. Take an honest, yet gentle look at the cost of patterns such as people pleasing, perfectionism and functional freeze...Through somatic inquiry self-awareness and reflective practices.
Reconnect
The Softening and reconnection. Rebuild your relationship with your body, emotions and inner wisdom.
Many of us have learned — consciously or not — to disconnect from our bodies as a way of coping. Here, we begin the gentle work of coming back: to sensation, to emotion, to the wisdom that lives within our soma- our living body.
Slow down, listen, feel, breathe and find your way home with trauma-informed, somatic yoga and body-mindfulness.
Resource
Develop practical tools for regulation, grounding and resilience. This is where you build your toolkit — evidence-informed, body-based practices that genuinely regulate your nervous system with gentle compassion, not just distract from it.
Irresistable ways of moving, breathing, being present with yourself ~ finding what will help your system to regulate and rebalance. Begin to build resilience and nervous system flexibility, especially when we have been stuck...
Release
Gently unwind tension, protective patterns and accumulated stress.
Your body has been holding a lot. This module creates space for safe, supported release — not forced catharsis, but a gentle unwinding of what no longer needs to be carried. Using practices such as gentle somatic yoga, self-myofascial release, conscious dance, TRE (Tension release exercises), and dynamic breathwork
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Restore
 Support rest, recovery and nervous system repair.
You have done enough. You are enough. This module reclaims rest as a biological necessity - and teaches you how to actually receive it. Recognising the laws of giving and recieving, the boundaries we need to set in order to say Yes to what matters more...
Promoting quality sleep, rest, energy conservation and self-pacing...through restorative yoga, deeply restful yoga nidra relaxation and wind-down routines that will move the needle towards rejuvenation on a deeper level.Â
Realign
Reconnect with your values, purpose and the life you want to create.
From a more regulated, embodied place, you can now ask: What do I actually want? What matters most? What does a life aligned with my values look and feel like? This is where it all comes together.
Connect with your future self, and your highest version of you. When you know what your values and your vision for your life is, you can design aligned actions that take you there, while also bringing you home to your true self...
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Meet Sarita
I’m Sarita — an Occupational Therapist, Yoga Therapist, somatic educator, and the founder of Sunshine OT & Yoga and the Embodied OT Program. My work weaves together nervous system healing, embodiment, yoga, somatic practices, reflective inquiry, and supportive conversations that help us reconnect with ourselves during seasons of stress, change, burnout, awakening, and renewal.
I’m passionate about creating gentle, grounded spaces where people can slow down, breathe, soften survival patterns, and remember what it feels like to feel truly connected, supported, alive, and at home within themselves again.
What's Included
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
One of the most powerful things about this program is that you won't be resetting in isolation. There is something uniquely regulating about being held in a group of practitioners who truly understand — because they're living it too.
- 6 fortnightly live group somatic sessions — Mondays at 6pm AEST, beginning 17th August
- Instant access to pre-course resources and practices — so you can begin settling in before the program opens
- A companion workbook — reflection prompts, ritual cards, and embodiment practices
- Guided meditation, yoga and breathwork recordings — yours to return to again and again
- A shared group container — to be witnessed, supported, and reminded you are not alone in this
- Session recordings — so you never miss a thing if life gets in the way
"(Sarita's)Â program has changed my practice and my life"
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Roslyn; Embodied OT ParticipantÂ
"This course is helping so much to break down the overwhelm… I used the exercises and it brought me out of that hyper/freeze state.”"
 Jo, Embodied OT Participant
This is for you if...
You know exactly how to support the people in your care — but offering that same compassion to yourself still feels awkward, indulgent, or somehow out of reach.
You're curious about nervous system regulation, somatic approaches, and what it might feel like to truly inhabit your own life.
You're ready — not for another thing to add to your list, but for a gentler, more sustainable pathway back to yourself.
You don't need to be in crisis to deserve care. You don't need to be "Burnt out" or falling apart to benefit from coming home to your body.
You just need to be willing to say yes to begin...
Suitable for Occupational Therapists, allied health professionals, yoga teachers, coaches, helping professionals and anyone who spends much of their life caring for others.
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Your Investment
Founding Member Pricing — Available Until 31 July
These first cohort places are offered at a special founding member rate — a recognition that you're stepping in before the testimonials exist, and helping to shape something real.
|  | Full Pay.          | Payment Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Founding Member Price.           | $597 AUD | 3 × $229 AUD |
| Standard Price (from August) | $797 AUD | 3 Ă— $299 AUD |
All prices in AUD. GST is added at checkout. Founding member pricing closes 31 July 2025.
After registering you'll receive a welcome email with access to your pre-course resources and practices from July 1st, 2026.
Your first live session is Monday 17th August at 6pm AEST.
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