About
My work as a bodyworker is the embodiment of many years spent learning as much as I can about the wildly intelligent and endlessly mysterious world of the body and nervous system.
I came to this work while in the depths of my own journey through chronic illness and dysregulation. No amount of supplement protocols, elimination diets, or detox practices had any effect on my symptoms until I began to see that all my herculean healing efforts carried the same frequency of force and control that had landed me there in the first place.
I now offer the slow, subtle care that helped me reorient my idea of healing from a list of things to take or do to a commitment to returning, over and again, to the wisdom of the body and its profound healing intelligence.
My Philosophy
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
John Muir: Nature Writings
I approach the body as its own ecosystem, woven into the greater ecosystem of our inherited and lived experiences, our communities, the landscape we live in, and beyond. Each input ripples through the whole system, a dynamic web of interconnectivity.
In my work, this guides me toward inclusivity, reverence, and humility; a reminder to hold respect for the whole and its context while tending to any individual part.
My Approach
• Your system sets the pace. Deep listening, attunement, and consent guide the work.
• Nervous system-informed. We prioritize what supports safety and trust.
• Your whole self is welcome. We honor the entirety of your lived experience—mental, physical, emotional, and energetic.
• This work is a practice. Instead of forcing or fixing, we practice a different way of being with the body.
Certification
Certified Massage Therapist, CAMTC #97851
Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute, 2024
Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) Certification
Michelle Freniere, Hands of Soleil Health & Wellness, 2024
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Certification Training
Vileena Purpuri, ongoing 2026-2028
Additional Training
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Foundations Seminar
Body Intelligence, 2025
Introduction to Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy
Gary Peterson, STAR Institute, 2025
Craniosacral Therapy CS1
Upledger Institute, 2025
Lymphatic Drainage Internship
Dr. Leslie Valle-Montoya, Santa Barbara Longevity Center, 2024Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Foundation Level Training