Haven: Holistic + Somatic Healing

09/12/2025

Give the gift of rest. 🌿✨
Haven gift cards are available online and can be used toward any of our healing services.

A beautiful way to celebrate self-care—for yourself or someone you love. 💝

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09/09/2025

✨ Meet Our Practitioner: Cynthia Ruse, LMT, MCLC ✨

Cynthia is a Licensed Massage Therapist and CranioSacral Therapist with two decades of experience in bodywork and somatic healing. Her work is rooted in compassion and presence, with a focus on the mind–body connection and honoring each client’s pace.
She specializes in SomatoEmotional Release (SER)-focused CranioSacral Therapy — an advanced form of CST that combines gentle touch with guided dialogue. This process allows unprocessed emotions, memories, and body-held patterns to surface and release, supporting both physical and emotional healing.

Her training spans massage therapy, Reiki, life coaching, and acupressure. She draws from this wide toolkit to create sessions that are uniquely supportive and restorative.

 

09/03/2025

Sometimes the pain in our bodies can seem unbearable.

Sometimes we decide to give it too much attention and try to “fix it”.

Our bodies have physiological and structural changes that often can’t be avoided, yes.

However, CranioSacral Therapy and Somato Emotional release believe that the deeper layers of our tissues which also hold memories of past events, trauma and more, can give us so much insight.

When we bring these memories from our non conscious to our conscious awareness the magic of the body starts to unfold.

These events open the body and the mind to the possibility of self-realization.

Have you experience CranioSacral Therapy / SomatoEmotional Release before? Say hi at us with any questions you may have.

📞 text/vm: 347.836.5442
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09/01/2025

Ever feel like your body is holding onto more than just muscle tension?

SomatoEmotional Release (SER) is a gentle form of Craniosacral Therapy that helps free your body from deep-seated physical and emotional stress.

Through SER + CST, you may find yourself:
🌿 Letting go of emotions linked to old experiences
🌿 Releasing physical tension with an emotional root
🌿 Gaining insight and clarity around patterns that keep you stuck
🌿 Feeling lighter, more connected, and at ease in yourself

This approach supports adults of all ages—especially if you’ve felt stuck in emotions of the past, navigating daily stress, unprocessed grief, or emotions you can’t quite put into words. SER helps your body and mind work together to let go of what’s been weighing you down.

💆‍♀ Your mind and body already know how to heal. SER simply helps them do it.

📅 DM to book your session & experience the shift.

08/28/2025

✨ Meet Our Founder & Practice Director: Dawn Philips-Naaia, LMT,CST ✨
Dawn is the founder and heart behind Haven. A Licensed Massage Therapist since 2005, she brings nearly two decades of experience in trauma-informed bodywork and somatic care. Her approach is rooted in presence, attunement, and deep respect for each person's pace and story.

She is the creator of IFS-Informed Manual Somatic Therapy (IFS) — a bodywork modality that blends CranioSacral Therapy (CST) with the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model to support deep somato-emotional healing.

IFS helps people reconnect with their authentic self by working gently with the internal system of “parts” we all carry.

Learn more through IFS via the IFS Institute, or the book by the founder of IFS, No Bad Parts.

08/27/2025

Which reminder speaks to you today? 🤍👇🏼
✨ Not everything is worth your energy.
🌺 You’re not meant to bloom in every season.
📈 Progress matters more than perfection.
🤍 Sensitivity is a strength, not a weakness.
🫶 Growth is often messy—and that’s okay.
👀 You can always choose to begin again.

08/20/2025

Thinking about trying CranioSacral Therapy?

This gentle, hands on approach supports your nervous system, releases deeply held tension, and invites the body to unwind at its own pace.

Whether you’re navigating chronic pain, stress, or emotional overwhelm or you’re simply ready for a different kind of healing. CST offers a subtle, whole-body reset.

Swipe to learn how CST works, what to expect during a session, and why so many are turning to this quiet yet profound form of bodywork at Haven.

Your body already holds the map to healing, CST helps you follow it.

Book now. Link in bio 🔗

04/05/2024

"This is the type of work I’ve been looking for for years. If you’ve tried everything and still feel like you have emotions trapped in your body - this is your place. Very healing." says Chandler on Google

★★★★★ This is the type of work I’ve been looking for for years. If you’ve tried everything and still feel like you have emotions trapped in your body - this is your place. Very healing.

02/14/2024

Love is in the air! Happy Valentine's Day to all the lovebirds out there. Whether you're celebrating with your significant other or your friends and family, take some time today to show your love and appreciation for the special people in your life.

12/19/2023

"As a trauma therapist, I always recommend Haven Healing to my clients and my therapist community. Haven has a high attention to detail and care to trauma survivors. I appreciate how they support client's physical, emotional, and spiritual health with a trauma-informed lens. I've seen how their hands-on work speaks directly to the nervous system to support client's psychotherapeutic goals." says Mary on Google

★★★★★ As a trauma therapist, I always recommend Haven Healing to my clients and my therapist community. Haven has a high attention to detail and care to trauma survivors. I appreciate how they support client's physical, emotional, and spiritual health with a trauma-informed lens. I've seen...

12/18/2023

Enjoy 15% OFF New items - Thoughtful Holiday Gifts for Your Holistically-Minded Loved Ones!🎁🌟

With a focus on at-home healing between sessions, our online shop is stocked up with tons of new items, just in time for the holidays! From a card deck on how to "hack your nervous system," to kits for energy clearing, to zero-waste home-care, our curated selection stays true to our mission.

now thru Dec 24th, use Code HOLIDAY15 at checkout (link in bio). Ship or set time for pickup at either of our locations!

12/18/2023

Limited Edition Holiday Packages!🎁

With a $50 savings built in, these packages of 3 sessions are a rare offer at HAVEN. Try a new service or send your loved one for the care they need. Available only through Dec. 24th. Purchase for yourself or as a gift card.

Check out our shop (link in bio) to purchase.

CranioSacral/SER 3 pack - $475
one initial visit (75m) + 2 follow-up (60m) visits

Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) 3 pack - $475
one initial visit (90 min) + 2 follow-up (60m) visits

Arvigo Therapy 3 pack - $475
one initial visit (90 min) + 2 follow-up (60m) visits

Zero Balancing 3 pack - $475
one initial visit (75 min) + 2 follow-up (60m) visits

Massage Therapy 3 pack
3 x 60 min sessions = $450
3 x 75 min sessions = $490
3 x 90m min sessions = $565

Packages do not expire, but if not used after one year they default to the remaining dollar value.