Natasha de Grunwald Somatic Educator. Published Author. Clinical Practitioner of 30+ Years & transformational retreat facilitator.
Natasha is the founder of TRAUMA RELEASE METHOD™ — a culmination of three decades of hands-on clinical experience, cross-cultural study, and integrative somatic practice.
Author of Thai Massage Dissected , her work is rooted in deep anatomical understanding from dissection labs and traditional healing systems worldwide.
MY JOURNEY
FROM TRAUMA TO TRANSFORMATION: THREE DECADES OF CLINICAL MASTERY
What I know about healing didn’t come from books. It came from my body. From dissection labs. From traditional healers across four continents. And from the slow, deliberate work of transforming my own trauma into a method that now serves thousands.
WHERE IT BEGAN
THE FOUNDATION
WHERE HEALING BECAME METHOD
At 14, in the midst of trauma, I began working with a mentor who did something that would shape my entire approach: she massaged my feet while I talked. For years, this woman demonstrated what I would later prove clinically – that healing doesn’t happen in the body OR the mind. It happens when we work with both simultaneously.
This wasn’t just personal healing. It was the blueprint for everything I would create.
THE TURNING POINT
WHEN SURVIVAL BECAME MASTERY
I couldn’t think my way out of trauma. I had to feel my way through it.
With the support of skilled mentors, I began the slow work of healing at the speed of my nervous system. I discovered Breathwork as a tool for accessing what talk therapy couldn’t reach. I stopped numbing with alcohol and drugs and started developing the capacity to be with what was actually there.
But I didn’t stop at personal healing. I became obsessed with understanding how the body holds trauma and what actually creates lasting change.
WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY?
The body you live in holds everything you need to heal, to feel alive, and to create what’s next.
There are two pathways depending on where you are in your journey.
A FOUR-DAY DEEPLY TRANSFORMATIVE IMMERSION IN SPAIN.
Join Natasha in an intimate setting to completely shift beyond your current beliefs.
Discover profound Joy & Clarity to create the life you desire
BECOME A CERTIFIED TRAUMA RELEASE METHOD™ FACILITATOR
Deliver profound body mind transformation to 1:1 clients & groups across multiple platforms.
TRM – the Professional Diploma Certification
PATHWAY 1:
PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION
Repattern old patterns. Heal deeply. Feel like yourself again.
Experience profound bodymind healing through:
- Hands-on bodywork & fascial release
- Breathwork & nervous system restoration
- Somatic coaching
- Transformational retreats where healing meets joy
Whether you seek relief from pain, emotional clarity, or reconnection with your authentic self, this work brings you home to your body.
PATHWAY 2:
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Become a Certified Trauma Release Method™ Practitioner
Deliver life-changing somatic transformation to clients, groups, and retreats.
The Trauma Release Method™ Professional Diploma Training equips you with:
- Trauma-informed touch
- Nervous system intelligence
- Breathwork facilitation
- Fascial release
- Somatic coaching
- Integrative bodymind protocols
For practitioners ready to embody their true potential and build powerful transformation into their work.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY
“I like her honesty, I like her openness. She’s very approachable. But I also like the fact that the truth isn’t hidden, but it’s always done in a very nurturing way… her knowledge is vast.” — TINA, Anatomy of Yoga Teacher
“It’s made me a better psychotherapist but it’s also given me all these skills now as a somatic coach… I never felt like I could really run a retreat because I didn’t have enough in my toolbox. Whereas now I feel like my toolbox is overflowing.” — EMMA, Psychotherapist
IMMERSIVE RETREATS
Deep transformation meets joy, playfulness, embodiment, and revelation.
THE BREAKTHROUGH RETREAT
Marbella · 12–16 June 2026
A 10-person immersive designed for professionals and entrepreneurs ready to move from circling decisions to taking embodied, confident action. Through revelatory somatic games, breathwork, and creativity, you’ll leave with clarity and direction that sticks.
EXPANSIVE MARBELLA RETREAT
8–12 July 2026
A retreat for women ready to reconnect with the vitality, joy, and truth they dimmed for too long. Through dance, breath, somatic play, and community, you’ll remember the woman you were — and uncover the one you’re becoming.
THAI MASSAGE DISSECTED
A groundbreaking integration of ancient Thai healing wisdom & modern anatomical insight.
A must-read for bodyworkers, yoga teachers, physiotherapists, osteopaths, and TRM trainees.
This book reveals the depth, intelligence, and therapeutic power of Thai massage through cadaver-based anatomy, Buddhist philosophy, and decades of clinical practice.
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