FOR INDIVIDUALS
somatic and spiritual medicine for wholeness and healing
Chicago in-person and virtual on zoom
welcome
allow me to accompany you as you traverse the landscape of your inner world.
as a practitioner of somatic, energetic and spiritual trauma resolution, my role is to co-create conditions of enough safety and hold a container that is wide and resourced enough for your body’s natural healing capacity to unfold.
all of you is welcomed into our sessions, with your autonomy leading the way. i practice self-determined care and work to support you in building internalized self-worth and feeling more of your raw power.
my clients love working with me for my gentle yet deft ability to ask questions that get to the root of the matter— supporting you in feel-sensing your underlying needs, limits and desires.
my grounded presence, commitment to my ongoing healing, and powerful connection to my spiritual lineages makes me an experienced guide to support you as you move through the intensity of trauma resolution.
the containers i create are held with the infinite power and compassion of Quan Yin, the Buddhist Goddess of Compassion. her love and mercy creates a container that has the capacity to be much greater than the traumas we’ve experienced inter-generationally, systemically and interpersonally.
somatic trauma resolution
Chicago and virtual sessions available
through powerful resourcing and precision attunement, these sessions help you meet the challenges and complexities of developmental and intergenerational trauma, one small and doable piece at a time.
clients most often come to me to receive support around challenging attachment histories, embodying self-worth and receptivity, moving through grief and anger, unraveling shame and repression, and feeling more presence, power and capacity in the dystopian experience that is our world.
in these sessions, we work with the power of nature, ancestors and deity to co-create conditions in the relational field for your body’s natural healing capacity to unfold.
be supported in creating conditions for your nervous system’s intelligent capacity for self-healing can take place
practice moving through fight or flight (sympathetic) and freeze (parasympathetic) nervous system responses towards resolution
develop the understanding of the language of your nervous system and somatic experiences to better care for yourself
deepen in spiritual embodiment through connecting with ancestors, deities and nature as the cultivation of an ecology of belonging
sliding scale rates:
1hr at $75-$250
1.5hr at $111-$333
energy medicine
Chicago and virtual sessions available.
reiki, or líng qì liáo fǎ (灵气疗法, palm healing) is an energy healing modality that uses sacred symbols and focused intentions to create subtle yet powerful shifts within the energetic and spiritual body.
as a practitioner, i use a combination of Reiki symbols and qì gōng principles to create conditions where the body's intrinsic capacity to self-heal can initiate and unravel. i work primarily with the organs, meridians and energy centers, and will also channel messages from your spiritual team as they appear.
through engaging your parasympathetic nervous system and the deeply relaxing theta state of rest and digest, you'll likely experience relaxation and restoration, release in muscle tension, and shifts in your subtle energy body.
this healing modality is gentle, powerful and goes only as deep as you desire and will allow it to be received. i practice a self-determined care, trauma-sensitive, inter-sovereign, needs-based and consensual framework of energy healing, which means that i have no agenda besides holding space for your blueprint of health to unfold.
possible benefits include:
more access to deep rest during and after the session (parasympathetic rest and digest state)
circulation of stuck or stagnant qì (life force) within the organs and subtle body, helps relieve inflammation
improved digestion and quality of breathing
muscle tension or pain relief
reduction in anxiety or depression
emotional and energetic release and alchemy
connection with ancestral or inner child wisdom
identification of energetic / traumatic patterns within the body
impression of stored memories within the body
sliding scale rates:
1hr at $75-$250
1.5hr at $111-$333
pleasure embodiment
Chicago in-person only
pleasure embodiment are movement-based healing sessions for cultivating erotic energy through sacral connection and experience. on the padded floor, we will move through guided meditations, sensual dance and somatic trauma resolution techniques to support you in moving through trauma and feeling more of your raw power.
i’ve designed these sessions to support folks who may have experienced any form of sexual trauma and would like to be held in a gentle space where they get to embody their autonomy inside of historically challenging relational intimate dynamics.
possible benefits include:
increase mobility through gentle myofascial self-massage, with the support of therapy balls
develop more feltsense pleasure and joy throughout the somatic, spiritual and energetic experirience
move through dissociative freeze and numbness around sexuality, pleasure and eroticism
cultivate a relationship to sensuality and intimacy to self that empowers creative and erotic energy
often will be combined with somatic trauma resolution support and techniques
sliding scale rates:
1hr at $75-$250
1.5hr at $111-$333 (recommended for this session type)
your body is a vessel for divine essence and natural intelligence that wants to know itself and life through you
book an intro session
book an intro session
if you’re interested in working with me but don’t know where to begin or have questions, book an intro call so we can get to know one another!
“d creates soothing, safe, and nurturing setting for gently working through dissociative numbness and releasing stuck emotions.
Afra K
“I’ve spent more than a year being supported by d. d is kind, compassionate, open minded and held a space both gentle and powerful that allowed me to get at the bottom of some childhood trauma, and exclaim in our last session:
“I’m free!!!”
I was looking forward to each session with d because I knew for a fact that things would shift. With d, I’ve worked on letting go of a sense of urgency that I had felt in my body for years (hello capitalism and transgenerational trauma).
I learnt how to prioritize my own needs without triggering my nervous system, and all in all connected with more pleasure and abundance.
I’d recommend working with d if you desire a space where you can fully be yourself and get closer to your own essence and desires. They are an amazing human being and I loved working with them.”
Lyvia C
“Through my work with d, I finally was able to find the missing keys that help me resolve my chronic anxiety on a daily basis and find peace, instead of spending days or hours living with anxiety in my body.
Our work has supported me in being able to build community and overcome my social anxiety, and it’s also helping me and improving my relationships with family as well. I now know what is showing up for me and why when it comes to my anxiety, which is a game changer.
I felt safer with d after one session that I have with multiple therapists after multiple sessions. My sessions with d also supported me in being able to claim my needs and wants, set up boundaries, and to be able to express them.”
Gieselle A
“d is one of the most thoughtful, loving/compassionate and powerful leaders and medicine holders that I know. They are at once kind, gentle, soft and caring – creating a space where it immediately feels like all of you gets to belong – and deep, profound, wise and activating in the best way possible.
Around d, I feel activated to see more of my power, to be more of myself, to stand in all of the parts of me that have been shunned by dominator consciousness and to fiercely reclaim all that I am – in all of my nuance and complexity and magic.
They have such a profound understanding of somatics, trauma and shame – and when I think of d, I think of a teacher who has a deep appreciation for integration, and it shows.”