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Somatic Healing, pacific ocean, columbia river Astoria Oregon, Clatsop County

I began my professional journey in British Columbia studying the movement of the body with an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology.  From there I deepened my application of body movement becoming a massage therapist/body worker and have worked in the field for the last 10 years, studying an array of modalities to promote balance and ease within a client’s body. After having the opportunity to work with thousands of bodies, I felt the desire to meet my clients in a more holistic and integrated manner. Realizing physical and mental ease depend and influence each other directly, I continued my graduate studies at Naropa University studying counseling, mindfulness, and transpersonal psychology. It was through this education and my private bodywork practice I could not ignore the prolific nature of trauma in our society.

As an avid body enthusiast, I was delighted to learn current research indubitably supports the effective approach of somatic based therapies when approaching trauma healing. I narrowed my focus in the healing arts by deepening my concentration in trauma. I concluded a 3-year intensive trauma and nervous system training called Somatic Experiencing, to effectively work with clients therapeutically using a somatic approach to promote wholeness and regulation.

I also believe through my experience as a bodyworker, safe therapeutic touch is exceptionally important in a healing journey. Hands on embodiment therapy deepens its effectiveness, and emphasizes the felt sense of being within our bodies. Through the years of training in practicing many modalities I have found Craniosacral therapy and Somatic Touch to be affective therapies for body/mind integrative nervous system healing. My preferred approach to nervous system healing encourages clients to engage in both Somatic Experiencing and bodywork during our work together.

 

Beyond my professional journey, I am an avid traveler and adventure seeker. Coming home to my nervous system has allowed me to trust my impulses, feel the freedom to pursue my dreams and experience them with a full sense of aliveness. For me, this is one of the greatest rewards of this work.

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