The Centre for Somatic & Healing Arts – Vanessa Tucker Somatic Training & Therapy

Vanessa Tucker author healer

WELCOME Vanessa Tucker : The Centre for Somatic & Healing Arts I offer creative pathways to wholeness, inviting you to follow your body’s wisdom and your heart’s guidance. Explore women’s empowerment, somatic, shamanic & energy training, retreats, embodied healing, photography, books, and oracle cards to support your growth and transformation. WELCOME Somatic & Healing Arts Training Courses: Offering Creative Pathways to Wholeness. At The Centre for Somatic and Healing Arts, we believe that healing is a creative act. We offer somatic movement, energy healing, and women’s empowerment trainings for both professional growth and personal transformation. WELLBEING RETREATS Walk Your Talk Retreats: Let Your Potential Unfold with Every Step. Hailed as 'tansformational, life-changing' and the 'best retreat in India' The Walk Your Talk Retreats were designed to be a journey to self-love and empowerment and have been transforming lives for over a decade. SKILL & SELF DEVELOPMENT Become a Healer. Learn how to work with the Sacred: Training Courses & Workshops Choose from a variety of accredited shamanic and energy healing training, women's empowerment and somatic movement, dance and embodiment training courses that enhance your skillset, self-development and support your work with clients. Women's Empowerment Become the Empowered Feminine Force: Medicine Woman Training For Women. At the Modern Medicine Woman Training School our mission is to support women in answering their calling and give voice to their powerful feminine medicine by making it visible in their work, projects, and events. HEALING, THERAPY & SELF DEVELOPMENT Recover from Trauma. Reconnect with Your Sacred Power, Wisdom & Joy: Book Your Session Now My signature healing programme Alchemy Healing is designed to guide you on a transformative journey that will deactivate harmful stress responses, bring balance to your system, heal old wounds and rediscover your true self. If you're ready to set yourself free and embark on a path towards a vibrant, meaningful life filled with joy, then you've arrived at the perfect place. Books & Oracle Cards Discover Spiritual Tools to Support Your Journey: Books & Oracle Cards Are you seeking to activate, develop and strengthen your inner feminine wisdom, powers and medicine? Do you want to conduct readings for yourself and others? Take a look at my books and our Medicine Woman Wisdom Oracle cards, a powerful and beautiful tool for connecting with the wisdom and the medicine of the sacred feminine. HEALING & SELF DEVELOPMENT Release Stress & Trauma with Somatic Movement & Dance Therapy & Education Build a deeper relationship with your living body. Learn embodiment practices and creative movement meditations that contact the wisdom of your body, regulate your nervous system, integrate trauma and cultivate awareness. Come back into a state of safety, relaxation, balance and optimal health. PHOTOGRAPHY Discover & Embrace Your Inner Goddess: Empowering Photoshoots for Women Learn to love your body, embrace the healing power of nature, express your inner goddess, and create an image that becomes a portal to all that you are. PHOTOGRAPHY Personal branding photoshoots for heart-centred entrepreneurs & Soul-led Businesses. A Soulful branding photoshoot captures your unique essence and shares your story of greatness with the world. Let your one-of-a-kind essence shine alongside your business and its mission. WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT Find your tribe. Join our in-person women's circles held in the Tamar Valley. Tamar Circles of Sisterhood offer women's circles in Tavistock to provide a platform for your presence. They are an invitation for you to gather, share, feel seen, heard, held and cherished. Express your fears and desires, receive care and encouragement, and awaken your inspiration and creativity. vanessa tucker the centre for somatic and healing arts retreat in india 2026 Vanessa-Tucker-Training WALK YOUR TALK RETREATS medicine-woman-wisdom-oracle-cards-by-vanessa-tucker Tavistock Women's Circles

Creative Pathways to Wholeness

Whether you're seeking personal healing, professional training, deep restoration, or soulful self-expression—my work offers embodied wisdom and illuminating pathways to guide your next step. Each of the four pathways below invites you into a heart-held, soul-nourishing space designed to help you reconnect to yourself, realign with what matters, and move forward with clarity, purpose and power.

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I want to heal

Are you seeking a deeply personalised, soul-led approach to healing trauma? My signature programme offers a unique fusion of somatic movement dance therapy, trauma-informed nervous system work, and therapeutic shamanic healing—tailored just for you.

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I want to train

Are you called to guide others on the path of healing and transformation?
My professional trainings in Somatic Movement Dance Therapy, Reiki Healing and the Modern Medicine Woman Practitioner offer a trauma-informed, soul-led foundation to facilitate others through therapeutic, creative, and spiritual practice.

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I want to retreat

Do you need time out to rest, reset, and reconnect with your true self?
My transformational Walk Your Talk Retreats offer sacred, soul-nurturing spaces to heal, grow, and awaken through movement, ceremony, nature, and community. Join us and rediscover your power in a life-changing environment of deep support and self-love.
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I want to express

Are you ready to be seen in your essence and power?
Whether you're stepping into your unique visibility with a soulful branding shoot or reclaiming your relationship with yourself through an empowering goddess photoshoot, I’ll help you express your truth with authenticity, confidence, and radiant presence.
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Modern Medicine Woman, Life Artist & Love Activist
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MEET VANESSA

Teacher. Healer. Author. Artist. Medicine Woman.

Vanessa Tucker is a transformational teacher, somatic movement therapist and educator, artist, and author guiding others to awaken their inner wisdom and creative power.

Founder of The Centre for Somatic & Healing Arts and Walk Your Talk Retreats, Vanessa brings decades of experience in education, healing and embodied transformation.

An acclaimed author of The Art of You and Auras: Awakening Awareness, and creator of Happy Cards and The Medicine Woman Wisdom Oracle, she guides others to reconnect with body, soul, and creative spirit through somatic movement education and soul-led practice. Read more
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“Vanessa is a treasured gem in this world. As a heart centred facilitator she employs her knowledge and skills in a safe, empowering and creative style."
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“I arrived on Vanessa's doorstep in the most terrible state. I honestly thought I couldn't face life anymore. I left there an hour later feeling a totally new person. I couldn't believe the transformation in me."
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“ Vanessa combines Meditation, Shamanic Practice and Somatic Movement with powerful feminine wisdom and medicine to enable you to safely integrate trauma, heal old wounds and restore your true self. Her workshops and Modern Medicine Woman Training are transformative." Marian cousins star star star star star “ Vanessa’s understanding and talent as a photographer played a significant role in helping me regain confidence and celebrate my body. Her ability to let the session unfold organically and provide helpful suggestions demonstrates her expertise and sensitivity as a photographer." sally ingle star star star star star “Being on this truly amazing retreat enabled me to feel alive again. Connecting with my husband through a personal one to one healing session with Vanessa, I was able to say goodbye to him and feel I could move on. "
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“ I would highly recommend Vanessa for her experienced healing sessions and teaching courses - she is compassionate, talented and always generous with her love and support. I can't thanks her enough for her somatic and shamanic teachings." Katherine maclire star star star star star “When I booked to go on the retreat, nothing quite prepared me for just how magical the whole experience would be. From the minute I arrived to the minute I left I have never felt so at peace in every way. "
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“If you want to take some time just to "be", reset and recharge your life in a safe and nurtured environment then this is most definitely the place. Superb location, amazing food and accommodation. And a truly life changing Retreat. "
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“When I booked to go on the retreat, nothing quite prepared me for just how magical the whole experience would be. From the minute I arrived to the minute I left I have never felt so at peace in every way. "
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“ Vanessa's training is superb. From auras to crystals, from crystal healing to sound baths, from shamanic journeying to transpersonal psychology, from states of consciousness to soul retrieval, from energy integration and client consultation to business ethics. It's alchemy indeed. "
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  • Foundation Course in Somatic Movement Dance Therapy 2026

    Zoom & St Clether Rosehip Barn, St Clether, Cornwall, United Kingdom

    Develop trauma-informed somatic movement skills through a 100-hour accredited foundation course. Learn embodied facilitation, regulation, and awareness.

    £880
  • Modern Medicine Woman Practitioner Training Course 2026

    Zoom & Earth Spirit Lockyers Farm, Peak lane, Compton Dundon, Somerton, Somerset, United Kingdom

    You Are the Medicine - Become a Modern Medicine WomannnA certificated and accredited practitioner training that blends ancient feminine wisdom and modern tools to transform your life and work Have you walked a path of healing, development and growth, only to sense that the world is asking you to step up now as a feminine guide, healer, facilitator ...

    £780
  • Level 2 Somatic Movement Dance Therapy Training Course

    Zoom & St Clether Rosehip Barn, St Clether, Cornwall, United Kingdom

    This Level 2 Intermediate Training in Somatic Movement Dance Therapy is for experienced movement facilitators, freelancers, coaches, and therapeutic professionals who want to deepen their trauma-informed practice through integrated somatic, spiritual, and imaginal approaches.
    You will develop the skills to work with cranial-sacral movement and touch, lymphatic and fascial health, eco-somatic awareness, authentic movement, and archetypal integration. Rooted in therapeutic principles and spiritual embodiment, this course will refine your facilitation presence and expand your capacity to support healing through the intelligence of the body, the soul, and the natural world.

    £780 – £880
  • First degree Reiki course 2026

    First Degree Reiki using the traditional Usui Shiki Ryoho system.This is a two-day course that connects you to the Reiki energy through the process of individual attunements and lays the foundation for your Reiki Journey.

    £240
  • Second Degree Reiki Course 2026

    Second Degree Reiki using the traditional Usui Shiki Ryoho system. This is a two-day course that is a natural step for the progression in your Reiki Journey. It is known as The Practitioner Level and many students go on to set up their own practice. Although, their are many other benefits to reiki level two as it also greatly deepens your spiritual understanding and self-development.

    £240
  • Reiki Master Training

    Chera Rocks Beach House , India

    The Reiki Master training is a beautiful gift, it consists of living reiki, being reiki and sharing reiki. Traditionally the Usui Shiki Ryoho Master Training system was taught as a year-long apprenticeship, but with our busy lives and schedules, this has become challenging to manage. This is why I offer the Reiki Master training in two parts, with lifetime post course support.

    £420
  • Level 3 Somatic Movement Dance Therapy Training Course

    Online +1 more

    In Somatic Movement Dance Therapy training level 3 students are invited to bring SMDT to community, widening access and participation. Students are invited to form a community group and find two clients to work with in their geographical area.

    £1780 – £1880

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Vanessa Tucker's courses are accredited by the International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine.
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Vanessa Tucker, International Registered Somatic Movement Educator & Therapist. As a Professional Member of the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association, I meet the high Standards of Practice and uphold the Code of Ethics. For more information visit www.ISMETA.org
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Vanessa Tucker Registered UK Somatic Movement Dance Therapist at UKSMDT, I meet the high Standards of Practice and uphold the Code of Ethics. For more information visit UKSMDT.com