Held Space Healing Studio and other Wonders

Held Space Healing Studio and other Wonders Embodiment and Healing through Touch, Poetry, and Nature Held Space Healing is an LLC located in Fort Collins, Colorado. I specialize in custom sessions.

Space is held open for whatever needs to arise to promote greater peace of being, health, and wholeness. My practice is grounded in compassion, experience, and continuing education built on a 1025-hour CMT from the Rocky Mountain Institute of Healing Arts earned in 2006. In addition to my experiences in private practice, I have worked in various spas and was part of a team of all types of practitioners at The Alaska Center for Natural Medicine. Men are welcome, but I have a passion for serving women. LGBTQIA welcome. Open to sliding-scale payments and trades, too. Present, educated healing touch is for everyone! I specialize in relaxing Swedish, neuromuscular, a vibrational treatment with seven quartz "singing" bowls, pregnancy massage, and a grounding hot stone treatment of surrender and connection. For updated location and offerings: https://www.livingartswellness.com/our-therapists/erica-waters/


Poetry is my focus as an author. Be it an open mic or an extended performance, I post upcoming readings to this page. I also share upcoming workshops, publications, etc. I am open to new opportunities, so if you want me to be a part of your event or project - lovely - please contact me. My works have appeared in numerous international, national, and local journals and magazines. Learn more: https://english.colostate.edu/faculty-staff/airicap/ and https://www.facebook.com/postcardpoems/


My art sneaks in, too, often celebrating playfulness, color, mystery, sacred intentions, flow, essence, and beauty. I honor creativity as an important part of our humanity.

I join ABMP toward more inclusion in massage, and I'm inspired by the work of other therapists with projects ranging fro...
06/12/2024

I join ABMP toward more inclusion in massage, and I'm inspired by the work of other therapists with projects ranging from Caring for Caretakers to Domestic Violence and more: https://www.abmp.com/massage-week-awards

Therapeutic touch and basic knowledge of the human body are powerful, and I hope for both to be more accessible and understood.

You can start with yourself. Touch yourself lovingly with the intention of healing. Trust your intuition. Touch and breath are wise guides. Curious, slow, kind movements can do much.

I've completed my Craniosacral Fascial Release training. CSFR is a light-touch therapeutic approach of rich presence and...
04/28/2024

I've completed my Craniosacral Fascial Release training. CSFR is a light-touch therapeutic approach of rich presence and intention to feel the pulse of the cerebrospinal fluid. To liberate and help allow a balanced expression of cerebrospinal fluid, CSFR gently attends to skull sutures as well as the spine, sacrum, meninges, and fascia.

With gratitude for the past year, I'm leaving Living Arts Wellness in two weeks to reassess what I want my healing practice to look like moving forward; still, I have one remaining appointment on Sunday May 5 - you can book for CSFR, lymph, massage, or some combination of two or all three: https://www.livingartswellness.com/our-therapists/erica-waters/

Tomorrow I begin a MLD certification to become a Manual Lymphatic Drainage Therapist. This gentle, rhythmic soft-tissue ...
02/29/2024

Tomorrow I begin a MLD certification to become a Manual Lymphatic Drainage Therapist.

This gentle, rhythmic soft-tissue mobilization can promote relaxation, ‌strengthen immunity, and detox the body from toxins. There are some contraindications, but almost everyone can receive MLD and benefit. Additionally, MLD can help relieve conditions like edema, inflammation, migraines, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, recovery from surgery, tinnitus, and more.

This training is an addition to my 1,025 hour CMT for massage therapy, nearly 20 years of experience as a massage therapist, and hundreds of hours of continuing education in the field of bodywork and healing. I'm continuing my partnership with Living Arts Wellness in downtown Fort Collins Sundays from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Book @ https://www.schedulicity.com/scheduling/LAMQFQ

Would you like to get a massage from me? I have openings this Thursday and Friday! You can book online using the link be...
12/13/2023

Would you like to get a massage from me?
I have openings this Thursday and Friday!

You can book online using the link below.

I also have a few upcoming Tuesdays in January.

I'm honored to be a part of the Living Arts Wellness team led by one of my mentors, the wonderful Celeste Magnuson.
Working as a substitute with Living Arts these past few months has been such a joy, and it's the perfect flexible addition to staying home with our toddler. 2024 is likely to bring changes, so please stay tuned for the next evolution, but, in the meantime, I hope to see you soon at Living Arts Wellness:

Erica specializes in Integrative Massage Therapy. During your session, whole body connections and an intuitive flow guide a nurturing massage customized for you. Based on seventeen years of experience, Erica believes that relaxation is a foundational element of healing. Relaxation reduces tension, p...

what helps you feel safe and connected?
10/10/2023

what helps you feel safe and connected?

This video was developed to give a basic introduction and overview of how trauma and chronic stress affects our nervous system and how those effects impact o...

Boundaries are healthy. Honesty about our needs and preferences can help us find stronger middle ground with others - es...
11/05/2022

Boundaries are healthy. Honesty about our needs and preferences can help us find stronger middle ground with others - especially when they too have a listening ear and a willingness to be vulnerable and share their truth. Nedra Glover Tawwab offers numerous tools to help us consider boundaries, which I consider to be one of the foundations of personal health and healthy relationships. Here's a good introduction:

by The Candidly Team So, we have boundaries on the brain. From professional opinions to personal stories to think pieces on boundary-induced guilt — we want to get as many smart perspectives on the topic as humanly possible. And few people know more about boundaries than Nedra Glover Ta

Emergence
10/23/2022

Emergence

inside the glowof letting go
10/23/2022

inside the glow
of letting go

laugh and cry? - it must be a good one! Trust and forgiveness are often a part of healing: https://movies.disney.com/ra...
06/17/2021

laugh and cry? - it must be a good one!
Trust and forgiveness are often a part of healing:
https://movies.disney.com/raya-and-the-last-dragon

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Raya and the Last Dragon travels to the fantasy world of Kumandra, where humans and dragons lived...

05/31/2021

Not sure I ever shared these two poems with lovely artwork by Sharece Randrup. The poems have been revised since publication, but I'm still proud to be featured by my beloved UAF:https://news.uaf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Aurora_fall2014_Nanook-Nook.pdf

04/23/2021

when the Love
you nourish
is big enough
to hold the rest,
it's Healing.

May love, wonder, beauty, generosity, and sweet surprise glow in your home this season and always.
12/22/2020

May love, wonder, beauty, generosity, and sweet surprise glow in your home this season and always.

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Held Space Healing is an LLC located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Space is held open for whatever needs to arise to promote greater peace of being, health, and wholeness. My practice is grounded in compassion, experience, and an education built on a 1025-hour CMT from the Rocky Mountain Institute of Healing Arts earned in 2006. In addition to my experiences in private practice, I have worked in various spas and was part of a team of all types of practitioners at The Alaska Center for Natural Medicine. Sessions are customized for each woman. I specialize in relaxing Swedish, neuromuscular, a vibrational treatment with seven quartz "singing" bowls, pregnancy massage, and a grounding hot stone treatment of surrender and connection. Poetry is my focus as an author. Be it an open mic or an extended performance, I post upcoming readings to this page. I also share upcoming workshops, publications, etc. I am open to new opportunities, so if you want me to be a part of your event or project - lovely - please contact me. My works have appeared in numerous international, national, and local journals and magazines. You can enjoy and buy artwork like jewelry, paintings, drawings, dreamcatchers, and more. See: 'Gallery' under 'Photos': details are listed with each image. My artwork often celebrates playfulness, color, mystery, and sacred intentions. My paintings are often described as expressionistic; to me, they represent flow and essence. I value honoring the creative impulse in myself and others, and I'm open to creating customized art with or for you. Thank you ~ call or text 720.837.5580