New England Healing Arts

04/16/2026

Join us for a free, monthly community gathering held on the first Thursday of each month at Tri-County Health Equity Zone!

Register here!
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04/11/2026

Gentle Scar Therapy has been life changing for me. One of those rare times I can actually be my own LMT😂

I have a Panniculectomy scar that runs from hip to hip & goes across my lower abdomen. The surgery was successful, the recovery was smooth, and overall the scar healed really well, and mostly minimally visible. With the exception of my left hip. That portion had anchored down. It wasn’t painful, and it didn’t interfere with my day-to-day life but I could feel the skin tug at that spot.

This actually wasn’t what led me into scar work, that came after my first C-section (that’s a story for another post).
But once I started my Gentle Scar Therapy training with on October 6th 2025, I began working on this area almost every night before bed, using whatever techniques I could do on myself. The photo on the left isn’t even where I started. I wish I’d taken one at the very beginning.

I wasn’t really checking in visually at first… but one night in November I decided to take a look.And I was honestly stunned. I knew it was feeling different as I worked on it. However, actually seeing it (and more importantly) actually pausing to check in with my body…was a different experience.

That tight, anchored feeling had softened & released.

My hip felt more open.

When I side bent to the right, I had more range of motion without that hard tug. It was kind of wild how much better my hip and upper leg felt. And also kind of funny… how we don’t always notice when something improves. I’ve continued working with this scar (and my C-section scars) regularly since then.

Scar tissue is often overlooked. We have a surgery, we heal, and then months or years later things can start to show up:
pain & dysfunction. Often showing up somewhere completely different.

We end up chasing symptoms without realizing the scar might be part of the picture. It’s one of the reasons I’ve become so interested in this work. ESPECIALLY with C-section scarring.

“Do you have any scars?” is now one of the first questions I ask before I begin working with someone.

Because scars are kind of like icebergs. What you see on the surface is only a small part of what’s going on underneath.

04/03/2026

Okay sooo… apparently I’ve been BUSY behind the scenes 😂✨

While I finished my Gentle Scar Therapy training back in December, I just made my final tuition payment and officially received my certification! I can now say I am officially a Gentle Scar Therapist 🤍

AND I completed my Chair Yoga Teacher Training!!!

This one has been a long time coming…
Something I’ve been slowly working toward over the past year, but dreaming about for over 6 years.

Feels really good to finally be here 🥹

Keep your eyes peeled because we’ve got some new things coming:

✨ Scar tissue work
✨ A free community chair flow series

Quietly building… now popping out with receipts 🧾😂✨

03/19/2026

🌱 The snow has melted and the spring is upon us and with it brings the actual new year!

Spring is when things begin to move again.

There’s more light✨ More energy✨More forward motion.

In nature, now is this is the season of action-not in January!

I’ll be co-facilitating a free community vision board workshop next week with Tri-County HEZ ✨

This is a space to connect & create!

Sign up, link in bio!

📍 Tri-County HEZ | 104 Greenville Ave, Johnston RI 02919
🗓 Wednesday, March 25 | 5:30p-7:30p
💸 Free + open to the community

DM me with any questions!

03/17/2026

Spring is just about here and with it brings the start of the actual new year! Perfect time to make a vision board for what you to move towards!

I am co-facilitating a vision board work shop next Wednesday at Tri-County Health Equity Zone!

This workshop is free! Bring a friend and we will see you there!

Start turning your dreams into goals at our 2026 Vision Board Workshop! Join us for an inspiring evening where participants will reflect on their aspirations and create a personalized vision board to help guide their goals for the year ahead.

All materials will be provided, including boards, magazines, and art supplies—just bring your creativity and an open mind

01/30/2026

Big news ✨ it’s official! I am now an official Certified Community Health Worker in the State of Rhode Island!

I only just became aware of the official role of a CHW. And it’s basically the work I already do every day! supporting people, connecting them to resources, helping them navigate life transitions, and holding space for their whole wellness (not just one appointment at a time). Very excited for what will possible here and through !

01/10/2026

My beautiful Money Bowl I created at today’s Workshop led by was just what I needed 🤍✨ It was great catching up with old friends, being in good community, and really claiming the vision I am holding and building. 💰✨

01/05/2026

I am officially enrolled in the 9-month Integrative Thanatology: Death Education Counselor Program with the , led by ! This has been on my radar for a while now!

For a long time, I’ve understood in a knowing/intuitive way that death and grief sit at the core of my work. I tend to have a feel before I ever have the words. Not just literal death, but the metaphorical deaths within life. The endings, the transitions, the unravelings, the identities we shed, the seasons we outgrow. Every new beginning asks something to die. And every threshold carries grief.

I first found Cole in 2020 when I was grieving the death of my soul dog, Otis. I must have stumbled into her work through that loss (hey algorithm) because she also grieving the death of her soul dog Ruby. The world was shut down, I was grieving my dog, grieving the collapse of my early massage career, grieving the life I thought I was building… and grieving the world in front of me that was suddenly unrecognizable.
Cole introduced me to the language of shadow loss which she describes as the loss of something, not someone. And it restructured my entire understanding of myself.

Shadow loss gave words to a kind of ache I had never been able to articulate. It became the foundation of the way I hold clients in bodywork, now birthwork, and in all the liminal places in between.

Because the truth is: People are grieving everywhere. Daily. In ways our culture doesn’t even recognize as grief.
Death and the fear of death shapes everything. It drives decisions. It drives avoidance. It drives the urgency to stay busy, stay numb, stay “fine.” Avoidance of grief is, in so many ways, avoidance of life.

Lately, I’ve been holding more grief than I ever have. It’s deep to the core of my being, heavy, full-body grief. Yet, no one has died. That’s the power of shadow loss.Having language for it has been life-saving.

And now… being trained to walk with others through these terrains feels like the most honest extension of everything I already do. I am so excited for this cohort to begin 🤍💜✨

01/04/2026

These two office scenes play through my head constantlyyyyyy. It’s always funny filling stuff out after being self employed for this long, and also being a one woman show…

Owner: self
Manager: self
Billing: self
Past Supervisor: still self 😅

Here are to many more years of not being easy to manage 😅🥂✨

12/14/2025

If this could be helpful to you or someone you know, please DM or email nicole@nehacollective.com with questions.
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“We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” - Martin Luther King Jr

12/01/2025

✨A new season of perinatal care is here! ✨

For the holidays, I’m offering limited-time gift certificates for deeply restorative prenatal + postpartum sessions🎁

✨ Prenatal Restorative Session : $99 ($175 value)
✨ Postpartum* Renewal Session: $99 ($175 value)
✨ 3-Session Restorative Series : $240 ($525 value)

These are 90-minute restorative journeys designed to help your body (and your nervous system) exhale. Beginning with decompression time in The Drift Room, blending warm compresses, guided breath, subconscious support, integrative rest, and the Oakworks® side-lying system for deep comfort.

Gift them. Use them. Save them for when you finally have a minute to yourself!

* And for postpartum: whether you’re 2 days, 3 months, 1 year, or 20 years postpartum… this offering is for you. Once postpartum, always postpartum 😉❤️

✨ Certificates never expire
✨ Beautiful digital or mailed options

Give rest. Give relief. Give support.
👉 https://www.newenglandhealingarts.com/sale
OR
DM and I will send you a link!

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