My philosophy

 

I believe all of you is worthy of being seen, of being loved, and of being cared for. Not just your body, but your mind, and your spirit.

 

Your body is, of course, your body, but I go beyond working with just your muscles. I welcome as much of your body into our work as you would like – within the legal scope of my profession – including abdominal work, full chest and breast work, and perhaps most importantly, your nervous system. Your mind consists of your thoughts and your emotions, your wishes and desires. It’s the part that processes, finds solutions, feels, and sometimes complicates. Your spirit? That is your life force, your energetic body – and if you so lean, the part of you that connects you to the greater all, to god (whatever that means to you). These are not separate instances (though at times it may feel like this), and things like trauma, depression, grief, and anxiety make their mark on all three. By making space for and welcoming your mind and spirit into the work we create the possibility for everything to come back together. Few things have the power to collapse time and space into a blissful state of feeling whole, reintegrating mind, body, and spirit, like skillful, compassionate, and intentional bodywork.

 

Trauma (whether physical, emotional, or both,) grief, depression, and even the everyday stress of life cause fragmentation, splintering, and dissociation within and between your body, mind, and spirit. We will work with all of you to welcome those parts affected back into the fold with love, care, and compassion. In doing so, we give your nervous system a much needed reset, and directly and positively influence your brain chemistry. 

 

Your nervous system is what connects all of you. And beyond that, it’s what connects you to everything. Working with your nervous system takes skill, patience, trust, and a deep reverence for the beautiful complexity of our beings. It takes intention, and carefully held space. Through this work it’s possible to attain a greater attunement not just to your within, but to the world at large.

 

Bodywork goes beyond the body, and the benefits go beyond the loosening and soothing of muscles – which, while wonderful, is the smaller of the good it does. As your body, mind, and spirit start to come back together again you enter a deeply relaxed, truly altered state, where you leave the immediate everyday world and enter into a liminal, limitless space, where nothing is set, and everything is possible. A space of healing, serendipity, and manifestation, where the subconsciousness can expand and process, where new aspects of you can emerge and be welcomed, where solutions might spontaneously arise, and where you might just be able to manifest progress towards whatever goals or desires you have. This is where the magic happens, this is where we heal. And beyond that, where we thrive.

 

Because, finally, I believe you deserve to not only heal, but to thrive. And all this will help you do just that, to go beyond healing, beyond well being, and into feeling really, really good.

 

I can’t wait to work with you.