ABOUT ME

Hello, I’m Emily! I was born and raised in Traverse City, Michigan. I am a certified Somatic Release™ breath work practitioner, and currently working on a certification in Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Five years ago, I experienced a powerful spiritual awakening and dark night of the soul, which rocketed me into a search for my own truth and self-empowerment. My own healing journey has shaped who I am today and how I am able to show up for others from a place of lived experience and true understanding. I’ve explored many different healing modalities through this including meditation, plant medicine, reiki, chakra healing, dance, astrology, past life regression, trigger point therapy, crystal and sound healing, and breath work. While all of these modalities proved helpful and offered insights in their own ways, I found breath work to be the most powerful of all, helping me to reconnect the spirit and mind to the body and relieve stress and work through trauma. I’ve practiced several different types consistently over the years, and it was through this practice that I was led to the work of Steven Jaggers, the creator of Somatic Release™. Through my own personal work with this particular modality, and now working with others, I have both experienced and witnessed profound healing and awareness of the body’s own innate power to heal itself. Every human being on this planet has this power within them. I am passionate about helping others to remember this power, assisting them in reconnecting with this for themselves through the power of breath, while holding space for them to express and help integrate what they experience. Humans are communal beings, and much of today’s “self help” attitude toward healing leaves out the importance of the genetic disposition we have to be seen, heard, and FELT by community members. True healing happens in the presence of an empathetic witness. And so it is…