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Pamela's Story: Awakening as a healer

Powerful change can happen for you.

I want to offer clients a taste of what bodywork has been for me. I want your experience to be transformative, transporting, blissful and opening. So much of our culture pulls us away from being in our bodies: computer work, processed foods, commuting, our fast paced lifestyles. How about a chance to drop down, peel away unhealthy patterns and activate your body's intuitive wisdom? How about feeling your senses come alive, letting bliss pervade your system, remembering what's important in life? You deserve it.

Comfort in my body was unfamiliar to me.

I grew up in a violent household: dysfunctional, unpredictable, unsafe. I incorporated many beliefs into my body, which impact how I navigate in the world. A body that has not resolved trauma keeps mistaking present time for the past. My path has been about bringing negative beliefs to the surface and finding choice. My approach to healing has been entirely holistic: an integration of somatic with emotional including diet, exercise, building community and spiritual practices.

I thought the answer was outside.

In my family I learned a lot about acting out and making a scene to be heard. In my twenties, I decided to pursue an acting career and it was going splendidly. For several years I lived in Italy and Boston and acted in children's theater and street theater festivals. I also taught theater and puppetry. Later I enrolled in a rigorous ensemble-based theater training program which included clowning as a focus. Paradoxically, the study of clown is a deeply personal journey. To create a genuinely funny character, it's necessary to excavate the shadow side of one's psyche. Personally, the approach of stripping away at the ego left me blank, lost, and scared.

That's when I fell apart.

Rather than flourish, I found myself spiraling downward into depression and becoming ever more alienated from my body. Only when I found Peggy, a local massage therapist, and started doing deep healing work did I feel positive shifts. Peggy held my hand to lead me back to myself through the darkness. I experienced deep catharsis and felt sensation return to areas that had been numb. I felt shame melt its grip on me and self-love fill its place. I awakened to valuing bodywork as integral to my path of personal healing.

Awakening to a sense of purpose.

Both giving and receiving bodywork open me up to being more tuned in, alive and present. My training in theater contributes to my understanding of the body and emotions. My love of movement and kinesthetic understanding of the world, combined with my intuitive and nurturing tendencies, are all things I bring to the massage table. My approach to healing encompasses body, emotions, and spirit.