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RELATIONAL BODYWORK + BODY-BASED COACHING
Client-led, relational bodywork that supports safer, deeper, more effective sessions
Professional trainings, practitioner mentorships, and retreats
for bodyworkers and somatic practitioners
Professional trainings, practitioner mentorships, and retreats
for bodyworkers and somatic practitioners
What is Relational Bodywork & Body-Based Coaching?
Relational Bodywork is touch that listens.
It recognises that bodies respond not only to technique, but to presence, pacing, boundaries, and the quality of relationship between practitioner and client.
Body-based coaching extends this same listening into words, reflection, and integration.
Rather than analysing or directing, it supports clients to track sensation, emotion, impulse, and meaning as they arise — allowing insight and change to emerge from lived, embodied experience.
Together, relational bodywork and body-based coaching centre the nervous system, consent, timing, and attunement — creating conditions where change is not imposed, but organically unfolds.
It recognises that bodies respond not only to technique, but to presence, pacing, boundaries, and the quality of relationship between practitioner and client.
Body-based coaching extends this same listening into words, reflection, and integration.
Rather than analysing or directing, it supports clients to track sensation, emotion, impulse, and meaning as they arise — allowing insight and change to emerge from lived, embodied experience.
Together, relational bodywork and body-based coaching centre the nervous system, consent, timing, and attunement — creating conditions where change is not imposed, but organically unfolds.
Julian Marcus BSc(Hons) Therapeutic Bodywork
Who is holding this work?
I am a relational bodyworker, somatic practitioner, and mentor working at the intersection of touch, nervous system regulation, and relational ethics.
My work has evolved through years of hands-on practice, study, and listening — to bodies, to relational dynamics, and to what emerges when technique is no longer the centre.
I hold professional spaces for bodyworkers and somatic practitioners who are ready to refine their presence, deepen their capacity, and work with greater clarity, integrity, and sustainability.
I am not interested in producing practitioners who perform well.
I am interested in supporting practitioners who can stay present.
Learn more about my approach →
My work has evolved through years of hands-on practice, study, and listening — to bodies, to relational dynamics, and to what emerges when technique is no longer the centre.
I hold professional spaces for bodyworkers and somatic practitioners who are ready to refine their presence, deepen their capacity, and work with greater clarity, integrity, and sustainability.
I am not interested in producing practitioners who perform well.
I am interested in supporting practitioners who can stay present.
Learn more about my approach →
Client satisfaction, ethically understood
In relational bodywork, client satisfaction is not about pleasing or performing.
It arises when clients feel:
It arises when clients feel:
- Listened to rather than worked on
- Regulated rather than overwhelmed
- In relationship rather than in a transaction
Sustainable client relationships
As practitioners become more grounded and internally resourced, their work often feels clearer — both to themselves and to their clients.
This clarity can support:
This clarity can support:
- Fewer ruptures and misunderstandings
- Stronger therapeutic alliance
- More sustainable, long-term client relationships
Professional Spaces to Deepen Your Practice
Portugal + England
Relational Bodywork Foundations:
4-day immersion in client-led touch and somatic coaching.
Next: March 2026, Algarve. Early bird: €850
Next: March 2026, Algarve. Early bird: €850
Advanced Somatic Practitioner Mentorship
A year-long advanced mentorship for qualified bodyworkers and somatic practitioners seeking professional maturity, embodiment, and integration
Online Mentoring
Practitioner Clinical Supervision & Mentoring
for person-centred practice with Julian Marcus
for person-centred practice with Julian Marcus
Private 1-1 Sessions
Find out about one to one sessions with Julian, online or in person in Portugal or England.
When practitioners slow down, listen more deeply, and work within clearer relational boundaries, clients often feel safer, more met, and more able to integrate their experience.
These qualities naturally support trust, continuity, and long-term working relationships — without manipulation or promise.
These qualities naturally support trust, continuity, and long-term working relationships — without manipulation or promise.
Contact Us
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London, United Kingdom