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The name of my practice, Sutra Body + Soul is inspired by the Yoga Sutra.
The literal meaning of sutra is “sew”.
The sutra is the thread that holds things together; a collection of ideas seen as a whole. It’s holistic focus brings completeness to each individual as they find their connectivity to the whole. No one element in the healing process is elevated over another.
Because everything is connected.
I work with those who are looking to deepen their process on their healing journey and cultivate their creative instincts and their spiritual connection.
My approach creates a container for you to reclaim your connection with your body, mind and soul through energy healing, breathwork, guided meditation, somatic trauma healing exercises, embodiment and creative practices, bodywork and ritual.
This work is for anyone who is waking up to their next level of soul awareness because they know it’s time to call in a new paradigm for themselves and the world around them.
I also work with youth who are sensitive to energy and need support with self-awareness and acceptance of creative and spiritual gifts that make them unique.
At the root of my work is a deep respect for and background in trauma healing, somatic awareness, energy healing, movement and creative practices. I work with a deep connection to the elements and Gaia. I believe it’s important to bring balance to the relationship between the body and the physical realm of the Earth and the larger mosaic of cosmic consciousness. These approaches are all woven into my sessions and classes.
We’ve too often pathologized the nature of our intuitive and creative sides because underlying trauma and ancestral wounds have kept us from learning how to authentically anchor into our core essence.
If you’ve done the work: trauma healing, mental health protocols or even spiritual ‘activations’ and you’re still spinning my approach helps you find what has remained elusive but so deeply a part of you. Together we bring home more of your soul so you can expand into what your called to.
In my practice I look at all aspects of self as a whole system in order to find deeper alignment.
I believe our bodies contain an energetic ‘map’ with a key that is unique to each of us. And I believe that our soul communicates through the body.
When life’s experiences take us out of balance we can lose our alignment with our body + soul.
The study of epigenetics understands that we also hold the memories of many generations who have come before us. This stored information in our body contains: Beliefs. Pain patterns. Trauma. Any of which can become a limitation or a possibility.
The healing modalities and creatives practices I work with assist you in tuning into and tending to the histories you’re holding. You are guided to alchemize blocks and stuck energy both physically and emotionally in order to create a more grounded environment to access higher levels of awareness and life force.
This process of building connection with the terrain of all that is you ultimately leads one to find more peace, stability and connection.
Entering into a journey of healing and ‘becoming’ allows you to observe forgotten histories and reclaim a lost intimacy with yourself.
We each carry ancient wisdom. We each carry medicine.
It’s a matter of peeling back the layers of symptoms and conditioned identities to find our inherent coherence and our unique essence.
Bio
Alongside my private healing practice I have also worked with community centers, theatre companies, and public and charter schools to facilitate artistic expression through curriculum focused on writing, performance and embodiment alongside social / emotional and trauma awareness practices. I have also been a guest teacher at Smith College and North Park University as well as facilitated my artistic practice at international residency programs: SASSO (Switzerland), AADK (Spain), Le Plongeoir (France), and Weave (Belgium).
History + Training
Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate, September 2021 – February 2022
Breathwork Facilitator Training Levels II + III, April 2020
Her Mystery School with Jumana Sophia, September 2019 – June 2020
Breathwork Facilitator Training Level I, April 2019
Karuna Ki Reiki Master Training, February 2019
Akashic Records Training, May 2017
Usui Reiki Master Training, August 2016
Usui Reiki Levels I + II, October 2015
Thai Bodywork Practitioner 200 hr, March 2014 – June 2015
MA Interdisciplinary Arts, Columbia College Chicago, July 2012
Youth Activism training, Chicago Freedom School, April 2012
Advancing Youth Development Certification, March - April 2010
BA Theatre, Loyola University Chicago, December 2005