Embodiment Practitioner

Meet Floriana

Founder of FLOESSENCE

I’m Floriana, a London-based Somatic Embodiment Coach and founder of FLOESSENCE.
I trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating with a First Class MA, and spent a decade working professionally in theatre across the Royal Shakespeare Company, Old Vic, Young Vic and Chichester Festival Theatre. Alongside that I deepened my practice through 250 hours of yoga teacher training, including 200 hours in India and a specialism in Somatic Yin.

It was the combination of these two worlds that brought me home to myself. The body intelligence that emerges when performance training meets somatic practice, learning to cultivate presence, navigate emotional states, listen deeply and respond authentically, is at the heart of everything I teach through FLOESSENCE.

What I Bring to Every Session

Presence as a Practised Skill

A decade directing and facilitating professionally across the RSC, Old Vic, Young Vic, Almeida and Chichester Festival Theatre taught me that presence, availability and authentic expression can be developed in anyone. That belief sits at the heart of every session I facilitate.

Practical Tools for Lasting Change

The work blends trauma-informed somatic practice, neuroscience-backed tools and yogic philosophy. Every technique is designed to be immediately applicable — something participants carry with them beyond the room.

A Somatic Embodiment Methodology Rooted in Performance

A First-Class MA from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and 250 hours of yoga teacher training, specialising in Somatic Yin, sit behind the Find Your Essence™ Framework — performance direction, facilitation and somatic practice brought together into a single methodology.

Attuned, Considered Facilitation

Whether directing professional actors or facilitating drama workshops for theatre education departments, the skill is the same — reading what a room needs and creating the conditions for something genuine to emerge. That quality of attention is what I bring to every session.

TESTIMONIALS

Client love

I really enjoyed the discussion of embodiment throughout the session. I felt as though we were being guided and introduced to new concepts. The lake meditation was fab, it was a soothing visualisation and gave me a chance to slow down my racing mind.

I found the meditation very useful. I have a tendency to let my mind wander and get overwhelmed by my thoughts. The meditation was so good because I really felt connected to myself and my body and not my racing thoughts. Warming us up and using my body and mind first, made it better than any meditation I have tried at home.

I enjoyed that you took your time to explain the process in detail so that if i were new to the practice, I would have an increased understanding which helps to connect more with self. I liked the explanations given during the class to have more understanding of tension/meridians, i think this gives helpful context. The shaking movement - these are areas where i personally have tension and helpful to concentrate on awareness and efforts to release.

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