Rhizome Bodyworks

12/21/2022

For the solstice, what if you could embrace the animal need to be slow and conserve energy? It is madness to expect ourselves to have the same energy or capacity in the depths of winter as in the height of summer. Be with the dark and what it can offer us.

12/16/2022

This chapter is done! A huge thank you for everyone who contributed, shared, commented, and generally kept me sane during the last few months.

More than 150 people contributed $43,000+ to helping Rhizome Bodyworks get a space! It is hard to state what an accomplishment this is and how much it means to me.

12/14/2022

With just over one day to go everyone who has contributed, shared, and helped to make this possible has joined in a story. Lisette Alvarez knows a thing or two about stories, and has one last thing to say for this chapter. This is a story about dreams, recovery, healing, and a place where we might see ourselves and those like us reflected back. It is a story about how every body deserves care and coming together to make something important possible.

12/11/2022

Astra is one of the incredibly talented LMTs joining this project. She specializes in Peri Natal work and Thai Yoga. She also has just about the softest hands.

We have just a few days left in this phase! We are just $10,000 from the minimum budget - meaning that we would be able to build and furnish treatment rooms! Please help us get to this mark by donating to the campaign. Link in the comments.

12/05/2022

Longtime client Lyndsey Miller-Vierra on why the work that I do matters and what it means to have a place like Rhizome.

12/02/2022

I received this message from a client this morning. It was her first time on my table.

"I just wanted to follow up and let you know that I have had a significant amount of relief in my back pain since seeing you for massage therapy last month. I cannot thank you enough and wish I'd come to see you three years ago! It is truly amazing the difference that I've felt and I almost can't believe it."

Being a healer is a sacred calling for me. It is an honor and a privilege for me to help facilitate transformative experiences and new relationships with their body, just like this. Work like this matters.

Help me build a space where my colleagues and I can offer more of this to our communities and the people who need it.

11/30/2022

Y’all are in for a treat. An incredibly talented artist (and my oldest friend) Emilee Petersmark has made a beautiful piece of artwork for Rhizome that will be available to anyone who increases their contribution.

The piece draws from the story of how I arrived at the name, a sculpture I made when I first set out on this journey, and one of my favorite pieces of lore from Tarot: “After the devastation of the Tower, comes the healing waters of the Star that pours back into ourselves and the world around us.”

Emilee is a Michigan-based artist and musician. She uses organic and evocative spiritual elements to create unique and haunting imagery. This is a snap shot of some of her most recent pieces.

11/28/2022

More than 100 community members have contributed a total of $30,000 in just under 30 days! Will you add your name to those making this happen?

11/24/2022

Fall harvest feasts are an opportunity to share our bounty. Will you help us ensure that there is a space to share our gifts and talents with our communities?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rhizome-bodyworks-needs-a-new-home

Help us raise $70,000 to secure a fully accessible space for body positive massage therapy in DC. | Check out 'Rhizome Bodyworks Needs a New Home' on Indiegogo.

11/23/2022

Help us get to 50% of our goal! We're so close, and if we get here we will be able to give every supporter an extra perk: a digital booklet of sigils to help with your own motivations, goals, and healing.

https://igg.me/at/rhizomebodyworks/x/16374324 #/

11/22/2022

"It is the most body positive space I have ever been in." This is what we do best, and this is why we do what we do. Contribute to Rhizome Bodywork's crowdfund and claim your own session with our expert bodyworkers and massage therapists!

11/18/2022

A seed can break open concrete. Coming into the moment can change how we see and relate to the world. Every person who contributes is helping to ensure there is a space for our communities to receive care.

https://igg.me/at/rhizomebodyworks/x/16374324 #/