What this work is:

Safe space for: 

• Learning and expressing your working signs - sighs, tears, body twitches

• Tuning into how your body says “Yes” and “No” so you can trust the feedback your body gives you when you are out and about in the world (“When I don’t want to do something, my stomach twists.” “I know I want to say yes when I’m able to take a full, diaphragmatic breath without having to consciously prompt it.”)

• Validation of how your body is experiencing the world

A safe place to practice:

• Asking/Advocating for what you need. Do you need deeper pressure? Do you need an extra blanket? Do you need the door locked? Do you need conversation or quiet?

• Implementing your boundaries. Breaking the habit of people pleasing. Tuning into what you desire, and declining touch that doesn’t fit into that work. “I love having my scalp rubbed.” “Please don’t touch my feet.”

• Flow state Letting your body hold space for you while your mind is free to float

• Naming and claiming shifts that you are noticing in your body “I noticed that once we addressed the pain in my shoulder, my calves started to ache.” “When you put your hand on my head, it reminded me of how my grandmother used to do that when I was sick, and it’s been a really long time since I’ve let someone take care of me in that way.”

A safe place to learn:

• What your body likes and dislikes, so you can safely express that to yourself, other providers, and your beloveds 

• How to ask for and receive safe, appropriate, well boundaried touch

• How to calibrate or recalibrate yourself and your body to consensual, loving, intentional touch

• How to co-regulate with another person

• Language to describe how your body feels, and how that ties back to your unique lived experience

• The difference between pain-led conversations, and pleasure-led conversations

• Throughlines about your somatic experience that help connect your physical experience to your emotional body

We hold space for healing, but please be wary of any practitioner who guarantees results or makes outlandish or inappropriate claims about the care they can provide.

My clients and I have witnessed shifts - both profound and subtle - in their physical and emotional bodies through the work we do, but I would never promise that this is the only way to create those shifts.  With that in mind, please note that 

This work is not:

• Diagnostic in nature.

It is not in my ethical or legal scope of practice to diagnose any conditions, diseases or maladies you may be experiencing.  

• A substitution for therapy of any kind (physical, occupational, or mental health).

I will happily provide referrals to providers if you need help sourcing aligned professionals. I encourage you to build an appropriate care team that ensures all your wellness goals are being met by individuals who are trained in those specific modalities.

• Romantic or sexual.

In order to safely, ethically, and legally practice bodywork, please note that I adhere to strict protocols, regulations, and guidelines. Touch is consensual, safe, and boundaried, for both of our wellbeing. While I recognize that this sort of work can be intimate, I do not offer sexual services. To learn more about ABMP’s Respect Massage program, click here.