Personal life coaching session to assist you through your life transitions, achieving your goals, and whatever it is that you’re telling yourself “I can’t because...” into achieving the life you are desiring. What your session looks like is completely individualized based on your goals. I often open a session by lighting a candle, possibly a short guided meditation, I ask you how I can assist you with today, then help guide and assist you through what you are working through. Assisting you to attain the life you are desiring and attaining your goal(s) by helping you shine your light out into the world. I will sometimes offer you a homework piece to work on between sessions if it feels appropriate. Sessions are done online, over the phone, or in-person at my home studio.
Free 30-minute free personal life coaching consultation. A time to see if this feels like a good fit, go over your intake form. For you to share your dreams, your goals, what you are desiring from our session(s). Then for us to discuss what's next if you decide to become a client.
Anatomy Trains Structural Integration (ATSI) sessions are part of a 12-series and can be used to resolve particular problems, as a tonic for your posture, movement, and what used to be called “carriage”, how you carry yourself through the world. Your body is your most proximate tool. ATSI structural integration can be seen as a course in reacquainting yourself with your body in motion. Most of us have collected extra tension through the course of our lives, either from injury or surgery, imitation of our parents or heroes, from our repetitive activities, or attitudes we’ve acquired along the way. These injuries and tensions form a pattern in our bodies. Exercise, and our mother’s request of us to “stand up straight!” may help, but most of this patterning happens below our conscious awareness and becomes part of who we are. These patterns become written into our muscular tensions, or skeletal form, and into the tissues that go-between: the connective tissues. Structural integration employs soft tissue manipulation with the goal of realigning the body in relationship to the force of gravity. The theory underlying structural integration asserts that often the body's connective tissue is "bound up," thus restricting opposing muscles from working independently of one another. Thus, we aim to loosen the restricted connective tissue by using a practice very similar to deep tissue massage. Practitioners typically prescribe a specific sequence of twelve sessions typically lasting between 60 and 90 minutes in order to "unlock" the whole body.
Thai massage uses gentle pressure and stretching techniques to relax the whole body. The technique that Thai massage practitioners use is very different from what people in the West may be accustomed to. Unlike Swedish massage techniques, in which a person passively lies on a massage table, the Thai massage client wears loose, comfortable clothing and lies on a mat on the floor (you can request a tabletop session) as the client participates more actively in the massage. There is constant body contact between the giver and receiver, but rather than rubbing on muscles, the body is compressed, pulled, stretched, and rocked. The therapist assists the client in yoga-type postures. The legs and feet of the giver can be used to position the body or limbs of the recipient. In other positions, hands fix the body, while the feet do the massaging. The benefits of Thai massage include lowering stress, boosting energy, improve bodily discomfort, improving range of motion, and athletic performance. Thai massage is more energizing and rigorous than most other forms of massage therapy. It's also called Thai Yoga massage, because I use my hands, knees, legs, and feet to move you into a series of yoga-like postures and stretches. My clients say Thai massage is like doing yoga without doing any of the work. No oil is applied, so you are fully dressed during the session. A single Thai massage session will help you release stress and relieve pain, and help you function more effectively at work and at home.
Add-on steamed herbal compress (15 min) - $25
Add-on herbal foot soak & foot massage (30 minutes) - $35
Deep Tissue Therapeutic Massage is a form of bodywork that aims to relieve tension in the deeper layers of tissue in the body. Deep Tissue Massage is a highly effective method for releasing chronic stress areas due to misalignment, repetitive motions, and past lingering injuries. Due to the nature of the deep tissue work, open communication during the session is crucial to make sure you don't get too uncomfortable. There may be some active and/or passive client movement. Keep in mind that soreness is pretty common after the treatment and that plenty of water should be ingested to aid with the flushing and removal of toxins that will have been released from the deep tissue during the session. Deep tissue massage is a type of massage therapy that focuses on realigning deeper layers of muscles and connective tissue. It is especially helpful for chronic aches and pains and contracted areas such as stiff neck and upper back, low back pain, leg muscle tightness, and sore shoulders. The session can often focus on these specific areas of concern. It involves applying sustained pressure using slow, deep strokes to target the inner layers of your muscles and connective tissues. This can help to break up scar tissue that forms following an injury and reduces tension in muscle and tissue.
Add-on herbal foot soak & foot massage (30 minutes) - $35
This technique aims to promote relaxation by releasing muscle tension. Swedish massage is gentler than deep tissue massage and better suited for people interested in relaxation and tension relief. Can include either a full-body massage or address a few certain areas. Swedish massage uses five styles of strokes including effleurage (sliding or gliding), petrissage (kneading), tapotement (rhythmic tapping), friction (cross fiber or with the fibers), and vibration/shaking. I typically will use either a massage oil or lotion as I apply the different strokes. Stokes can be anywhere from slow to vigorous. Can be beneficial for reducing stress, chronic discomfort, joint stiffness, assist to break up "knots" or muscle adhesions, and more. Swedish Massage is a very relaxing and therapeutic style of bodywork. It combines oils or lotion with an array of strokes such as rolling, kneading, and percussion to help the body improve its circulation. The benefits of this type of bodywork are wide-ranging and include relief from aches and pains, decreased stress levels in the body, enhanced mental clarity, improved appearance, and greater flexibility.
Add-on herbal foot soak & foot massage (30 minutes) - $35
Chi Nei Tsang (CNT) is a holistic approach to the healing touch modality. It integrates the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of our being. CNT works with the body's chi (energy) to move stagnation. CNT goes to the very origin of many health problems, including psychosomatic and emotional responses, too many chronic conditions including digestive problems, headaches, chronic fatigue, menstrual cramps, sciatica, uterine fibroids, infertility, insomnia, depression, digestive disorders involving the liver, gallbladder, kidneys, pancreas, etc., challenges to fertility, nervous disorders such as anxiety and depression, musculoskeletal problems of undetermined origin, and auto-immune disorders such as Lupus and chronic fatigue. With a CNT session, you will typically be lying on a mat on the floor, wearing comfortable clothes with mainly only your abdominal area exposed. I'll use oil and deep, soft, and gentle touches, to help train internal organs to work more efficiently.
Chi Nei Tsang is a holistic approach to the healing touch modality. It integrates the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of our being. CNT goes to the very origin of health problems, including psychosomatic and emotional responses. It effectively addresses chronic conditions including digestive problems, headaches, chronic fatigue, menstrual cramps, sciatica, uterine fibroids, infertility, insomnia, depression, and more.
Chi Nei Tsang literally means “working the energy of the internal organs” or “internal organs chi transformation.” CNT uses all the principles of Kung-Fu and Tai Chi Chuan known as Chi-Kung; therefore, CNT is a form of “applied Chi Kung.”
I work mainly on the abdomen with deep, soft, and gentle touches, to train internal organs to work more efficiently. Unprocessed emotional charges are also addressed in this manner, as well as all of the body systems: digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, lymphatic, nervous, endocrine, urinary, reproductive, muscular-skeletal, and the acupuncture meridian system (Chi).
Add-on steamed herbal compress (15 min) - $25
Add-on herbal foot soak & foot massage (30 minutes) - $35
Then be guided through a meditation journey that includes spoken word and potentially drumming to assist you to journey. You choose the guided meditation you'd like to receive: releasing of anything holding you back, setting an intention, meeting your Spirit Guides, meeting your Higher Self, Art of Ascension (jump parallel dimensions), and more.
Offered online, over the phone, or in-person. If in-person, you can enjoy a cup of ceremonial cacao before the journey for an additional $5.
I use a variety of different energy work (including but not limited to Reiki)
I have my level 2 Reiki certification (practitioner level). Reiki is a Japanese form of energy work that cleanses and balances the energy system in the body. As a result, the body's natural self-healing mechanisms strengthen, helping to establish optimum health. During a session, I work directly with your energy field to remove blockages, detoxify your system, and restore your vital life force energy. Reiki utilizes a gentle laying on of hands to conduct the necessary energy force between us. The benefits of Reiki range from the release of habitual mental/emotional stress to alleviating chronic pain.