ForResting the Soul

ForResting the Soul Awareness Coach, Author, Fascial Release LMT, AccessBars & Cacao; I help people learn to feel again. Hi, I’m Christy. I’m returning to Peru in December 2025.

I’m a massage and fascial release therapist, specializing in emotional fascia release—a bodywork approach that helps untangle the emotional stories our tissues hold—along with being an Awareness Coach, Access Consciousness Bars® Practitioner, Cacao Practitioner, author, and plant medicine advocate. I’m based in Springfield, Missouri, USA, where I’ve been rooted for over 20 years. My passion for fascia work deepened after studying with Maria Alfieris of Magical Hands Physical Therapy, attending her transformative two-day workshop in Orlando, FL (July 2024) and again in Atlanta, GA (February 2025). Earlier in 2025, I also completed Paul Chek’s Holistic Lifestyle Coaching Level 1 course, further integrating movement, nutrition, rest, and joy into my personal life and client sessions. In January 2025, I became Secretary of the Board for the Psychedelic Society of the Ozarks, an organization committed to education, community, and safe practices around psychedelics. This role is a natural extension of my long-standing advocacy for plant medicines. That advocacy deepened even further later that spring, when I traveled to the Peruvian Amazon for a 10-day dieta, sitting in ceremony with Ayahuasca five times—a sacred experience that continues to influence my work and personal path. I hold four life coaching certifications, but I prefer the title Awareness Coach because my work isn’t about telling people what to do—it’s about guiding them to become deeply present to their own lives and choices, and this comes from personal self-awareness. I’ve been a licensed and nationally certified massage therapist for over two decades, and my work continually reinforces a truth I hold close: our physical health is inseparable from our mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. My own journey through—and alongside—addiction has shown me that the only person we can truly rescue is ourselves. That’s why I believe self-care is not selfish; it’s foundational. You can’t pour from an empty cup. Life before massage therapy taught me a lot about what I didn’t want. I worked in the legal industry—IT, administration, even managing a branch with 14 attorneys in Chattanooga, TN—before returning to Missouri and co-owning Life Essentials Wellness Center in 2004. Since then, my path has woven through community service (helping utilize a $2 million community transformation grant for walkability projects, reviving a 15-year-old garden program for the local food bank), publishing the Ozarks’ first holistic wellness directory, teaching massage business courses, and co-founding the Queen City Beard & Moustache Federation, which has raised over $120k for local causes. Outside my work, I’m happiest near water—paddling a canoe, kayak, or paddleboard—or moving my body through yoga, gentle kundalini practice, or long walks in nature. I’m a fire sign with a deep love of music, dance, and travel, and I’m on track to visit all 50 states before my time here is up. If you’re ready to reconnect to your body, your emotions, and your own inner wisdom, I’d be honored to walk beside you. Your relationship with yourself is the most important one you’ll ever have—and it’s the only one guaranteed for life.

11/28/2025

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More art for sale and these pieces are in Springfield. Ask Medicine Dreamer for pricing. 😍
11/24/2025

More art for sale and these pieces are in Springfield. Ask Medicine Dreamer for pricing. 😍

Artist: Jorge Enrique Ramirez Flores 🎨 ORIGINALS available for sale ✨Ask for pricing 💴
11/23/2025

Artist: Jorge Enrique Ramirez Flores 🎨
ORIGINALS available for sale ✨
Ask for pricing 💴

Artist: Alfredo Zagaceta 🎨 PRINTS available for sale ✨Ask Thomas Bock for pricing & sizes 💴
11/23/2025

Artist: Alfredo Zagaceta 🎨
PRINTS available for sale ✨
Ask Thomas Bock for pricing & sizes 💴

Artist: Deny Efer Rios Chavez🎨ORIGINALS available for sale ✨Ask for a pricing 💴
11/23/2025

Artist: Deny Efer Rios Chavez🎨
ORIGINALS available for sale ✨
Ask for a pricing 💴

11/18/2025

Some of you who follow me personally know our family is missing one of our own right now. Some research earlier on Instagram led me to the work of Gabor Maté, again. As we are searching for my niece, it's been an interesting journey to put myself back into a 13-year old triggered state and see how I'd react and get curious about what she's going through right now. That led me to look at his FB page, which led me to this video. Wow. I am the child of the 70's where independence was pushed and I see how I started down that path with our daughter, but shifted later in her teens. I can't change the past, but CAN help create a beautiful, healed future for us. If you're a parent, you might also resonate with this video. 🙏

How many of you took some time to DO NOTHING this past weekend?! 😂😍😅🤔
11/17/2025

How many of you took some time to DO NOTHING this past weekend?! 😂😍😅🤔

In South Korea, a unique annual event known as the "Space-Out Competition" celebrates the act of doing absolutely nothing.

Launched in 2014 by South Korean visual artist WoopsYang (real name: Hwang Ji-hae), this competition was designed as a social commentary on the overwhelming stress and burnout experienced in modern society.

Participants gather in public spaces and compete by literally doing nothing—no talking, no moving significantly, and no using electronic devices—for 90 minutes straight.

Monitored by heart rate sensors, the winner is typically the participant who maintains the most stable heart rate throughout the event.

This competition gained widespread attention for offering a humorous yet meaningful escape from South Korea’s high-pressure, overworked culture.

South Korea is well-known for having some of the longest working hours among OECD countries, and the Space-Out Competition acts as a counterbalance—emphasizing rest, mindfulness, and mental health.

The event has even inspired similar initiatives in other countries like China and the Netherlands, showing its global resonance.

Psychologists and mental health experts have supported such events as symbolic of the growing need for stress-relief in hyper-productive environments.

Psychologists and mental health experts have supported such events as symbolic of the growing need for stress relief in hyper-productive environments. ften attracting hundreds of participants.

One of the most beautiful things about attending classes with other bodywork professionals is learning from one another,...
11/15/2025

One of the most beautiful things about attending classes with other bodywork professionals is learning from one another, and lifting each other up!

Meet Dasha from Body Care by Dasha Le.  She is seriously one of the best fascia-focused professionals I’ve received work from. While she lives in STL area, she was in town today at the Expo Center and we are scheming to bring her to the studio in January or February to lead a community class on utilizing tools for releasing our facia with a personal home practice. 🥰

Drop a note of some kind if you’d like me to keep you in the loop on this one, too! 🙏🏼💚✨🫶🏼

OH! And, just a quick note about my INTENTION for this room that began as Cacao with Christy, then transitioned to The A...
11/14/2025

OH! And, just a quick note about my INTENTION for this room that began as Cacao with Christy, then transitioned to The Aware-Wolf Den after I returned from Peru this past April.

Currently, I open the doors to the studio space every Tuesday evening from 6:30-8:30pm for "community night" and all love offerings go directly to whoever is sharing their gift(s). Having the studio available for rent helps me cover the costs of the lease while still providing FREE/LOVE OFFERING-ONLY classes for our community who is desperately needing SAFE spaces to connect with others and learn about alternative and more natural ways of living.

It has been such a beautiful thing to witness everyone gathering and connecting and learning....healing, expanding and grounding.

I'd love to provide a FREE/LOVE OFFERING-ONLY fascia release class when I return from Peru again and get settled...so probably January. Then, possibly bi-weekly and eventually weekly, depending on demand. Drop a comment or emoji below if you're interested in the fascia gatherings. 🙏✨❤

Calling all space holders, teachers, healers, and creatives — the studio is officially open for reservation! ✨Over the p...
11/14/2025

Calling all space holders, teachers, healers, and creatives — the studio is officially open for reservation! ✨

Over the past year and a half, I’ve poured so much love and intention into cultivating this space… and now it’s ready to be shared. Whether you’re hosting a circle, meditation session, training, or private 1:1, the Den offers a grounded, fully equipped environment designed for meaningful connection.

You’ll find meditation seats, bolsters, mats, massage tables, instruments, speakers, ambient lighting, and the kind of energy that just feels good when you walk in.

Rates are simple and fair:
💫 $22/hour | 💫 $111/day | 💫 33% of your session fee

Tea and cacao station included (consumables extra).
View space, amenities, and availability here 👇
🔗 https://forrestingthesoul.com/gatherings-at-the-den/

If you’ve been looking for a sacred, cozy spot to share your gifts — this is it. Let’s fill this space with more heart, healing, and community magic. 💚

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About Me

Practicing for nearly two decades, I’ve developed a style of massage that’s easily customizable for each individual client. Sessions often include a range of modalities I’ve learned over the years such as basic Swedish relaxation massage, deep tissue and trigger point therapy, Thai yoga massage and cupping. Clients receive the blend of massage techniques their body needs and this often varies each time they are scheduled. My therapeutic massage services are available inside Theta Float Spa, providing optional flotation therapy and far infrared therapy services pre- or post-massage.

Due to an overwhelming influx of new clients throughout 2018, I’m usually unable to accommodate last minute appointment requests. Karen DePriest sees clients in my room on Sundays and is available for anyone looking to schedule right away.

When not in the massage room, I’m assisting with marketing for Theta Float Spa and realizing on my own personal health goals, currently focusing on a rigorous weightlifting program. Having completed a Life Coaching program in 2017, along with help from my mentors and coach, I will begin to offer online coaching programs by the end of 2020. At that time, our daughter will be preparing to graduate from high school, providing me with additional time for coaching and travel.