Emi Iizuka 

Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner · Trauma Therapist · Mindfulness Guide

Sóller, Mallorca · Online worldwide

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A Path Back to Yourself

There is a place within you that has never been broken.

Not because life has been gentle — but because something in you has always been deeper than what happened to you.

Mindfulness is the only doorway back to that place. Not a concept. Not a practice you perfect. A living return — to this breath, this body, this moment. The only place where you actually exist.

When the nervous system finds its way back to calm — not forced, not performed, but real — something remarkable happens. The body softens. The breath returns. And in that space, almost quietly, joy arrives.

The simple, alive kind — the feeling of being safe enough to actually be here. To feel the sun. To laugh easily. To belong to your own life again.

This is my passion. Not just the healing of pain — but the rediscovery of what it feels like to be fully, joyfully alive.

This is where we begin.

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My Story

I was born in Tokyo, Japan — a place that taught me stillness, precision and the art of being present. I spent my early years in Hong Kong, began travelling the world at 18, and in 2005 found myself in Byron Bay, Australia — living close to nature, close to the earth, for fifteen years.

Since 2020, I have made Mallorca, Spain my home.

My path into this work was not only professional. It was deeply personal.

In 2015, my son Romeo was born — and shortly after, I became a sole parent. That season of my life brought both profound awakening and the weight of PTSD.

It was my Mindfulness practice which I do over 2 decades, that became the core of my healing — alongside the deep self-inquiry I found through Somatic Experiencing® and Compassionate Inquiry®. Together, they carried me through.

Not as techniques. As a lifeline.

Over the eight years that followed, I met myself again and again — slowly, honestly, with curiosity and compassion. Layer by layer, something shifted. I noticed my voice had changed. Not just how it sounded — but what it was willing to say. What it dared to express.

Today I live in ongoing happiness — not as a destination I arrived at, but as a practice I choose every day. I have chosen love again. I am married, learning the beautiful art of partnership, and growing within it.

This is what I know to be true — healing is not linear, and it is never finished. But it is real. And it is worth every step.

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My Approach

My work weaves together the ancient and the contemporary:

•  Zen practice — the art of simply being, without agenda

•  Somatic Experiencing® — releasing trauma stored in the body

•  Compassionate Inquiry® — meeting suffering with curiosity, not judgment

•  Mindfulness — rooted in Buddhism, Yoga, science and daily life

•  Search Inside Yourself — evidence-based emotional intelligence

I do not believe healing is something you pursue. I believe it is something you allow — when given the right conditions of safety, presence and compassion.

From that moment, I have devoted my life to understanding — and sharing — what it means to truly come home to oneself.

 

My Journey in Mindfulness & Training

Year Training & Certification

2006 10-day Vipassana Retreat — Chennai, India

2007 RYT 200h Yoga Teacher Training

2010 Maternity Yoga — Bliss Baby Yoga, Australiat

2013 Yoga for Healthy Ageing — Yoga for Grownups

2016 Yoga for Mental Health — Yoga for Grownups

2018 Search Inside Yourself — SIY Leadership Institute (Google)

2018 Plum Village, France — Engaged Buddhism with Thich Nhat Hanh

2019 G.R.A.C.E. — Upaya Zen Center with Joan Halifax

2023 Compassionate Inquiry® — Annual Training, Gabor Maté

2024 Somatic Experiencing® — Full Certification, Peter Levine​​

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I look forward to walking on the path of inner peace, authenticity and love with you.

 

All love.

Emi

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