Body Centered Psychotherapy and Somatic coaching are collaborative processes in which clients are supported to get to know themselves in a new way. This may lead to navigating a difficult relationship with more perspective, and/or receiving support around a transition, a burning question or a major project. This work is really about living with more ease. Body centered psychotherapy and Somatic coaching support connection to oneself and others by addressing latent desires to feel more alive. We can access greater aliveness and personal power when we invite our mind and body to begin to work together. Its easy to feel overwhelmed and distracted by the contents of our mind or pain in our bodies. This can lead to stress, anxiety, depression, and even dis-ease. Tapping into the sensory experience preceding a thought or behavior can help us reclaim locked up energy, resulting in a more grounded sense of choice from which to engage with life. With this comes more ownership of experience, clarity of desire and more energy to act in the world.

I work from Buddhist approaches of gentleness and compassion, Gestalt training, energy awareness and an orientation toward the Transpersonal. This way of working rewires nervous system reactions immediately and can save a lot of time and energy that is often expended in traditional talk therapy. Folks often report feeling a valuable transformation toward a deeper, more solid connection to themselves and others. Feel free to check out the TESTIMONIALS  page or reach out to me directly on Contact Page to consider if these offerings may be supportive to you.

Meditation Teaching and Mentoring

      This is an offering to help individuals begin or continue to meditate. Often we have a desire to both slow our minds and the pace of our daily lives. And yet, beginning and maintaining a practice is difficult and thrives with support. What is meditation? How do I know I am actually meditating?

This meditation is based in the faculty of memory, honed through the process of journaling one’s experience. It is a concrete practice of self compassion and genuine interest. It cultivates receptivity and accentuates comfort in the body and openness to all that arrives- thoughts, feelings and body sensations. In this practice, we are not trying to force ourselves to do or stop anything. In the openness there is room for and interest in less encumbered and easeful states of consciousness. These tranquil states can lead to high levels of creativity, clarity and a deep and sustainable relaxation that sustains long after meditating.

This Mentorship acts as mind body training to unearth an inherent desire to take time for oneself. Uncovering the ease of sitting with oneself, happens faster with a buddy than doing it alone. I promise.

Students often say, “This is too fun and comfortable to be meditation.” Many people begin with one-on-one work and then deepen further in my 6 week Meditation for Everyday Life group. Because I hope to keep the group intimate and it fills up quickly, feel free to contact me with interest to get on the waiting list for the upcoming group.

Akashic Reiki Energetic Healing

      Akashic Reiki is an integrated form of energy-work based in the perspective that humans have more potential than we live from in daily life. We carry in our bodies and spirits deep wisdom. Akashic Reiki energy-work is a blend of reiki, the Akashic Records and body centered modalities intended to ignite this somatic wisdom and encourage increased awareness and sensation of the flow of one’s consciousness.

Reiki is a simple and natural process of “laying of hands” on or above/beyond the body, to encourage the cells to release tension and move towards flow. Because we are working in the energetic realm, this is well suited for Zoom or phone, or fully clothed on the massage table in person.

The Akashic Records are records of intuitive guidance for each individual soul’s journey. The Record’s message can arise as thoughts, feelings, or images. In this process, the energetic activation of reiki compliments the imaginal and archetypal wisdom of the Akashic Records. Together they allow for a rich narrative between mind, body and spirit to emerge.

You may come to the session with a question or simply remain open to what arrives. With the reading, I may offer suggestions to help integrate the process or facilitate energy movement after the session. Suggestions may come in the form of meditations, yoga postures, breathing techniques, journaling exercises or dietary recommendations.