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Wild Tree Wellness, Fort Saint John, BC (2025)

11/11/2025

“Give the way”

One of my favourite things about Bali was the daily rituals of prayer…

I captured this moment with a woman who shared that every day she goes out and offers prayers and gratitude for safety at this intersection. She lives and owns a shop on the corner and prays that those passing through slow down enough to truly see one another… that softening, generosity, and presence might prevent harm and suffering.

I pray this with her now — praying peace over the intersections of our world.

All the places where we meet and cross paths:
in person,
in messages,
in passing,
in conflict,
in misunderstanding,
in community,
in the moments when we’re seen and those where we are not.

May we take a moment to truly see one another.
May we soften.
May we choose care. May we give the way.
May our presence prevent suffering — in ourselves, and in others

May we greet eachother and ourselves well.

🌲e

11/06/2025

🤍 the moon pulls the tides and the waters of the mamas. Excited to be welcoming a new little one earthside today!!

11/06/2025

Over twenty years ago, when I was teaching in Yellowknife, one of my students handed me this quote. They said it reminded them of how I care for people-

It has lived on my door ever since. A daily reminder that healing happens one nervous system at a time. Not through grand gestures or institutions, but through steady, relational, human care.

It matters to me how your baby comes into the world, and how supported a mother feels as she steps into mamahood.

It matters to me how you recover post-surgery, how you navigate challenging diagnosis- how you integrate a changed body, and how your nervous system finds safety again.

It matters to me when you’re navigating complex relationships, noticing patterns, and choosing something different for yourself.

It matters to me when you’re carrying old hurts, chronic pain, or emotions that feel undigestible and too heavy to hold alone.

Individual by individual, session by session, it is an honor to walk alongside you as you come into what thriving health and well-being look like in your life.

I see the ripples of healing—into your families, workplaces, communities, and even strangers you meet…

“I am done with great things and big plans, great institutions and big success. I am for those tiny, invisible loving human forces that work from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets…”
— William James

11/04/2025

As promised!!! MORE on how BCST supports BABIES ♥️🌱

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST)for Parents & Infants.

Infants rely on their caregivers for nervous system regulation. This process, known as co-regulation, means that when parents receive support for stress, fatigue, and emotional load, their children often show measurable improvements in settling, feeding, and sleep. BCST offers a gentle, non-invasive approach that helps both systems shift toward stability.

🌿Clinical Benefits for Parents

BCST can support:
• Autonomic nervous system regulation
• Postpartum stress and overwhelm
• Musculoskeletal tension from labor and birth
And physical healing from vaginal or belly birth
• Emotional integration and bonding
• Sleep dysregulation and exhaustion
And more

Improved parental regulation often leads to improved infant regulation.

🌿Clinical Benefits for Infants

BCST may be helpful in addressing:
• Birth strain (including rapid, prolonged, instrumental, or surgical deliveries)
• Tongue-tie–related tension and post-release integration
• Torticollis and head positioning preference
• Plagiocephaly (mild cranial asymmetry)
• Reflux and digestive discomfort
• Colic-type crying and irritability
• Feeding challenges (breast or bottle)
• Sensory overstimulation and nervous system agitation

These presentations are commonly associated with cranial nerve compression, dural strain, or autonomic imbalance, and often respond well to subtle, biodynamic work.

🌿Additional Infant Presentations Commonly Supported

• Difficulty latching or shallow latch
• Post oral-tie revision recovery
• Feeding aversion or fussing during feeds
• Frequent spit-ups and gas discomfort
• Constipation or straining
• Restless sleep and frequent waking
• Overarching of the spine (extension patterning)
• Preference to turn the head to one side
• TMJ strain from birth positioning
• Cranial molding after prolonged labor
• Recovery from forceps or vacuum assistance
• Adaptation patterns following cesarean birth
• Persistent startle responses
• Frequent hiccups or bearing-down behaviors
• Congestion from cranial fluid pressures
• Stress patterns following a NICU stay and/or any birth separation between baby and parent(s)

🌿Why BCST Works for Infants

BCST supports:
• Reduced sympathetic (fight/flight) activation
• Improved vagal tone (rest/digest)
• Cranial nerve function involved in feeding and digestion
• Integration of birth-related compressive forces

Because infants’ tissues and nervous systems are still highly adaptable, shifts are often observed within 2–3 sessions.

🌿Treatment Approach

Sessions are conducted with:
• Gentle, non-manipulative touch
• Respect for the infant’s pace
• Support for bonding and co-regulation with the parent
• Attention to craniosacral, fascial, and autonomic patterns
* The earlier the treatments the better (There is much value in working with families prenatally, at birth and throughout 4th trimester and beyond

Parental participation is strongly encouraged, as caregiver regulation supports lasting change.

If you have questions about whether BCST may be appropriate for your infant or your own postpartum recovery, you’re welcome to reach out.
(And I do work with all ages and stages of life so please feel free to connect if you’re looking for BCST and/or a holistic approach to health.)

Yours in health,

🌿Erin

I’m a holistic therapist and teacher: specializing in BCST therapy, somatic therapy and Compassionate Inquiry Counselling and more

Meet some of my familes and little ones ⬇️

10/31/2025

Samhain and Hallowed eve blessings.

The time we have with one another is sacred.
If our ancestors could share one thing… it might be that we love ourselves and one another well.

We are here in this moment~the result of thousands of love stories. May we all be as John Roedel says, “haunted by love” 🖤

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10/28/2025

Love letters from God

A year and a half ago, I drove with my then-infant son from northern BC down to vancouver to support a dear friend navigating a very intense cancer journey. On the way, I stopped at a little coffee shop in the Interior to nurse and rest— feeling both the responsibility of getting to my friend and the responsibility of navigating the challenging weather, the immense distance and winter roads with care.

When I stepped out of the car, right there in the parking lot was a heart-shaped rock. A tiny reminder of love and support in the middle of it all. I picked it up and later gifted it to my friend while he recovered in the hospital much longer than anyone expected — likely feeling the weight of his own journey in a different, yet connected way.

Fast forward to now — same route, same coffee stop. I wasn’t thinking about that heart at all… but the moment I opened my door, there it was again: another heart rock sitting at my feet. I laughed, picked it up, and thought, Wouldn’t it be wild if the original spot had one too…? So I wandered over — and sure enough, there it was.

No accidents.
Seeing what we look for.
Co-creating as we go.

Love letters from God.

Gift received.
Thank you. Thank you.
Deep bow. 🤍

10/28/2025

My short list of things that return me to the present:
🌱cold water immersion(this daily practice saves me)
🌱Smudge (especially Buffalo sage and juniper these days)
🌱height of land (things that feel bigger than me and remind me that I AM that too)

What’s your list?

10/21/2025

Thank you for including me in your prenatal/birth and postpartum journies. It is such an honour and a joy for me. 🤍

10/19/2025

🌿 Hello friends and clients in the Okanagan,

For those of you I’ve been working with online and in person, I’ll be in the Vernon area over the next couple of weeks and opening spaces for in-person holistic therapy sessions, including Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST).

I do have limited time slots available, as I’ll be balancing in-person sessions with an infant Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Clinic while in Vernon.

If you’d like to connect while I’m there, please contact me personally to arrange a time.

I’m looking forward to seeing you and sharing this work in person again. 💛

10/17/2025

Prayer is an important part of my life- and I offer prayer in many ways. Sometimes in words, sometimes in the whisper of my heart, the way my hands meet the earth…
This cree morning prayer was recently shared with me🌲
May we walk in beauty.

ᐊᔭᕙ ᑭᓯᑳᐤ — Ayâwa kîsikâw, Creator,
as the first light touches the trees
and the mist rises from nîpiy, the living water,
I give thanks.

For this new day,
for the gift of breath — otâpânâsk,
for the warmth of the sun — pîsim,
for the pulse of the land — askîy,
that still carries our footsteps.

Let my thoughts be clear — miyo-machihowin,
my words gentle — miyo-wîcêhtowin,
my heart steady as nîpiy that flows.

Guide my steps,
so I walk miyo-pimâtisiwin —
the good way of life,
with respect for all my relatives:
the ones who fly, swim, crawl, and walk.

Help me see beauty even in the struggle,
to hear teachings even in silence,
to remember that every breath
is a prayer returning to the fire within all things.

And when I meet others on the path,
may my eyes see their light,
may my words bring calm,
may my spirit speak love.

êkosi, Kise-Manitow —
thank you, Great Mystery.
This is mîna kîsikâw — another sacred day.
I will walk it in a good way.

—Kanipawit Maskwaes

10/13/2025

Happy thanksgiving from my front step to yours 🧡 (i love that we are wearing out my front step 😂- so thankful for all the footsteps across my threshold)

Ten years ago, I said “yes” to this city
not knowing a soul,
only trusting the quiet pull of something new.

What began as unfamiliar streets
became a place of belonging
a community of care
where I’ve grown roots,
three bright children
who have taught me so much,
and a business that has flourished
because of you -
for choosing it, supporting it,
and allowing me to walk beside you
as you do your own healing and growing.

With a full and grateful heart,
I’m giving thanks for all that continues to unfold.

🌿e

LiveWell.LiveWise.LiveWild.Live.

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