Katie Wood, LMT, CSP

09/14/2024

Join us. Change your perspective and approach. Experience ease. Transform! Register now for Somassage(r). Starts 9/27. Treat yourself to 4 days of deep, supported, fun learning about Soma, fascia and most importantly… learn about you!
Where are you looking to grow?

06/12/2024

This sentiment comes from Buddhist teaching, but (as always) it applies seamlessly to our general understanding of all realms of suffering, ie, physical and emotional.

I am of the firm belief that health and healing are not possible without full acceptance of the truth of what is - and you can’t ACCEPT things as they are until you SEE things as they are. Which starts with awareness, mindfulness, attention.

✨Letting go is a side effect of awareness.✨

Take a moment and really let that sink in.

Releasing physical pain and tension, or emotional pain and tension, starts with awareness.

You cannot fix or force or biohack or ignore or suppress or bypass your way into actual relief and healing. Quick fixes are a capitalist creation that trap us in cycles of further suffering. You must start with awareness, curiosity, and acceptance of exactly what is happening right now.

Then you will find you have space to move into new possibilities and less suffering. Yes, it takes time, and effort, because that is the nature of, well, nature! But struggle is optional. Oh, and practicing presence and awareness? 100% free and you can do it exactly where you are right now.

11/21/2023

New before/after drawings from a recent series graduate!

✨“How do you feel in your body?”✨
(before session 1 & after session 11)

Notice:
- same color palette, completely different representation
- before: lots of energy going in different directions; leaking, disorganized, confused
- after: organization! Energy still flowing in different directions, but contained, intentional, cyclical, self-sustaining
- before: undercurrent of red pain
- after: no pain at all
- before: no physical body depicted, just energy lines
- after: there is a container and general body shape, housing the expanding, flowing circulation of life energy

I love to see it!

In case you want some words to accompany the visual, here are a few they shared:

“I couldn’t have predicted the ways my body would change over the months of going through Soma. I learned so much about my body, my muscles, and how to integrate movement into my desk-bound lifestyle.”

Holistic change is possible. Now booking in January and beyond - reach out to learn more or schedule a session.

08/21/2023

“Your body wants to live - that’s all and everything it was born to do. Let it do that, in the safety you provide it.”
~ Caitlin Moran

👌💛🔥

In other words:
Get out of your own way.
Love yourself and your body like a small child or a pet.
Give it curious attention and safety, and then watch it flourish in that container you have created.

We would all be much healthier and happier if we did a lot less controlling and judging, and a lot more witnessing, caring, and enjoying.

What can you do today to:
- show up for yourself with curiosity?
- accept yourself exactly as you are right now?
- enjoy this amazing body and mind that you have been given, and that allow you to delight in the world around you?

07/02/2023

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03/28/2023

Moment of gratitude for my practice and my amazing clients! 💛

Thank you for your kind words and for showing up and going through the Soma series with me. Huge congratulations on PRing (!) on the Firefighter Stairclimb and for raising money an amazing cause.

It is an honor to hold space for the authenticity, vulnerability, and curiosity that accompanies holistic healing, including the 11-session Soma Structural Integration series. This work is not possible without the courageous presence and commitment of my clients, and these types of results are created in supportive partnership. I am not here to “fix” anyone. I am here to help create a safe container and to lift you up as you drop in, unwind, discover, and repattern. This can look like new body and movement awareness, posture reset, decreased chronic pain, increased mobility, and the ability to catch and address tension patterns as they start, before they evolve into larger and more systemic issues.

Through Soma, I support parents, teenagers, athletes, performers, first responders, engineers, weekend warriors, and retirees. All ages, backgrounds, bodies, genders, and goals are welcome here.

If you are ready to explore new depth, awareness, and possibility in your relationship with your body and mind, you know where to find me. ☺️

Link in bio for more information about my practice and services, along with contact info - always available on my website.

03/10/2023

There is something in nature that forms patterns. We, as a part of nature, also form patterns. The mind is like the wind and the body like the sand: if you want to know how the wind is blowing, you can look at the sand.

Our body moves as our mind moves. The qualities of any movement are a manifestation of how mind is expressing through the body at the moment.

Changes in movement qualities indicate that the mind has shifted focus in the body.

Conversely, when we direct the mind or attention to different areas of the body and initiate movement from those areas, we change the quality of our movement.

So we find that movement can be a way to observe the expression of mind through the body, and it can also be a way to affect changes in the body-mind relationship.

Join me in exploring the nervous system in my live online course, Perception as a Key to Embodying and Repatterning the Nervous System

We will be exploring ways to embody and repattern perceptual and neurological processing, including looking at the relationship of the individual cells and the nervous system.

Pay From The Heart Scholarships and payment plans are available. Everyone is welcome, regardless of financial situation. https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/collections/bonnies-live-online-classes/products/2023-spring-series?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=2023_spring_series&utm_content=mind_is_like_the_wind_bbc

03/03/2023

If you have ever been curious about becoming a Soma practitioner, or simply learning some invaluable tools to share with the lovely people in your life (and with yourself!), the Somassage workshop is the perfect place to start!

It is open to all levels of experience (including none), and in four days you will be able to give a full body bodywork session that implements the intentions and techniques of Soma structural integration. All set on beautiful Whidbey Island. What better way to spend a four day weekend?!

We have a few more spots in the March 17-20 Somassage®. Join us! 🍀
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/442461723927

12/18/2022

Gift cards are still available!

It can be hard to find the “perfect” gift for someone you care about, especially if they’re the type of person who already has everything or buys the things they want for themselves. But who doesn’t love the gift of 1-2 hours of quiet, embodied, relaxing, healing time with a massage therapist and holistic healthcare practitioner?

The best part is you can still get a handmade Soma gift card in time for the holidays! The extra best part is my holiday special is still on, featuring up to $36 off one session (new and returning clients are welcome).

Link in bio to learn more; message or email to purchase. Cards can be mailed or emailed anywhere you like.

I look forward to giving you (and your lucky giftees) the space, release, and tools you need to reach all of your holistic health goals. It’s never too late to make time to care for yourself, whether you’re into New Year’s resolutions or Tuesday resolutions.

11/30/2022

✨HOLIDAY SPECIALS✨

I don’t know about you, but I love giving and receiving experiences over “things”, and supporting small local businesses and artisans. What could be better than giving the gift of relaxation and holistic health this holiday season?

I’m happy to announce that I have two holiday specials on now for all your gifting needs!

✨12% off one session✨

✨Handmade gift cards for any amount, mailed wherever you like✨

Message, email, or call to purchase. Link in bio for more information on my website.

I look forward to helping you (and your loved ones) find more space, ease, mobility, and strength in body and mind in the coming year.

11/16/2022

New drawings!

These are always an insightful gift for me and my series clients. They support interoception (internal body awareness), right brain activation, and curious exploration of our relationship to our body. Many subconscious beliefs, feelings, and perceptions emerge through this exercise. The drawings don’t lie. ☺️

Here are a few observations on this pair, done three months apart.

- Note the similar color palette before and after

- Before, the body is drawn with hard, straight, angular lines // after, the body is made of softer, curving lines

- Before, the body is segmented into three separate parts and lacks hands, lower legs, and feet // after, it is whole and integrated and contained (only now the arms are separated), and includes hands and feet

- Before, there was nothing outside of the body // after, there is movement and energy radiating from the center of the body outward, into a calm blue environment

- Note how the radiating energy shifted from the head and eyes before, down to the solar plexus after

- The hip pain before disappeared, replaced by nasal congestion (the red dots)

There are many more observations and connections that could be made. What do you see? More importantly, what do you feel in your own body? You can try this yourself anytime you like. Once a month, every day for a week, once a year. How interesting it would be to see those comparisons!

✨How do you feel in your body right now?✨
Use crayons, spend 2-5 minutes, it can be literal or abstract…you cannot do it “wrong”, just draw what you feel. If the idea of this makes you uncomfortable, perhaps that is worth exploring!

10/26/2022

THE SLOW CRAWL BACK INTO OUR BODY CAN BE A LONG ONE //

And I know this crawl well.

I’m so passionate about trauma informed bodywork & somatic self-care practices because as a survivor so many of these practices and treatments felt (and were) inaccessible to me.

There were times I avoided anything to do with my body. And in the same breath, I found attunement, resonance & progress in my healing journey from trauma informed embodied & somatic approaches. This was especially true for me because there was so much my brain didn’t have words for but my body knew the language. So to find a practitioner who could work with me and my body? D-r-e-a-m-y!

In Held, I hope to hold a welcoming & compassionate space. Where we can nourish our nervous system through movement and touch. Where our resistance and hesitance makes sense and is honored. Where we learn that there isn’t One Way, but there might be a way that works for us.

I am not here to say that bodywork is the end all be all modality. I’m just here to offer that if you feel called to work with touch & embodiment, and it feels challenging, this gathering might be for you.

We meet on Fridays in November for short and sweet bodybased practices from 4-5 PM EST. You can come live or catch the recordings (each class stands on its own). If it feels like your cup of tea, I’d love to see you there.

Jess