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Totality Healing Arts, 2 South Main Street #26, Weaverville, NC (2025)

11/14/2025

Bodyworkers are in a unique position to really find the BOTTOM of bottom-up therapy - so much so that I’m not sure if clinical somatic psychologists or somatic coaches and anyone who is doing somatic work without deep, manual, physical tissue engagement really knows what is possible when we add modalities like myofascial release and craniosacral therapy as the foundation of our clients somatic work.

Don’t get me wrong, we’re all doing amazing things to walk our clients back to themselves and create a more embodied world. But I’ll continue to shine a light on what kind of activation is possible - just from the hands on work.

As the research around fascia continues to show us how incredibly it’s tied into our sense of self, ability for sensation and awareness of our body, and impacts regions of the brain responsible for memory, emotion, and more… it’s a unique opportunity for bodyworkers to gain more somatic skills, and for somatic therapists to get proficient with more intricate, hands on, tissue manipulation.

The more that we meet in the middle of the bottom up / top down paradigm, the more well rounded practitioners we train, and the more impact we make on the lives of our clients.

11/14/2025

One of my students from our last Myo-Somatic Bodywork cohort in October, was gracious enough to spend some time with me to share about her experiences throughout the training.

It was such a great time hearing her unpack some of what came up in her own process during the training, and she gives such a great description of the depth of what our work can really dig up for people.

If you’ve been curious for a first person perspective on my seminars from someone who was there - this is such a great listen! Link to our full chat in bio.

I’m so proud of her and the entire October class and I look forward to seeing great things in the future of their practices.

11/04/2025

Kristen came to me for a week of intensive therapy over the summer with a goal to connect deeper to the parts of herself that she felt may have been holding ‘hidden fears’ and hoped she could find an inner sense of courage and self-assuredness to take the next steps in her life and relationships.

I wrote at the time in some of my emails and posts about her experience of what she called ‘the bullet wound’ - a spot in her back under her right scapula that was so familiar she gave it that name. You can also scroll back a few posts and read about the ‘iron doors’ that helped her and her inner child release the stored grief that was the finale of our work with ‘bullet wound.’

When we get into our inner experience of self, other, life, and all points in between - it can be difficult to tease out and separate the parts of our experience and our self that are holding onto issues or preventing us from taking those courageous next steps in life with a sense that ‘I know myself, and what is right for me is clear.”

I often tell clients, even the simplest form of life - a single celled life form - knows to move towards food, life, nourishment and away from harm, danger, or other life forms that just want to consume it.

For modern humans, the stories we learn and carry are engraved in our nervous system until we cultivate the tools and awareness to go back and intentionally uncover what lies underneath story - the pure, unadulterated, innocence of awareness.

Where self and other are no longer tangled in a mess of broken boundaries or self-abandonment.

Talking with Kristen after our intensive, I can tell she found a place underneath what she had learned in this lifetime in which her real clarity and courage lived hand in hand with her true self.

10/21/2025

I’m really proud of my last group of students - they were able to witness and hold each other through some really powerful shifts and transformations.

It’s no joke to sign up for 5 days of training, learning subtle bodywork skills that require such a deep listening - while also going through their own recalibration.

Feeling tender, triggered, and in our own emotions and still being able to show up and absorb information, practice it, and then allow their partner to go through their own catharsis is such a testament to their skills as therapists.

It’s a lot for a nervous system to navigate all these subtleties and then to also witness and feel the tables next to them also having their experience when the level of intensity goes up and people relive uncomfortable or traumatic memories.

They all really showed up for each other even when it was intimidating or uncertain to be that support- which allowed the person on the table to go that much more into their process and release.

I know they’ve come away from this weekend with some powerful stories of their own that they’ll be able to hold with them as a reminder of what is possible when we really allow ourselves to feel everything inside of us.

06/27/2025

I’m so stoked to be hosting the upcoming Myo-Somatic Bodywork trainings at .resort

Getting this opportunity is nothing less than a synchronous nod from God that everything is in higher order.

We saw the domes being built from across our ridgeline to the next, and all these rumors were flying around.

Then of course came Hurricane Helene, no greater motivation to know your neighbors.

It turns out Munaya was the perfect fit to launch my trainings… and our July class will be the first official group to stay on site.

If you’re looking for an intimate deep dive into this work, July 31 is your class - it will be a smaller, intimate group which will allow me to give each student more hands on focus and attention to help them master the techniques.

I’m holding a spot open for someone with an incentive to balance our numbers - if you’re feeling called, I’m opening back up the early bird rate just for you ($300 savings.)

October is 100% going to fill up at 12 students max, and I’ll be excited to work with a larger group container and have more of that community feel as you all support each other through the process.

Who is ready to take their hands on healing skills to the next level?

Drop a comment below.

04/15/2025

The most profound transformations happen not through force or passivity, but at the exact point of equilibrium between the two.

This is what I’ve discovered after thousands of hours working with clients’ bodies – there exists a precise moment where change stops being something we struggle toward and becomes an effortless unfolding.

I call this “The Equanimity of Touch.”

My clients often arrive having experienced one of two extremes: bodywork so aggressive they’re left sore for days, or sessions so gentle they question if anything happened at all.

But transformation lives in the balance point. It emerges when your willingness to be present meets my precision in creating the perfect container for release.

In this synchronized state, your body can finally evaluate what protective patterns to keep and what limitations to dissolve. The result isn’t just physical relief but often profound shifts in perception and emotional capacity that extend far beyond our sessions.

What patterns might your body be ready to release when given the perfect conditions to do so?

04/08/2025

THE NON-DOING OF GOOD BODYWORK

It's not about gaining another technique.
It's not about having the most knowledge.

It comes down to - how present can you be with the forces of nature that govern our being?

Are you alight in the stillness or caught up in the waves?

Your practice and your skill comes from navigating these nuances.

Good bodywork is a tonic for the practitioner and a boon for the client.

It's a meditative practice of letting go, stepping out of the way, and allowing yourself to deepen your connection to the forces of life itself.

So while I gear up to teach the Myo-Somatic practitioner training, I'm going back to my roots and telling the story of how I got here.

Larch was an incredible human being, beyond bodywork, beyond his work with sustainability. He's left an indelible mark on my life professionally and spiritually.

The Dzogchen philosophy and practice has left its own mark on my technique and philosophy, and I could not be more grateful for this lifetime I get to practice honing my spirit through my touch.

Thank you for being my teacher.

04/06/2025

THE ACHIEVEMENT TRAP: Why High Performers Need Deep Stillness

You’ve mastered the external world.
But at what cost?

The skills that brought you success - crushing it, overcoming obstacles, thriving in high-stress environments - have served you well. But burning rocket fuel comes at a price your body has been silently paying.

Most high-achievers have spent decades cultivating their sympathetic nervous system response.

They’ve fine-tuned their ability to push through, to override signals that would stop most people.

What they haven’t cultivated is their inner toolkit: Stillness. Silence. Surrender.

The more you burn the midnight oil, the less depth of presence you can cultivate. You cannot activate deep states of awareness while in motion. You cannot recalibrate your perception unless you reach a still point.

Your weekly yoga class?
Your occasional massage?
Even your meditation practice?

They help. They create balance.

But they’re like skipping stones across the surface of a deep lake when you need a DEEP DIVE.

When you need something radically different, you need to commit to DOING NOTHING. Paradoxically, this is the hardest thing for someone wired for achievement.

This is why my 5-day intensive exists - to apply the brakes to a runaway nervous system and reset patterns that have been building for decades. It creates a container where you can finally release the drive to achieve, let go of control, and surrender to your body’s wisdom.

Five days of unwinding. Five days of accessing layers of yourself that have remained stubbornly in your blind spots.

Because the truth is, the deeper the water, the more stillness is required to see to the bottom.

Are you ready to develop the other half of your toolkit - the yin to balance your yang, the surrender to complement your drive?

The 5-day intensive isn’t just another appointment. It’s a fundamentally different approach for those who recognize that the skills that built their success aren’t the same skills that will heal their foundation.

Drop “STILLNESS” below if you’re ready to explore whether an intensive might be your missing piece.

04/05/2025

Your mind was not designed to hold everything 🧠✨

As a bodyworker constantly exposed to wellness content, I’ve realized something: scrolling through even the most positive information doesn’t allow us to truly embody wisdom. Our dopamine-seeking brains are too busy consuming the next soundbite.

And that’s just the good stuff. Consider what “doomscrolling” through anxiety-inducing news does to your nervous system. It literally rewires you to expect more cortisol, more stress, creating an addiction to emotional highs—especially negative ones.

When we’re constantly processing things outside our control, we lose touch with what’s right in front of us: our bodies, our feelings, our communities, and the tangible world we can actually influence.

So here’s your permission slip to let go for a moment. As that wise internet meme says: “Hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave.” 🍓🪨

This reminder to breathe, focus on what’s tangible, and empty your mind might be the most spiritual practice any of us can aspire to.

If you’re struggling to release that grip, CranioSacral therapy can help remind your nervous system what it feels like to stop white-knuckling through information overload.

How do you disconnect and reconnect with what matters? Share below 👇

04/01/2025

I released a new free 50min training on fascia & felt sense in preparation for my practitioner training course.

Comment ‘FEEL’ below if you want me to send it to you!

03/30/2025

Your body is holding onto truths that may still be out of reach of the best internal somatic tools and practices.

I see it all the time: clients who’ve done years of spiritual work but their bodies tell a different story.

Laura thought she had it “pretty well all figured out” after a decade of meditation and yoga. But during aerial silks, her body would unexpectedly flip her upside down without warning.

When we accessed her deep fascia and cerebrospinal fluid—places most practitioners never touch—the truth emerged: religious trauma her meditation had never surfaced.

The result? A profound release as her body finally moved through what it had been holding for years.

This is the power of advanced somatic work. We bypass the mental loops and go straight to where transformation actually lives.

Ready to discover what your body knows? My 5-day Somatic Bodywork Intensive in Asheville offers 20 hours of advanced myofascial and craniosacral work that resets your entire system.

Drop “UNLOCK” in the comments if your body is ready to reveal what your mind can’t access 👇

03/26/2025

The Missing Element in Somatic Work: TOUCH

Most somatic practices are top-down approaches with a glaring hole: the power of intentional, skilled TOUCH.

How are clients supposed to feel parts that have been shut down for decades? How can they sense tissues so restricted they barely register in conscious awareness?

The deep fascia where wounds are locked up restricts nerve sensation and blood flow... how can anyone feel this on their own?

This is why integrating myofascial release and craniosacral therapy creates magic:

The myofascial approach activates the entire fascial mesh and peripheral nervous system, creating waves of sensation that cannot be ignored.

The craniosacral work accesses the dural tube and fluid dynamics of the spine - direct connection to the central nervous system itself.

Together, they ENLIVEN the system. We wake up areas that have ‘fallen off the map’ of awareness, extracting wisdom held in ‘dysfunction.’ We speak to the archetypes that have been working to keep us safe.

The sharp knife of awareness becomes exponentially more effective when guided by skilled hands that point it directly where it needs to go.

This makes our 5-day Myo-Somatic Practitioner Training different.

We teach you to FEEL the body in ways most practitioners never learn. Your hands become the bridge between your client’s conscious awareness and the parts they’ve lost touch with.

Drop “TOUCH” below if you’re ready to learn the missing element that transforms somatic work from intellectually interesting to profoundly life-changing.

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