2027 Practitioner Trainings are open: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Midlands & Ballito. From R8,200, tools included. See dates
Hello, I'm Natalie
I’m the founder of UNWIND, a self-myofascial release method that puts the tools and the knowing back in your own hands.
E-RYT 500 teacher trainer • Based in Plettenberg Bay & Dahab • Teaching in South Africa & Egypt
TEACHER
E-RYT
500
I teach humans to breathe, soften and come home to themselves.
Where it all began
I came to fascia the long way round.
After two Comrades Marathons, I was carrying a hip injury no one could name. Rest didn’t shift it. Stretching didn’t shift it.
What finally did was slow, patient self-myofascial release. Lying on a spinal strip, breathing into places that had been holding on for years. That strip was first placed under my back by Melissa Taylor, a chiropractor from the United States, and it changed the way I understood my own body.
The Easy Grip balls came next, through my training with Swiss movement educator Eric Franklin and the Franklin Method, where imagery and anatomy meet in the body.
From there I kept following the thread. I studied with Jill Miller, creator of the Roll Model Method, who showed me how much a simple ball can teach us about our own tissues. With Joanne Avison I explored fascia as the living architecture of movement in yoga. Through Dr Robert Schleip and the Fascial Fitness approach, I came to understand the science behind what I was feeling. And Thomas Myers’ Anatomy Trains gave me a map of how everything connects, head to heel.
Today I’m still learning, and I’m deeply inspired by a new generation of fascia educators. Most of all by Brooke McPoyle and her Musical Breathwork, which treats the body as an instrument: fascia as the strings, breath as what plays them. Her work brought me back to where my own healing began, lying on that strip and breathing into the places that were ready to let go.
UNWIND™ grew from all of this. A simple method anyone can learn, so you don’t have to wait for someone else to fix what your own body is ready to release.
The method
What UNWIND is, and what it isn't.
UNWIND is self-myofascial release. You work on your own body, with a few well-chosen tools: the Spinal Strip, massage balls, the peanut ball and Easy Grip balls. It isn't hands-on bodywork. It's a practice you take home.
The tools
Specially selected to meet your body where it holds tension, and gentle enough to use every day.
The breath
Slow is the secret. The longer you stay and breathe, the more your tissue softens.
The practice
A few minutes, most days, in your own living room. That's where the real change lives.
My training
The threads I weave together
I’m an E-RYT 500 yoga teacher and teacher trainer with over 2,000 hours of training across many modalities. I’m passionate about trauma-informed somatic movement and practices that help people find ease in the only home they will ever own: their body. I believe the body is our greatest teacher, and every class, workshop and training I offer is shaped by that.
Where to find me
From the Garden Route to the Red Sea
Plettenberg Bay
Classes and workshops at The Space Between, plus workshops and trainings across South Africa.
Live online
A weekly live class on Zoom, R200. Bring your UNWIND tools and a mat.
Dahab
Trainings at Trust Nour Academy, which I co-founded with Ema Louis.
“I had an amazing experience with Natalie. She is such an open hearted and warm person. Her knowledge regarding breath and obviously the fascia was incredible... Thank you for holding space for us all as we heal ourselves”