CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY
A session to tune in with listening touch, addressing the craniosacral fluid, the tissues, organs, and nervous system. In this work we assess and release restrictions in your system due to physical, emotional or spiritual distress. This can include structural or systematic imbalances within your body. With a focus on matching the tone of the body, craniosacral therapy helps create space for unfolding and unwinding.
This gentle work supports the body’s innate ability to heal and restore balance. This profound and important work is for everyone - from the youngest baby to the oldest elder! Consistency over a period of several sessions allows the body to remain in a state of ease and balance, promoting health and vitality.
BELLY & BOWL SESSION
A session tending the whole body through the focus of abdominal (belly) and pelvic (bowl) work. Grounded in craniosacral therapy, myofascial release and Mayan abdominal massage, this work invites the body to unwind from its very center by returning to the root - the belly, womb and pelvic bowl. We explore the abdomen, hips, low back and pelvic bowl. Gentle external manipulation is used to support the optimal positioning and mobility of the digestive and reproductive organs, encouraging a sense of ease in the belly.
Tending to your physical tissues, as well as your emotional and energetic stories, helps dispel congestion and optimize fertility. We work with blood, lymph, nerve, and energy movement to restore vitality and reconnect you to your rooted inner intelligence. For women, alignment and support of the womb are central to this work.
Sessions evolve and deepen over time, extending into areas such as the jaw, neck, and feet and following wherever the body leads. This work is beneficial for women in all stages of life — including pregnancy and the postpartum period.
BREAST MASSAGE
A session tending the heart, chest and the breasts with lymph-supportive massage. This work invites you to get to know the terrain of your own tissues and cultivate healthy flow through the chest and upper body. Softening tension around the heart, we are moving congestion and stagnation while making way for vital flow in the breasts.
We tend to the breasts to soften holding patterns, release what no longer serves you, and encourage the natural movement of lymph, blood, and vitality. Releasing heaviness carried in the breasts and honoring the emotional heart gives you an opportunity to more deeply connect to your feminine essence.
This work can help support hormonal balance, immune resilience, inflammation reduction, and long-term breast health. We will address tenderness, cysts, congestion and muscle pain as we invite nourishment into to the heart area, supporting your whole-body wellness.
This work is beneficial for women in all stages of life — including pregnancy and the postpartum period.
HERBAL CONSULTATION
A session to listen deeply to what is asking for care and recognize the plants that are available for support. Grounded in folk herbalism, intuitive listening and a relationship with the natural world, this work invites you to cultivate your own connection with plant allies and the wisdom they offer.
Our time together will include plant spirit medicine - also known as working with the energetics or vibration of a plant. A session will usually result in several plant allies showing up that can support your intention and overall wellbeing. Other information concerning wellness, ritual, movement practice, or bodywork may be offered.
You will receive practical guidance for working with herbs at home, with additional recommendations - including where to buy herbs - often provided by email after our session. A herbal consultation is recommended if you are seeking more vibrant wellbeing in physical, emotional or spiritual matters. The intention is for you to develop a relationship with the plants and deepen your own practice of self-care, listening and tending.
I typically recommend an initial herbal consultation followed by two follow-up sessions. A good time for a follow-up session is after working with your plant allies for an entire month. Creating a relationship with the plants and intentional deep self-care can help to shift patterns towards wellness. Shifts can take time. You are welcome to book a 1-hour or 30-minute follow-up based on your preference.
CLOSING OF THE BONES
A session rooted in ceremony, following the crossing of a threshold in one’s life — most notably the birth of a child — this is a ritual to bring all parts of yourself home to the present. This offering includes craniosacral work, gentle bodywork & abdominal massage, an energetic closing, belly binding with natural fiber cloth, warming tea and foot bath. This is a time to remember and to align with your path moving forward.
This is a deeply restorative ritual encouraging a return to yourself. Around 40 days postpartum is a traditional time for mother’s to enter into this ceremony. But this may be offered at any point after life transition, a time of closing or loss - whether days or years down the road.
Our time together may include recommendations for lifestyle, herbal support and intentional movement. I offer these suggestions from my lived experience and training as a birthworker, bodyworker, folk herbalist, movement educator and mother of five. My approach to holistic wellness weaves the physical, emotional, and spiritual - supporting you in cultivating balance, resilience, and deeper connection to your own inner rhythms.
Looking for Pregnancy or Postpartum massage?
All of my offerings are made to support you during pregnancy or during the postpartum season. Adjustments are always made on the table to keep you comfortable. Choose the session that speaks to you. And if you have any specific questions, please ask.
Looking for TMJ massage?
Book a Craniosacral Therapy session or an Belly & Bowl session. There is a strong TMJ/pelvic connection that we can explore in both types of work.
Looking to learn abdominal massage skills to cultivate a self-care practice?
Book a 2 hour Belly & Bowl session. This session includes a teaching portion to learn an abdominal massage routine for your self-care practice and a castor oil pack.
Looking to learn breast massage skills to cultivate a self-care practice?
Book a 1.5 hour Breast Massage session. This session includes a teaching portion to learn a breast massage routine for your self-care practice.
AT-HOME POSTPARTUM SESSIONS FOR MOTHER & BABY
As a birth tender, I hold deep reverence for the postpartum window and the care it calls for. In the comfort of your home, I offer gentle craniosacral therapy and bodywork for both mother and baby. We will support the release of tension, honor the threshold of birth and nurture your shared vitality.
During our time together, in addition to receiving craniosacral therapy and bodywork, we may tend to feeding dynamics, connection, and simple practices that support ease and wellbeing for you and your baby. Rooted in my lived experience as a mother of five, alongside my work as a craniosacral therapist, folk herbalist, and guide, I may also offer support around nourishment, herbal care, rest, movement, and daily rhythms.
Each session is shaped by what is present in the moment - woven with intention, listening and care. It is a true honor to be welcomed into your home during this sacred and tender time.
Offerings are shaped by your needs and the time we spend together. Please reach out to connect about availability and pricing
“To touch the surface is to stir the depths.”
- Deane Juhan