Photography credit: Holly Stevens

Hello. I offer a safe space for you to explore your body’s story. I am honored to be part of people’s deep transformation.

I began my somatic studies almost 20 years ago after receiving a particularly profound craniosacral therapy session.  I felt a deep connection to my body in a way I hadn’t known was possible and I knew I wanted to follow this thread.  It felt like something had been missing before and connecting to this deeper place has been a touchstone.  Soon after, in 2007, I signed up for my craniosacral therapy certification training and I’ve been on this path ever since. 

I weave craniosacral therapy and other body-based, trauma-informed modalities into my sessions. My work is grounded in my own experiences of relational trauma and early childhood neglect. I am a fellow traveler in learning to re-pattern nervous system responses shaped in childhood—responses that I am grateful for and once protected me, but now no longer serve.

My approach to somatic work has evolved over the years as I’ve changed and the field of neuroscience has advanced.  I’ve taken breaks at times from somatic work and dabbled in other helping fields always to return once another thread shows itself.   

I feel especially grateful to Dr. Aline LaPierre for her unique way of articulating relational trauma and the boundless connections (and ruptures!) of the body and mind. 

Today I come to this work as someone who sees the natural world as alive and sovereign.  The natural world can be a powerful co-regulating force for each of us when we orient to it.  This understanding grounds and resources my work and is why “rooted” is in my name. I take inspiration from the evergreen trees in the PNW and the connectivity and sturdiness of their extraordinary root systems. 

Qualifications

  • NeuroAffective Touch Foundational Training, Dr. Aline LaPierre

  • Practicum: The Language of Tenderness

  • Practicum: Working with Neglect

  • Practicum: Developing Interoceptive Awareness

  • Practicum: Channels of Embodiment

  • Practicum: Somatically Engaging Negative and Positive Emotions

  • Practicum: Disassociation

  • Practicum: Shame

  • Relational Trauma course work with Dr. Albert Wong

  • Healing Trauma Program with Dr. Jeffrey Rutstein

  • ICEERS Psychedelic Integration Training, Marc Aixalà

  • Integrating Focusing and Bodywork, Jack Blackburn

  • Craniosacral Therapy additional studies with Carol Gray, Ged Sumner, Upledger Institute, Ursula Popp

  • Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Certification Program, Cranial Rhythms

  • Licensed Massage Therapist, Port Townsend School of Massage

More about me…

I am a white, able-bodied, cis woman. I am committed to unpacking my biases and the privileges of my various identities to contribute to a more caring, just world.  

I grew up in the Pacific Northwest. I have always lived on the west coast and feel most inspired where there are trees, mountains and streams.  I am the mother of two and identify as neurodivergent.  

I believe our experiences in our bodies do not exist in a vacuum. Bodies exist in the context of power and culture and these forces are deeply reflected in our bodies and held within. I am inspired by asking, “how are we using our healing to heal the collective?” and vice versa.

My ancestors came from Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Wales and England with many coming to Turtle Island as settler colonialists over 300 years ago.  I also am down line from Finnish immigrants, arriving to the Great Lakes region in the late 1800’s.  I’m in the process of leaning into understanding my ancestry, the connections to the present, and participating in the intentional act of “remembering.” I bring this understanding and tending to my sessions.

Gratitude & Lineage

I have been especially shaped by the following teachers and am grateful for their generous sharing with podcasts, writing and course offerings.

Embodiment

Susan Raffo

Judith Blackstone

Jack Blackburn

Reginald Ray

Healing Work

Francis Weller

Besty Bergstrom

Daniel Foor’s Ancestral Healing

Staci Haines

Somatic Lineage

Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

Emilie Conrad

Eugene Gendlin

Thomas Hanna