Services

Massage and bodywork is not a one size fits all experience. Every session both you and I are different, therefore our approach has to be fluid to allow for who you are that day. During a session we will begin with an essential conversation about what your needs are that day. From there we will create our own unique blend of modalities to best support your goals for our time together. Each service can act as a stand alone session, or can be blended into a new recipe each time.

For those with specific trauma, disability, or sensory needs please feel free to be explicit about what you need in order for my services to be accessible. Low to no touch services can be provided. Communication and Support Partners are welcome. In-home sessions can be scheduled on an advanced/as needed basis.

Sliding scale options available on a case by case basis with prior approval.

Modalities available: manual lymphatic drainage, craniosacral therapy, neuromyofascial therapy, swedish relaxation, pre/postnatal massage, cupping therapy, functional recovery, reflexology, reiki/intuitive magick.

Our elders are a sacred part of our population, and one that is frequently overlooked. Elder-care encompasses supporting their medical needs, memory care needs, or simple financial and technical assistance. In many circumstances, our elders simply need company. Time where they feel seen and heard, as all people need. I have spent time with many clients at their doctor’s appointments, visiting them in the hospital or nursing home, all the way across the spectrum to sitting with a cup of tea and playing cards or doing puzzles. No matter what your need is, taking care of our parents and loved ones as they age is meant to be a community effort. The time I spend with the elders in my community is precious, and is always geared towards supporting and caring for them as a unique individual.

Death and dying in America has become a taboo subject, frequently hidden away and talked about in opaque terms. But for most of human history, death and dying was a family led community affair. Each community had members that knew how to help the dying pass with as much peace and comfort as was possible. Dying happened in the home. Families and children were present and witnessed the rite of passage at the end of life. No matter what your belief system, I want to help you return the power of the end of life to you. This may look like helping you talk through your individual wishes for the end of your life, holding your hand, sitting vigil in the night so you can get some sleep, or coaching your loved ones through their grief processes to feel as comfortable as they can participating in someone’s death. I can also provide interactive classes on what home funerals once looked like and help you incorporate chosen elements of your family history into a death journey. Death comes to everyone, but each death is a unique and beautiful process that should be celebrated and grieved with loving support.

Having a child with any disability or exceptionality is not something that anyone is ever fully prepared for. All too often you are simply sent home from the hospital with a gorgeous new baby and no reference for how to take care of them. The process of discovering a disability or exceptionality is full of nuance. And where that child needs support will fluctuate as they enter different stages of their development. Learning what their experience is like and how it differs from yours often takes help. And then recognizing what kind of accommodations are necessary to access the full possibility of their environment takes a lot of creativity and advocacy. I strive first to become your child’s friend, to play with them in the ways they like to play and communicate how they like to communicate. From there we can work together to give them tools to feel successful in taking care of themselves and advocating for their needs. Sometimes this means attending meetings at school, supporting them during outings or at clubs/sporting events, or simply being there for them at home as a friend and confidant.

The human experience is built on a foundation of reflexes, from the earliest days of an embryo reflexes begin to develop. These reflexes create a complex relay race handing off one after the other to make you who you are. Our development in the womb, our birth story, and our early environments all play a critical role in this complex system. So many of the movements you see an infant display for short periods of time are indications of a specific reflex doing it’s very important job in building their brain and connection to their body. Most of these reflexes have done the bulk of their work by the time a child is 5 or 6 years old. But no matter the path of development, the traces of these reflexes remain with us for the rest of our lives. In fact stress, trauma (physical or otherwise), and accidents can all make a reflex that was once complete and dormant wake back up. Every human has a reflex that has been activated outside of it’s normal path. This can lead to heightened mental health problems, postural issues, worsened dyslexia, communication issues, focus issues and so much more. While infants and children are frequently the most common category to receive reflex work, it is work that we all need to feel like our best selves.

Reflex integration work is similar to a gentle bodywork session. You begin by filling out essential paperwork that gives me a framework to what your life experience has been. We then talk through specific issues (no matter how obscure) and then go about learning primitive movements chosen to help with those reflexes that are having an impact on your experience. Often these movements are quite peaceful and soothing, like a baby being lulled to sleep by a trusted adult. But sometimes it is necessary to stir things up in order to determine what is beneath. Reflex work is for everyone, and everyone’s experience is unique and impacted by these neural patterns that make us the humans that we are.