A SPACE HELD WITH PRESENCE,
CARE, AND DEEP LISTENING.
My work is grounded in a simple belief: the body is always communicating. My role is not to impose a predetermined process, but to listen, respond, and create the conditions for greater ease, awareness, and connection.
Healing isn't something we force.
It's something we make space for.
MY APPROACH
I don't follow a fixed routine.
Depending on what you come in for, a session may include movement, rocking, compression, Myofascial Release techniques, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, stillness, or focused work with a particular area of the body.
Some clients come specifically seeking BCST. Others simply know they want relief, rest, or a more individualized bodywork experience.
I don't assume that every body needs the same thing — or that what worked last time is necessarily what will be called for today.
I pay attention to what presents itself and work from there.
THIS WORK IS PERSONAL TO ME
I've always been very sensitive — to my feelings, to my body, and to what was happening around me. But growing up, there wasn't always space for what I was feeling. Anger and sadness were often criticized or shamed, and I was frequently told I was "too sensitive."
So I learned to trust another way of knowing. I became stronger in intelligence and reason — thinking things through, analyzing, and trying to understand myself and the world around me. My feelings were still there, but my understanding of them often came later. Somewhere along the way, I became very good at thinking my feelings.
Much of my own work has been about returning to what comes before the explanation. I'm less interested now in needing to understand every feeling or figure out what it means. Sometimes it's enough to notice what's here, acknowledge it, and let it be felt.
Not everything we feel needs to make sense in order to be real — or to move through us. Sometimes what we feel doesn't need to be understood. It needs enough space to be felt.
WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
I have a particular interest in working with teenagers and young adults. I've always found it natural to connect with young people, and I appreciate the openness and responsiveness they often bring with them.
Adolescence is a time of enormous change, and young people can be navigating physical, emotional, social, and academic demands all at once. At the same time, there can be a wonderful openness in their systems — patterns may not feel as fixed, and there can be a natural capacity to respond without needing to understand or analyze everything that's happening.
I value giving young people a space where very little is required of them. They don't need to explain themselves, perform, or arrive with anything to work on. They can simply show up as they are and have an experience of being met there.
Sessions are individualized, respectful, and age-appropriate, with parent or guardian involvement handled appropriately while also respecting the young person's comfort and sense of autonomy.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Every session is individualized.
The work may be rhythmic and grounding, quiet and subtle, or move between the two. I may use more substantial compression and movement in one session and very light craniosacral contact in another.
You don't need to arrive knowing which technique you need. If you book Integrative Bodywork, I draw from different approaches according to how your body presents that day.
The session is collaborative. You are always welcome to let me know what feels supportive, what doesn't, or if you would like something to change. Your comfort and boundaries are respected throughout the work.
If you are specifically seeking Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, dedicated BCST sessions are also available.
Some sessions may feel deeply relaxing. Others may bring greater awareness to areas of tension, movement, sensation, or simply a sense of having more space in your body.
There is no expectation that your body respond in a particular way.
TRAINING + PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
My foundation in bodywork began in Canada, where I completed my professional massage therapy education and became licensed to practice. I later established my own practice in Toronto, working for several years primarily with Ashiatsu and Myofascial Release.
My continuing education included training in the John F. Barnes approach to Myofascial Release, followed by the two-year Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy practitioner training with Body Intelligence. I subsequently became a Registered Craniosacral Therapist (RCST®) with the Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America.
I also have a background in holistic nutrition, which contributes to a broader understanding of the many interconnected influences on how we feel and function.
Today, these different foundations come together in the way I practice: an individualized approach that can range from movement and more substantial bodywork to subtle touch and stillness.
Registered with the Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America