Be really whole,

and all things

will come to you.

- LAOZI, Dao De Jing, chapter 22

What do you long for? What’s in the way?

And how can we attend to this with the utmost care?

Every consultation is different, but the crux of our inquiry is the same.

This work is simple:

I walk with you as a guide and facilitator. You bring what is emergent in you.

Together, we hold counsel
in service of your wholeness.

This work is vast:

We hold space for ALL of you — your dreams, your fear, your joy, your pain, your hope.

We meet what shows itself and walk towards your evolution.

This work anchors into three main tethers:

I. BALANCE THE ROOT of your body

Many folks come to me seeking change in their pelvis. This is where my work as a practitioner began 20+ years ago and the center I continue to orbit, because THE ROOT OF OUR BODY ALWAYS TELLS THE TRUTH.

Our pelvis is the foundation of our physical body. It’s the nexus of our nervous system (read: emotional body), and it’s the energetic taproot that connects us to the Earth. The tissues and organs of our pelvis — our root — reflect our wellness as a whole.

When we consciously inhabit the root of our body, we inhabit our power. We have access to the wealth of our inner resources and the guiding instruction of nature alive in us.

Whether our period or hormones are out of balance, we have pain, discomfort or numbness, recurrent infection, or just a nagging sense that more is possible in connection with our body, in sex, in healing, in freedom: these are all signals that call us to engage deeper relationship with our root. 

The manifestation of a pelvic imbalance is always connected to something that needs tending in the emotional, spiritual, or ancestral realm. And when we care for the root of our body with devotion and attention to all the layers of our experience, gynecology becomes an EVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE.

  • Consultation gives us space to thoroughly study all the layers of what you’re seeking help with.

    While there is no replacement for skilled hands-on care, consultation is equally important to take in the big picture and identify the patterns in your story.

    Here we examine both logistics and energetics. We take time to comb through your health history and your current experience, the insight and recommendations you’ve gotten from other practitioners; and what you’ve already tried and are currently applying. We also thoroughly explore the emotional, energetic, or ancestral dynamics at play for you in what you’re experiencing.

    Our treatment plan for you can stand on its own, or act as a guide to complement your work with other care providers.

    Tools I use for balancing the root include Chinese medicine diagnostics, cycle charting, herbal medicine and food therapy, simple functional medicine, vaginal steaming, moxa, and hands-on practices to connect directly with the tissues and organs of our pelvis.

II. ANCHOR your nervous system

Our body holds a path through which we can find ourselves, heal, and grow into all that we are here for.

The nervous system is the register of our emotional experience. Whatever our wounding is, it resides within our nervous system. Thus, working directly with our nervous system is the key to our healing and transformation. It is the key to BEING PRESENT in our body and in our life.

Our nervous system wires us into the forces of nature.
It is a channel between our existence and the wisdom and guidance of the Earth.

We can use our breath, attention, voice, touch, and movement to reshape our nervous system patterning and:

  • heal our trauma

  • stay true to ourselves as we navigate challenges

  • follow our intuition, sense our discernment, and define and exercise clear boundaries

  • develop habits and rhythms that hold the big vision for our life within the nitty-gritty of daily tasks

  • This is nervous system accompaniment. Here we make an open and honest inquiry into the landscape of your emotional body, your inner orientations and reactions, and how your physical body can be an instrument of your evolution.

    This is embodiment practice. We use hands-on practices to unwind trapped emotions in your body and down-regulate your nervous system.

    This is an art of distillation. We pay attention, we practice patience, and we enact devotion to meet the essence of your being: the depths of the ocean that remain still and steadfast despite the waves that may crash upon the surface.

    Together we look for how you can inhabit your body and your life with ALL of you.

III. ATTEND TO THE UNSEEN

Spiritual counsel is the bone marrow of my work.

My technical training is in healthcare for the physical body, but my practice itself - a dynamic, living current - brings me to navigate the realm of the unseen: to sense into the unfolding of your soul through the greater arch of your life path, to listen into the deepest stirrings of your heart, and to see the ancestral lineage material that asks to be healed through you.

This is a study in alchemy: a practice of reaching through the ordinary, the everyday, into the extraordinary. I support you in nourishing your relationship with the sacred, in engaging your own authentic practices of prayer and praise, and in creating simple rituals of consecration and reverence. 

This life is holy.
Your life is holy.

May we weave beauty and meaning where we walk. May we live in service to that mystery, that immensity that commands all at once the delicate unfurling of every seed and the infinite force of the tides

  • The path to this wellness is unique for each of us. It can be fostered within a life-affirming and inclusive religious community. It can be affirmed through indigenous ways of honoring that far predate monotheistic ideas of God. And both, or neither. Ultimately, it is a path that only you can engrave within your heart as you walk it.

    I was raised within the cult of evangelical Christianity. In my escape from mainstream religion as a young adult, I came of age surrounded by all flavors of new-age spirituality. I do not align with anything that declares us inherently dirty/unworthy sinners, or that extends so widely into the ethers that devotion to something greater evaporates and the Self is appointed supreme.

    For the last 10 years, I study and practice within the spiritist traditions of Santo Daime and Umbanda. These traditions center a kind of Christian mysticism that equally reveres the Holy Mother as the living source of love, compassion, and mercy that is also the Earth itself; Christ as master teacher; and Father God as an archetype of protection, guidance, and governance. These traditions also center reverencing of the Orixás as manifestations of The Holy through the forces of nature, sacramental use of ritually-prepared ayahuasca, and the study of mediumship - a direct courtship with the Divine and with guiding spirits.

    It is the honor of my life to encourage you to follow that enduring, immutable pull of your heart toward communion.

In their words:

  • “I leave our sessions knowing and loving myself more fully.

    You have a way of creating a space that allows me to feel safe, held, and curious in my body. Our sessions are a practice ground for residing in myself in the way that I want to.

    This work is so thorough. I love how you offer me accessible, practical tools and touchstones that I can bring into my life to continue to further ground the work we have done together, and to support me in my continued growth and healing.”

    - Katie T.

  • “You see the best of me: my higher self, my whole self, and your work calls forth that part of my being into the everyday.

    I trust the knowledge and guidance you share because you embody it — I know that you’ve learned it in your bones and being, not just in your head.

    You’re a wealth of knowledge with a warmth of heart that reflects your immense love of life.”

    - Chloe L.

  • “Working with you when I was postpartum changed my life. Sex was so painful after giving birth and you showed me how to work with my body in ways I found really helpful.

    Practicing the techniques you shared with me together with my husband was so healing for our relationship - it was such a great bonus.”

    - E. B.

  • “This practice of listening to my root is very new for me, but it already feels so intuitive.. It feels like recovering a kind of knowing that has been stolen, suppressed and marginalized for generations. This practice challenges what dominant western society tells me is true — that the highest form of knowing is through the rational mind.

    The more time I spend time with this work, the more I find that my root is the most direct portal through which I can see that there is no separation between myself and the creator, that we all hold the creator insides ourselves.”

    - Sofia H.

  • “It is SO incredible to understand what is happening in my body. Imagine if this was taught in high school!!! To everyone!

    I feel like this has brought me out of confusion, ignorance, misinformation, shame and disgust around my body's natural processes to place where i now understand, accept and work with, and HONOR AND CELEBRATE my cycling body!”

    - Becca J.

  • “I feel much more connected to my root and I also feel connected to a larger part of my being and my purpose. I’m finding a greater sense of my boundaries. I have a stronger connection to my sexuality in the healthiest way I have felt in a long time, which is so healing.

    This work has also inspired me to change some habits I’ve been wanting to address. I love the self-massage - it’s incredibly nourishing and helps ground me.”

    - S.K.

  • "No one else centers my health, my well-being, and my purpose like you do.

    The tools and ways of understanding I have learned from you help me remain devoted to myself, continue to surrender to what life has for me, and trust that I am ready to handle what comes my way."

    - Claire A.

Shall we get started?

Let’s cross-check.

I MIGHT BE A GOOD MUSE FOR YOU IF:

  • You are curious, sensitive, and seeking.

  • You prefer getting to the bottom of things even if it means seeing something about yourself that’s uncomfortable.

  • You value sincerity, patience, and nuance,
    while pretense + drama make your nostrils flare.

  • Extremism turns you off - whether it’s dogma in religion,
    health, or politics; you know there’s no “one right way”.

  • You long for magic, play, and adventure,
    and you’re also super practical and love to get sh*t done.

  • You trust there’s wisdom in your body and in the Earth that can teach us more than any advanced degree.

  • Words that light you up include: activate, inspire, align; integrity, truth, devotion, simplicity; ACTUALIZE.

FAQs

  • I listen deeply. I ask big questions! I invite you to BE with your body. I will give you homework :)

    We always begin with what is most emergent: what is arising in you, asking for your attention?

    As we converse, I’ll invite you to engage with your body through breath and touch, perhaps with some sound and movement, as a way to connect with what is moving in you and make more space for all of it!

    I also pick up threads from our last conversations, to see what’s still relevant and what’s changed. I’m big on follow-up and follow-through. We hold counsel for what is unfolding in the present while paying attention to the broader context that includes what we have already touched upon, and have yet to discuss.

    After our consult, I’m always available for brief exchanges via email!

  • Consult vs. seeing an OBGYN:

    The three primary tools of modern gynecology are diagnostics tools like bloodwork, ultrasounds, and PAP smears; pharmaceutical medications, and surgical procedures.

    Our toolkit here consists primarily of hands-on therapies, herbal medicine, and the practical application of classical Chinese medicine to directly treat symptoms and help us be present with our bodies, emotions, and thoughts.

    We approach imbalances of the root as an opportunity to deepen our relationship with ourselves and a path through which we can become more fully ourselves.

    Consult vs. bodywork/acupuncture:

    Consultations are a way to build a bridge between the care you can receive in treatment, and the care you give to yourself, every day.

    I often recommend acupuncture and/or bodywork treatment to complement the work we do together.

    Consult vs. pelvic floor physical therapy:

    My work with the pelvic bowl is centered in embodiment rather than bio-mechanical function.

    In other words, this work serves to bring your consciousness, breath, and life force to reside throughout the entirety of your root. This presence gives your body the resources to process and let go of bound emotional material and restore optimal function.

    Over the last 10 years of focused work for the pelvic bowl, I find this embodied approach is extremely effective in addressing a wide array of pelvic issues. Function follows inhabitance.

    I originally studied internal pelvic work via Holistic Pelvic Carei n 2013 with Tami Kent, and my current work with the root of the body is also greatly influenced by my studies in Chinese medicine.

    Consult vs. counseling/therapy:

    My approach is somatic: we engage hands-on practices inspired by classical Chinese medicine and various bodywork modalities.

    In our sessions, any discussion we have around your emotional and mental health is in relationship to how you feel in your body and how you ARE with your body. We engage your attention, patience, and devotion to care for yourself through tangible exercises using your hands, breath, and voice.

    This is not therapy. I recommend concurrent work with a skilled therapist if you experience high anxiety, panic attacks, or have received a diagnosis of depression.

  • My work with pelvic health is primarily oriented toward people inhabiting uterine, ovarian, and/or vulvo-vaginal systems.

    I welcome all genders and sexual orientations in my practice! I use gender-neutral language in all of my work.

  • Over the last 20+ years, I have facilitated over 4,500 one-on-one sessions tending pelvic, nervous system, and spirit-level health in my work as a teacher, bodyworker, and acupuncturist. I have walked alongside my clients through treacherous landscapes of grief, rage, and pain into profound connection with their body as the ultimate source of wisdom and direct access point to the earth itself.

    I am trained in Shiatsu, uterine-moving massage, breast massage, and holistic pelvic floor manual therapy in addition to my formal training in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. I also draw from my ongoing study of Western herbalism, evidence-based modern medicine, and indigenous healing practices. My teachers and mentors in hands-on medicine include Jim Cleaver, Rosita Arvigo, Tami Kent, Mark Jensen, Sarah Girard, Peter Shea, and Josephine Spilka.

    You can read more about me here.

  • When you’re serious about catalyzing change in your life, a set of 3 weekly sessions in a row yields exponentially powerful results.

    I recommend a catalyst series when we begin our work together, and anytime you’re navigating a major issue or decision, life change, or to facilitate momentum in birthing your soul-led work into the world.

    A catalyst series of 3 weekly consults is $400.

    Stand-alone sessions are $150 for 60 minutes and $75 for 30-minute mini consults.

    Please email me about a sliding scale if you are not able to access this work at my normal rate.

the energetics of consultation

WHERE WE MEET

The Cave calls all seekers into its depths. It is a place of retreat from the clamor of the world.
For those who are not afraid of the shadows, the cave is a portal, a gate of initiation for all those who seek truth.

THE SPIRIT OF OUR WORK

When we are dedicated to the path of transformation we can sit in the darkness, harness the potential and latent energy behind it, and embed it with light. A patient and prudent changemaker, The Mystic seeks growth above all else.

THE TREASURE WE SEEK

Precious stones develop slowly in the earth, amid pressure and darkness. Discovering The Gem requires a descent beneath the surface, where there is no definitive map. Your gem, like your destiny, has a radiance unlike any other in the entire world.

Images and adapted excerpts from ‘The Wild Unknown Archetypes’ deck by Kim Krans

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