I believe supporting people to reclaim their power to heal themselves from the inside out, no matter the circumstances, and to live from overflow instead of depletion, is a tremendously healing, timely, and necessary medicine at this moment in the human story.
Over the past 26 years as a massage therapist, movement and embodiment teacher, and trauma-informed somatic healing facilitator, I have helped my clients find relief from chronic and acute pain, experience greater ease in their bodies, partner with the miraculous wisdom of their bodies, and step into a more empowered role in their personal healing, embodiment, and well-being journey. I offer my clients a holistic and multilayered approach that honors the body’s deep wisdom, the creative spirit, and an everyday connection to their own Inner Healer and intuition.
I have honed my gifts as an intuitive healer through wisdom gained in my practice, as well as through a life long interest in personal development, the creative process, and embodied mindfulness. My work integrates over twenty-five years of training, certification, and professional practice in:
Post-Modern Movement facilitation, choreography, and performance
Somatic Learning (trauma-informed transformative change, healing, and renewal through embodied awareness, movement education, and somatic and psychological disciplines)
Scaravelli Somatic Yoga (a gentle yoga of Un-Doing)
Art, writing, & performing arts instruction
Massage Therapy (Deep Tissue, Acupressure, Shiatsu, Swedish-Esalen, Lymphatic)
Energy Work (Polarity Therapy, Reiki 1 & 2, Quantum Touch, Energy Codes Remote Healing)
Life coaching
Theater design, artistic direction, performance, and production management
School of Intention Feng Shui
Embodied mindfulness
Conscious Dance (5 Rhythms & Open Floor)
Inner child and shadow work
Environmental activism
Divine Feminine spirituality and sovereignty teachings, and the healing and regenerative qualities of magnetism, receptivity, intuition, creativity, and flow…
A bit more about my story
I’m a recovering product of the grind culture. I was conditioned to have an amazing work ethic and be incredibly productive. I was always the busiest person in my circle, putting everyone and everything else but myself first. I habitually did and gave too much but never felt it was enough. I was constantly stressed, and I burned out again and again. And looking around, it’s clear I am not alone in this. This is an unspoken epidemic in our capitalist, colonialist culture.
While my efforts were often heroic, noble, and for a good cause, at their core was a feeling I had to prove my value but that I was never measuring up. I suffered the acute impacts of this for years, ranging from chronic irritability to depletion to cyclical depression. In one instance, I became so severely burned out that I damaged my adrenal glands, my self-confidence and mental clarity tanked, and I lost my capacity to speak without stuttering. It took a full year for me to recover.
The biggest blow was when I contracted Toxic Shock Syndrome, a life-threatening recurring infection that nearly took my life several times, resulted in the loss of my ability to naturally conceive a child, and left me in a terribly weakened state I had trouble recovering from.
If I hadn’t gotten the message before, Life had sent me one I could no longer deny. It was this experience that started me on my healing journey, in an effort to unravel this deeply rooted patterning within me. As I did, I began to develop a new relationship with my body and its capacity for healing. I not only recovered my full vitality, but I also began to heal deeper root issues, like body dysmorphia and low self-esteem I had suffered since adolescence. I began to trust my intuition and refine my ability to read the compasses and levers of the inner GPS of my body. This blossomed into decades of passionate study of the the body’s astounding wisdom, and awakened in me a more authentic expression of my soul and service in the world.
There is so much we are not taught in school about the miraculous, innate healing capacity of the body and how to partner with it for our highest good. Western medicine sorely overlooks our own intuitive connection with our body as a key element that can guide us on the healing journey.