Embody the Temple

02/07/2025

You’re not crazy. This world is crazy right now. Advice from another Caitlin on the topic of how to keep your s**t together.

When the world feels like it's on fire (because it literally is), here are actionable steps you can take to move forward. Because as caregivers, we don’t have another choice.

01/28/2025

Stepping into the teacher role feels *big.* Like, “heart-pounding, imposter-syndrome whispering in my ear, and maybe-I’ll-just-crawl-under-a-blanket” kind of big.

But I’m doing it anyway.

Because I care too much not to.

I’ve been in those postpartum trenches—raw, tender, messy, and vulnerable. I’ve seen how much it means to have someone truly *see* you in that space, to hold you with care and attunement when your world has been flipped upside down.

That’s why I created my **Postpartum Healing Intensive**—because postpartum people deserve to feel deeply supported in their bodies, minds, and spirits. And because practitioners stepping into that sacred space need to know how to hold it with the reverence and skill it deserves.

This training is my love letter to every postpartum mama out there, and to every bodyworker, doula, or healer who feels called to support them. It’s about teaching hands-on tools like belly binding and postpartum massage, sure—but it’s also about teaching how to *be* with someone in their most vulnerable moments. How to honor their experience. How to hold their healing.

It’s terrifying to put myself out here like this, but it’s also so necessary. This work matters.

If you’ve been curious about stepping into postpartum care—or deepening the care you already offer—I’d love for you to join me. Let’s create something beautiful together.

Early bird pricing ends soon. Details in my profile.

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01/12/2025

Spirit has been speaking to me more loudly than before - so loudly, that the places I lack confidence have shifted. How can I not be enough if Spirit deems I am?

It is with this energy that I am stepping back into the teaching role. As I continue to say yes, in spite of internal challenges, I find that the teachings are flowing out of me. My knowledge well is deeper than I thought and it all comes to the surface as I write curriculum for my Traditional Postpartum Healing Intensive.

Before I had my son, I was a postpartum specialist. And after, I am a postpartum specialist with the knowledge that a challenging postpartum period can completely. break. you. In every way.

F**k. I don’t want that happening to other women.

I’m humbled to be called to pass this wisdom of how to support a postpartum body onto the next round of postpartum practitioners. This work is: Slow. Attuned. Energetically aligned. Supportive. Grounded in the earth. And trauma-informed.

Details for the class will be on the link in my bio.

Please share with anyone you think would be a good fit. Postpartum parents are the ones raising our children. They are the ones developing the nervous systems of the future generations. I, for one, want them to feel supported and held while they come back to their bodies.

10/07/2024

God is working my life in mysterious ways. This time of year, I can almost always feel it…as the veil becomes thinner. This year though, it’s been profound. I’m being worked. I’m releasing. I’m creating anew. I can’t wait to see what unfolds ahead. It’s been a long time since I’ve been this hopeful and it feels GOOD to hope.

P.S. I cut a ton of hair off. Hair holds power and trauma. It’s a balance to know when to release it and when to hold on to it.

09/27/2024

Last night I held my womb in sacred space as I prepared my body for my moon. I felt so held by myself. Since moving to a new home at the end of August, time had slipped away, and it had been over a month since I last created this kind of space. After so much change, I needed to be held—slowly, sensually, with sacred touch.

For many of my clients, I am the only one who touches them in this way. The vulnerability of being held, even by our own hands, can feel overwhelming. I take this responsibility seriously, treating them with the utmost care.

But often, we need to receive this type of touch from another before we can offer it to ourselves. I’m not just talking about technique, which I can certainly teach. I’m talking about the art of slowing down, grounding in, and truly receiving yourself. This comes from listening to yourself. And sometimes, it takes someone else—a practitioner, loved one, or lover—to model this, so we feel confident doing it for ourselves.

I’ve stopped shaming the part of me that needs help to slow down sometimes when life moves too fast. After my recent move, I needed a slow, therapeutic pelvic floor session from my dear friend Eve Monrad (side note: I lovingly call her my “needle witch” because her dry needling is unmatched). Receiving this from her softened and opened my body, making it easier for me to receive my own touch when I was ready. (I like to joke with my clients that angles really matter...IYKYK.)

I am feeling so much more grounded, so much more prepared going into my next bleed. My prayer is that we all learn to slow down and receive ourselves. To become our own healers, lovers, and companions—while leaving room in our hearts to receive from others as well. Slowness opens us to a kinder reality. I want to live there.

09/07/2024

This body. This body has carried me into my 36th year. Year 35 was about facing my fears, regulating my nervous system, and getting grounded within myself. With 36, I turn towards desire.

I’ve built a thriving practice, now what do I want to create next? My heart feels lit up imagining the training I want to create for traditional postpartum care, and the ease with which it will come together.

I’ve settled into a safe, loving home, now what kind of play do I want to do here? What joyful, colorful meals do I want to cook here? The corners of my mouth turn up as I imagine the rainbow that makes up ratatouille and the joy of swinging myself and spinning our toddlers from the yoga swing I intend to hang.

I’ve freed myself from unhealthy relationship dynamics, and my heart races imagining the beautiful relationships I’m calling in to my life.

It feels like a risk - to love this much, to desire this much, to express this much. But this is the story of my life. To express and support others in their truest expressions of self.

Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese” comes across my mind again. It’s a poem I’ve visited with so many times before, and still it makes me feel deeply.

It reminds me, do not say “no” to the love in your heart, out of desire to “be good,” to please others. It reminds me to deepen into my body, my breath, my heart, my knowing, and to live my life, make my decisions from that place and that place only.

I breath into my fear. I breath into my unworthiness, that says I can’t have these things weighing on my heart, that says they won’t work out, one way or another. I feel it. It hurts, but I feel it.

And then I feel the love, and leap from there.

08/18/2024

This book. It is changing the way I view the world. I’m reading slowly. Only when I’m in a space to really absorb. So much of our lives are about love, but how much do we really understand about it? My work is all about the heart (and womb,) but I still have so much to learn- through experience and through the teachers that have done the work before us. Thank you.

07/22/2024

Hey there lovely souls, it’s been a minute since I’ve shared much here. Life’s been a whirlwind of growth and change lately, and expressing it all in a few posts is like trying to fit an ocean into a teacup! I am still here and still supporting clients with embodied, intuitive healing work.

One big update: I’ve renamed my practice to Embody the Temple. This feels more aligned with guiding you deeper into your body’s sacred spaces. I am in reverence to the body as teacher, and all of my work reflects this. This change is long overdue, but still not officially completed. Please bare with my mess as I shed my skin of Hundred Leaf Healing Arts. She served me well and now it’s time to press forward!

Another exciting shift—I’ve started offering somatic psychotherapy alongside my holistic body work. It’s been a transformative journey for me, personally and professionally, bridging mind and body in profound ways. I know a lot of healers go the other way- they start as therapists and move away from the title out of the restrictiveness of the role. For a long time, that was the position I held. But recently, something shifted. Mostly, I started having deeply transformative experiences in my own therapy sessions. My bodywork will still include integrated verbal processing, but I’ll also have a more succinct way to work with me.

Accepting insurance has also opened doors for many who couldn’t access holistic care before. It feels incredibly fulfilling to make an impact in this way.

And yes, my work has also evolved to integrate psychedelics more consistently and advanced craniosacral therapy, which I’ll share more about soon! My intuitive gifts are growing and shifting as well!

So, here’s a quick “hi” to let you know I’m still here, supporting clients more deeply than ever. Social media’s taken a backseat while I dive into this work, but I cherish you all for sticking around.

Drop me a line and share your own recent shifts—I’d love to hear from you!

06/29/2024

It just occurred to me that I never shared this article I did with Bold Journey!

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Caitlin Arce. We

06/14/2024

I am so happy to have some new photos of my work that fit who I am as a practitioner today. I feel like I can really see myself in this photo that Kylie Bree Photography took. I’m sure I’ll be sharing more, but just wanted to pop on and say what a gift it is to have amazing photographers in my life. It is a such a gift to be witnessed.

06/11/2024

Any female bodied friends available tomorrow at 12 to be a model for me for photos for my healing arts practice? This is my last shoot with the lovely Melissa Sandor, but I need more up to date images. 🙏🏼 You will receive a mini session from me in exchange!