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Embodied Heart Somatics

Hakomi-Informed Somatic Coaching, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, Trauma-Informed Touch, Embodied Movement

10/07/2025

We can thoroughly understand all of the reasons why we are suffering, yet still feel stuck.

We can GET why we struggle - Everything that has happened that has shaped us, for better or worse. The how and the why of it all makes sense.

Maybe you have worked hard to get to the bottom of it all - you see the psychological patterns, and you have come to understand why they are there.

Yet, insight alone doesn't allow for transformation.

In Buddhist philosophy, there are the two wings: insight and compassion. We cannot have one without the other for a true sense of healing to emerge.

It's the emotional experience paired with insight that truly enables us to transmute our suffering into wisdom at an embodied level that encompasses our full being, not just our rational minds.

This is the difference between talk therapy and somatic therapy. In talk therapy, we may gain significant insight into our suffering, which is incredibly valuable and necessary - and it only engages one small part of our brain.

In somatic therapy, we work the felt sense of the body in the present moment - a process that engages so much more of our brain, and therefore has a deeper, long-lasting impact.

I am continuing my practice here in Portland, Maine as a somatic practitioner and coach while I obtain my Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a Dance Movement Therapy specialization.

If you need support or know anyone who is interested in somatic therapy, please reach out.

09/02/2025

Thank you Mount Washington Valley of New Hampshire for holding me these last 8 years! Tomorrow I move to Portland, Maine.

These forests and mountains have held me in a refuge of solitude during this chapter of my life when I needed it, and now I am ready to move forward.

This is the last hike I did while living here, and this rainbow stayed in view for about an hour - the longest time I have ever witnessed a rainbow.

A reminder to stay present. To not take things for granted, but to appreciate the awe that's here.

Everything is temporary.

08/29/2025

Transitions are coming. But before I share more about that, I want to share how grateful I am for all that this summer has brought.

First of all, I started graduate school! I am officially in the process of obtaining my master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a Specialization in Dance Movement Therapy at Lesley University! I just completed my summer residency in Cambridge, MA.

I had the wonderful opportunity to assistant teach in the Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapy Level 2 training in PA, and to learn new skills in the Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy training in Berkeley, CA.

I spent some time with my family in Tennessee.

And I also spent some time in ceremonial community in New York after attending a Laban Movement Analysis course.

I'm grateful for all of the people who have been with me on this path, walking towards what is in alignment with my heart as I grow personally and professionally in this world of somatic therapy and healing.

I think the deeper we are willing to FEEL our grief and trauma, the deeper we can access gut wrenching belly laughs and tears of joy. I wouldn't trade my sensitivity for all of the comforts in the world.

More to come.. but for now, here are some fun photos from the highlights this summer...

04/28/2025

I'm grateful for my clients, and for my work. I'm grateful for the humility required to keep showing up as an imperfect human with the intention to be in integrity to hold space. I'm grateful for my clients who continue to trust me.

04/02/2025

RESTOCKED with all the creams and balms! Visit my 0nl!ne s+ore!

These body care products are infused with wild-harvested plants from the mountains and fields of the unceded territory of the Pennacook, Abenaki, and Wabanaki Peoples, otherwise known as the Mount Washington Valley of New Hampshire.

With reverence for the plants, and mindfulness in the crafting process, these products are made for you.

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03/30/2025

The door to transformation opens not by “letting go” of parts of ourselves that we so deeply desire to change. It lies in acceptance.

Acceptance is not compliance. Rather, it is the simple and radical acknowledgement of ‘what is’. This kind of acceptance opens the door to honoring parts of ourselves that have come to be, usually for good reason. Whether that's your depression, anxiety, addiction, your sensitivity, your chronic pain.

Within this radical acknowledgement and allowing, we put down the effort to fight, fix, or avoid. Only then do we have the capacity to actually change our relationship to these parts of ourselves.

When we can slow down and be with (and this may require support), without trying to make anything be different, paradoxically only then can we cultivate the capacity to shift our perception and way of relating to parts of self instead of trying to change them.

This is where true transformation becomes possible.

03/26/2025

🌀 Unlike larger movements, which can sometimes feel overwhelming or activate a trauma response, micro-movements work within the body's existing capacity for change, making them an accessible and powerful resource for healing.

🌀 When we experience trauma, we can get stuck in habitual sensory-motor loops—patterns of tension and disconnection that keep us in states of survival rather than presence.

🌀 Micro-movements offer a way to gently interrupt these patterns, providing fresh sensory input that allows the brain and nervous system to reorganize.

03/03/2025

Hi Friends! 👋

I know it's a crazy world out there right now, and I have been off social media for a few days, and it's been good for my sanity to do so. But I wanted to pop on here and offer a resource.

I have transported all of my newsletters I have sent out from the past two years onto the "learn" section of my website!

Topics include recovering from chronic pain, trauma healing, Hakomi Somatic Therapy, and the unique challenges of being a sensitive person in the world.

I hope this can serve as a resource for you for psycho-education, support, and inspiration. ❤️

Iink en bye-oh!

02/26/2025

Today I gave a class on the topic of unwinding shame from a Polyvagal perspective…here is one of the many rich elements of the discussion:

“Sometimes you might notice a tendency to minimize your experience. You might call yourself too sensitive which dismisses your pain. When we look at developmental trauma from a polyvagal perspective, we must keep in mind that our mind might have one story about our experience, but our nervous system and our embodiment might have a very different experience.

Within polyvagal theory, our nervous system is constantly assessing our environment for cues that let us know if we are safe, mildly threatened, or in danger. This all happens without our conscious awareness. If you think about a child who is growing up without consistent sources of secure attachment, it doesn't take all that much for the nervous system to register a threat. A critical look on the face, a scrutinizing glance, a turning away in the body language can each feel like a subtle rejection and the accumulation of these experiences can lead to shame.

However, because these events are subtle and easy to miss, it is easy to dismiss them. We might say, “what's the big deal?” Or, “I should have been able to handle it.” We begin to be flooeded by self-critical narratives.
However, when we attune to the somatic experience and the nervous system, each of those subtle rejections is registered as a threat in the body. It's like these darts get tossed out and the darts are all hitting targets in the body within the heart, belly, or, the throat. As we heal, we must get away from the mental narrative and pay attention to body and nervous system. Then the real story starts to unfold.”

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