​Where cycles of self-sabotage end & YOU BEGIN.

 

Where you reconnect to your HEALED SELF.​​​

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Where the layers of hurt ego & deep pain transmute.

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We're here to journey with ceremonial cacao, your spirit team, and the whole spectrum of your emotions so you can finally feel like your whole self AGAIN.

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My calling became very clear when person after person began crying on my table. I recognized I had a gift for grief tending. This was no accident. I've lived the struggle with chronic emotional and physical pain my whole life and discovered ways to create a new reality for myself and the lives of my clients.

 

It might not look like it at first glance, but I've existed on this Earth for nearly 5 decades and I've done a shit ton of inner work. I've spent the last 30 years in sacred witness to the body's wisdom.

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I've landed on highly effective modalities that transform:

• Pain Patterns

• Fascial Tension from Nervous System Dysregulation

• Physical Trauma from Accidents, Injuries, Surgeries

• Muscle Memory of Emotionally Challenging Life Events

• Scar Tissue Restrictions

• Discomfort of Unknown Cause (Often Joint Hypermobility)

• Poor Posture & Bad Ergonomics

• Clenching/Grinding Teeth/TMJ dysfunction

• Burnout & Poor Boundaries

• Grief/Loss/Mourning

• Anxiety/Anger/Depression

• Life Transitions/Emotional Crossroads

• Career Dissatisfaction/Identity Shifts 

• Spiritual Awakening/Psychic Development​​​

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My solid foundation as your guide and teacher stems from studying and working in the influential fields of art therapy, early childhood education, and nursing before becoming a licensed massage therapist (LMT) in 2007.

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I have a BA in Psychology from The George Washington University and a dual minor in Fine Art and Art History. Art making as a teen was my first gateway to somatic healing. The physical act of using my hands to move paint and clay was literally life-saving. I still return to art when words escape me and I need deep emotional processing. That's also why I love dance and bodywork so much! 

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YOUR BODY INNATELY KNOWS HOW TO HEAL ALL OF YOU.

 

I embodied this truth on a soul level when I discovered the moving meditation of 5Rhythms dance workshops. Ann Kite's community in Bethesda, MD was my initial exposure which led me to train in dance facilitation with my mentor, Sylvie Minot. Her medicine circles where dance is the medicine have been pivotal in helping me embody my healed parts.

 

Since movement & stillness go hand in hand, I also lean into mindfulness study. Silent meditation retreats have been awesome dedicated chunks of time to process a sh*t ton of stuff. I highly recommend them for getting to know and love yourself and your emotions very deeply.​​​​

 

​Energy work is foundational to my approach to working with clients. There's just no way around it in my experience.

 

My exploration of energy healing began fresh out of massage school with Thai massage training and then Reiki practice. Back in 2008, I received my first attunement in the lineage of Usui Reiki Ryoho with Victoria Hux and many years later, in 2024 I received my Level III attunement with Frans Stiene.

 

I've completed an online energy healing apprenticeship and various courses with Cyndi Dale and I'm a graduate of Maryam Hasnaa's Tier 1 of Etheric Gardening. I've also been on retreat in Glastonbury, UK with Steve Nobel of The Soul Matrix. 

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I channel an intuitive mash up of all my trainings, experiences, and gifts in sessions to deliver the most attuned and aligned transmissions to support your journey. An added bonus to my approach is my background and training in modalities more commonly attributed to the field of psychotherapy.

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I earned a certificate in Somatic EMDR Therapy with Arielle Schwartz and Dr. Scott Lyons of The Embody Lab and integrate these interventions into my bodywork, energy healing, & spiritual counseling sessions ethically.

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Just to add to my eclectic background, it was a plant medicine revered by the Mesoamericans that brought true happiness into my life. I connected with Cacao as an identifiable spiritual resource around 2022 when I felt moved to consciously cultivate a relationship with her at a women's circle leading to a daily ritual of drinking ceremonial cacao and engaging in ceremony facilitator trainings.

 

I spent time learning from Cacao Laboratory's Florecer community, took Embue's online course and then connected with an amazing online cohort through Ora Cacao.

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Mama Cacao herself has been the ultimate guide! She's been comforting me since I was little. Eating a chocolate croissant and drinking chocolate milk out of a carton after carousel rides at Paramus Park Mall is one of my most cherished childhood memories!​

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Cacao is my personal "secret sauce" to happy living. I'm so incredibly grateful she led me to discover myself more fully and I'm honored to be a steward of this plant ally! I'm on a mission to share her magic with everyone.​

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If you're wondering if we're meant to work together, let me explain it this way... The people who benefit from my work the most tend to drop into an easy connection with me.​ Your soul just KNOWS. However, it's natural to experience hesitation or doubts especially if you've been stuck in endless loops of nervous system dysregulation. Let's get curious about what's present here in this moment for you.​​

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My bodywork approach is integrative. That means I mix and match a multitude of modalities to deliver the most aligned session that supports your healing in real time.

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I incorporate work from 3 primary sources of training: Precision Neuromuscular Therapy, John F. Barnes Myofascial Release, and Upledger Institute. AND energy healing and spiritual counseling and Somatic EMDR are all tools at our fingertips if needed to enhance a session.

 

John F. Barnes Myofascial Release (MFR) training has equipped me with the skills to help clients discharge and somatically process the energetic and physiological blocks of traumatic accidents, injuries, and surgeries. I completed 7 of his seminars before moving on to study with Upledger instructors.

 

CranioSacral Therapy with the Upledger Institute continues to be life changing for both myself and my clients. The cranial sacral system is home base for the central nervous system: the brain and spinal cord, the command centers of the body. It's essential to our vitality to keep these systems functioning optimally.

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Precision Neuromuscular Therapy (PNMT) has been my clinical massage and manual therapy foundation for assessing and treating soft tissue imbalances. It was through them that I discovered a love for supporting clients through complex soft tissue healing. I'm truly grateful for their trainings and highly recommend them!​

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If you're looking for a practitioner to provide a prescribed treatment of x, y, z, that is not me. I work best with clients who trust my suggestions and we co-create the sessions TOGETHER.