Ep 10: Somatic Healing & Holding Space | Hakomi with Marcia Burton

In this episode, Martin sits down with Marcia Burton — Senior Hakomi Trainer, Registered Clinical Counsellor, and Certified Teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion — for one of the most quietly powerful conversations on emotional healing and mindful self-compassion the show has produced.Marcia trained directly with Ron Kurtz, creator of Hakomi, and has spent 25 years building a practice rooted in somatic healing on Salt Spring Island — working with people in grief, crisis, trauma and terminal illness.In this conversation we explore somatic healing and what Hakomi actually is, the concept of Loving Presence, why holding space is one of the rarest skills in emotional healing, the difference between self-compassion and self-indulgence, how the body reveals what the mind conceals, and why slowing down is the fastest path to inner transformation — where psychology and spirituality meet in practice.Marcia also shares her own journey — including the moment she realised she had cordoned off her own heart, and what it took to find her way back.A conversation about presence, stillness and the quiet courage it takes to truly be with another human being.If this conversation moved something in you, a rating or review helps more people find this work. Martin's book, The Weary Traveller's Guide to a Life Worth Living, is available now.