Hello,

I’m Christina.

I was compelled to start my own healing and professional journey because by the age of 18 I had already completely burned myself out. After a rather dysfunctional childhood, my go-to survival mechanisms of people-pleasing, over thinking and harsh self-criticism left me really numb and disconnected from myself. I was exhausted, my digestion was a mess and I knew I needed to learn a new way.

So I spent the last 25+ years seeking out the embedded beliefs, behaviors & stories within myself that prevented me from living my most authentic, joyful and creative life. I have studied the human experience from a variety of perspectives: Massage Therapy, Bioenergetics & Shen Sensitivity training, Nutrition, Fermentation & Gut Rebuilding, Health Coaching, trauma sensitivity training, BodyMind integration, Ayurveda and more.

But it was finding my bodywork mentor, Wassim Nehme, and receiving regular Bioenergetic-Shen Sensitivity therapeutic touch, that changed everything for me. Over the 14 years I spent in direct mentorship with Wassim, I received my Master level practitioner and began to teach and practice this profoundly healing modality. BST is based a few key principles: the bioenergy of the body as intelligence and able to organizes in ways that are self-protective, the energy system of the body is also how we connect with the larger universal field of potential and how touch is the fundamental way to restore a sense of grounded wholeness to a person’s experience. Through this experience I came into direction contact with my inner beauty, preciousness and joyful expression and it has forever changed me and my relationship to myself and the world at large.

Through hands-on bodywork, classes & workshops, I coach others to heal their own wounds of disconnection, to develop alchemical self-care habits & to create fulfillment by tapping into their own innate capabilities. I help you reclaim the sovereignty of your life, to attune to the language of your body & to deeply trust yourself.

I practice through a trauma-sensitive and whole being perspective and will always honor you as the driver of your own experience. I will assist you in determining if coaching and bodywork is the best fit for you at this moment of your journey or if seeking professional medical and/or mental health is more appropriate.

I acknowledge that my experiences and opportunities originate from a place of a certain amount of financial & societal privilege. I am very interested in the intersection of unlearning the inherent biases of such a foundation AND my true calling as a guide to assist others in living an authentic, embodied & contributive life. I fully accept that this process is on-going in my life & in society at large. I am fully dedicated to realizing my place in the healing of people & the planet and the restoration of an interconnected consciousness. And I honor the land and it's original inhabitants on which I am grateful to practice.

Section Styles bg-left full-width

Mind, Body, Emotions, Intuition, Spirit

I am committed to serve the whole of your being through a trauma sensitive lens.

Section Styles full-width

Because we are one and the same. If you are exhausted by all the efforting, attempting and railing against that which was expected, you are in a place of understanding.

I have spent my entire lifetime figuring out, unlearning, being torn apart and putting myself back together, all because I did not fit neatly into the boxes. And also because my contribution is bodyworker and guide to those who resonate with never feeling fully welcome in the white picket fence of life.

rand is the living, evolving experience of your business. It’s how you show up in the world and carve out a unique space — a space that folks can walk into and feel your energy, values and vision. Because brand is an abstract concept, it is often misunderstood or overwhelming to know just where to begin.

This service is designed to hold your hand through it all and give you a smart, no-fluff, valuable direction. I believe that conscious businesses need to exist in the world and I want to help you create clarity and potency so your ideas have impact.

Credentials

My background.

2000 - Bachelors University of North Carolina at Wilmington - Creative and Professional Writing, minors in Sociology and Women’s Studies
2001 - Utah College of Massage Therapy - certified Massage Therapist
2004-2019 Master level Shen Sensitivity Training & Bioenergetics
2010 - Institute of Integrative Nutrition - certified health coach
2012 - Fermentation Mastery - certified Gut Rebuilding specialist
2016 - Yoga Healer Body Thrive training - certified Body Thrive coach
2019 - Growing Resilience - Trauma Informed Principles certification
2020 - the BodyMind Method - practitioner level certification
2021 - Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies level III certified

Guiding Principles

Trauma Sensitive & Whole Person

✦ Challenge by Choice:

Be gentle and always titrate expansion. All experiences are optional and you are always the ultimate driver of your own choices. My bodywork and coach offerings are designed to be co-creative and adaptive, and I use flexibility to facilitate offerings for those with differing self-discovery interests.

✦ Normalizing Needs

Everyone’s experience is unique & your needs are valuable. I strive to maintain a welcoming environment that is free of harsh chemicals and smells. You are welcome to move about the space as needed as well as to express your needs as they may arise. I honor your experiences as your own and will always maintain your sovereignty as sacred.

✦ Compassion:

Every person’s trauma will surface in different ways and from different angles, so I meet people where they are and respond with compassion and curiosity. And I guide you to do the same. I acknowledge pain and suffering as real, and I practice with empathetic listening and encourage your innate embodied Soul wisdom to be the truest measure. I validate experiences and emotions, and I also lovingly challenge you when appropriate. I refer out when I am clear that I am out of my professional scope of practice. I am not a therapist, but a guide for this leg of your journey.

✦ Boundaries & Clear Communication:

To the best of my ability, I start and begin each session on time, I practice confidentiality and I maintain the ethics dictated by my professional licensing body. I practice non-violent communication and I welcome open and honest dialogue.

✦ Accountability:

What you can expect from me: to lovingly coach and be your biggest cheerleader, bullshit detector and guide. As well, I will use the skills that I have acquired through my work as a professional bodyworker, embodiment and health coach. I will use my discernment as to the pacing of our time together.

What I ask of you: is to decide if you are truly ready to engage in a journey of self-discovery and transformation. (you must be at a place where you are taking full responsibility for your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health).Be willing to experiment with your daily & seasonal habits in order to create the most solid self-care container that allows you to build sovereignty and resilience. Be open to being coached and guided even if we are touching upon parts of your experience that are delicate and may elicit emotions that are uncomfortable.

✦ Everyone is already whole & All life is intra-connected and precious.

I look at a each person as a human being, equal to all, not defined by their past, their weaknesses, their strengths, their status, their struggles. And I understand that the consciousness of all creation dwells in every single human being, animal and the planet at large and has never been separate or disconnected. It is all preciously intertwined and intra-dependent upon the sum of its parts.

MY LINEAGES

Shen Sensitivity & Bioenergetics

Wassim & Elisabeth Nehme and Dr. Pino Ferroni
I have completed a 14 year mentorship with Wassim and Elisabeth Nehme in Shaftsbury, VT. I was a student, an assitant teacher and a practitier under the supervision of Wassim. I studued directly with Dr. Ferroin over the years as well as in Parma Italy in 2015 and 2016.
Chinese Medicine Five Element theory

SInce college this elegant system has captured my curiosity. I have been fornunte to study it formally several times in my life. An when I stray from it’s beauy, it alwasy comes and finds me!
Buddhism

I have been a practitioner of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism and a member of the lay Buddhist organization SGI-USA since 2006. My practice and life affirming philosophy is at the center of my life and heart. We are all Buddhas, our suffering is perfectly designed for our awakening and we are intrinsically and inextricably connected to all things.