ABOUT CHARLOTTE NICHOLSON
Somatic trauma practitioner, certified TCTSY facilitator & experienced yoga teacher
About ME
I’m a certified Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) facilitator and experienced somatic practitioner, specialising in body-led approaches to trauma, chronic stress and nervous system regulation.
My work brings together evidence-informed trauma-sensitive practice, more than two decades of personal embodied practice, extensive yoga and meditation training, and experience supporting people in both therapeutic and psychedelic settings.
I have lived through eating disorder recovery, divorce, corporate burnout, anxiety and the inevitable profound grief of loss, and body-based practice saved my life. It helped me change deeply embedded patterns of coping and reactivity, rebuild my relationship with my body, and transform the way I relate to myself and others.
This is what eventually led me to the work I do now: a desire to share what I had learned and help others develop their own capacity for agency, self-trust and change.
Alongside my therapeutic work, I am a facilitator on legal psilocybin retreats in the Netherlands and ayahuasca retreats in Peru. I also support retreat guests with coaching and trauma sensitive body-led practice as part of their preparation and integration processes.
Before moving into this work, I studied Human Sciences at University College London (UCL), followed by a 15-year career in UK broadcasting as a documentary producer and content executive at the BBC and in the independent sector. That background — spanning human biology, behaviour, storytelling, writing and research — continues to shape the way I communicate complex ideas about trauma, the body and human experience.
Alongside my trauma-focused work, I facilitate on legal psilocybin retreats in the Netherlands and ayahuasca retreats in Peru, and offer trauma-informed, body-led preparation and integration support around psychedelic experiences.
I’m British and divide my time between the UK and Peru, where I continue to learn from and work alongside Amazonian Shipibo-Konibo ayahuasca curanderos and deepen my understanding of indigenous approaches to healing — alongside the lifelong business of learning more about being human.
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WHAT I BRING TO THIS WORK
Certified TCTSY Facilitator - Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, with annual recertification and ongoing clinical supervision
25+ years of personal embodied practice - Extensive training and daily self-practice across yoga, breath, meditation and body-based approaches.
10+ years teaching and facilitating - Working one-to-one, with groups and across international settings.
Psychedelic retreat facilitation since 2021 -Facilitating legal psilocybin retreats in Europe and ayahuasca retreats in Peru.
15 years in UK broadcasting - Former BBC documentary producer and content executive, with a background in research, communication and storytelling
BSc Human Sciences, UCL - An interdisciplinary foundation in human biology, psychology and behaviour.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
TRAUMA-SENSITIVE & SOMATIC PRACTICE
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Trained through the Center for Trauma and Embodiment in Massachusetts, USA, where TCTSY was developed. I re-certify annually and undertake ongoing clinical supervision with a TCTSY trainer.
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Trained by the UK charity Ourmala, which offered free trauma sensitive yoga by referral for people seeking international protection and other communities impacted by PTSD. Continuing professional education course.
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Warriors At Ease is a US non-profit offering level 1, 2 and 3 facilitator training in yoga, meditation and mindfulness practices adapted for the military community, based on US government funded research into such modalities as alternative treatments for brain injury, trauma and other combat-related illnesses.
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Training with the Eat Breathe Thrive Foundation for Eating Disorders, an international organisation that funds research, advocated for policy change, trains facilitators and supports recovery.
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Continuing professional development course with the Minded Institute in London, one of the UK’s leading yoga therapy trainers, accredited by the British Council for Yoga Therapy, National Council for Integrative Psychotherapists and the International Association of Yoga Therapy.
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Continuing professional development course with the Minded Institute in London, one of the UK’s leading yoga therapy trainers, accredited by the British Council for Yoga Therapy, National Council for Integrative Psychotherapists and the International Association of Yoga Therapy.
PSYCHEDELIC RETREAT FACILITATION, PREPARATION & INTEGRATION
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Having first started working with ayahuasca for my own wellbeing in 2019.
YOGA, BREATH & EMBODIED PRACTICE
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Yoga Alliance registered RYT 500 advanced yoga teacher. I am also a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP), a credential for experienced teachers to teach educational courses and workshops to other registered instructors. Registry ID: 410649.
Yoga Alliance is the largest nonprofit association representing the yoga community. Teachers can register as RYT® 500 if they have successfully completed a 500-hour teacher training that is registered with Yoga Alliance, or a combination of a 200-hr teacher training plus 300 hrs of advanced training from a RYS 300 (registered yoga school). They are required to meet minimum continuing education standards.
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Traditional postural yoga, breath practices and meditation. Trained at The Practice, Bali, accredited by Yoga Alliance.
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Varying styles of ‘flow’ yoga and breathwork practices. Trained at Sampoorna Yoga in India, accredited by Yoga Alliance.
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Norman is one of the UK’s leading yin yoga teachers and teacher trainers. Trained at Yogacampus London.
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Training led by prominent UK teacher trainers and therapists, Uma and Nirlipta Dinsmore-Tuli, founders of the Yoga Nidra Network.
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Continuing professional development training with The Practice, Bali, accredited by Yoga Alliance.
ongoing PROFESSIONal supervision
CLINICAL SUPERVISION
I am in clinical supervision with:
Krystyna Kowalski, psychotherapist and TCTSY Trainer on the Training Faculty at The Center for Trauma and Embodiment, Boston, USA.
Caroline Flick Psychotherapie, Stuttgart, Germany.
TCTSY CERTIFICATION & ACCREDITATION
I am accredited by the Center for Trauma and Embodiment in Brookline, Massachusetts, and required to take part in ongoing professional development and to annually re-certify to remain in good standing as a TCTSY Facilitator.
INSURANCE
Fully insured by Wellbeing Insurance, regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.