An Invitation

Going through the Dark Night of the Soul can be an excruciatingly painful experience, and there are few things in this world that can launch us into an overwhelming experience of uncontrollable heartbreak like losing loved ones and the traumatic ending of romantic relationships. 

The emotional pain of losing beloveds, partners, or family members can be even more painful than physical pain. The sudden loss of an unresolved romantic relationship can feel like your arm has been cut off, or like your limbs have been severed. It can make you feel dead inside, or like your soul has been ripped out of your body. Or it can make you feel like your heart is being slowly raked over the coals for months and even years until your spirit has turned to ash. 

The physical body is the embodiment of our emotional and spiritual energy body, which is why I believe that one of the best things we can do to support our healing journey while we go through a grieving process is to stay rooted in our physical well-being, and to do things that incorporate nourishing self-care practices into our healing process. 

We can choose from so many options to support our healing process while we are going through heartbreak, loss and grief; like going to therapy, or going on long walks in nature, or spending time with friends and family, committing to a discipline of working out and weight-lifting, or getting acupuncture, or going on a vision quest and traveling. 

I felt inspired to create an offering of Therapeutic Massage combined with Sound Healing, to be used to support your healing process while you are in recovery from grief. Because, while talking about our hurt feelings can be helpful with the right support, it can also be a good idea to get out of our head and out of our stuck emotions that get trapped in repetitive ruminating cycles of blame, hurt, resentment and depression. Instead - let’s use bodywork to get connected to the sensations of our body, connected to our mindfulness based present moment awareness, and to feel that we can regulate our nervous system and move from a dysregulated state to a peaceful, calm regulated state. 

On a Personal Note: I have been through 2 excruciatingly painful breakups over the last 5 years, and these two breakups have completely transformed me on a foundational level. Through this journey, I have been greatly inspired by the work of both Thais Gibson of the Personal Development School and her insight on attachment theory & how to develop secure attachment, and the work of relationship coach Stephan LaBossiere. 

Stephan has stated that the goal of a breakup is to invite you to focus on your healing journey and to do the inner work to become healed before you get into your next relationship. I have taken that feedback seriously, and have invested in my personal healing and self-development, before I invest my heart in a new, future relationship. 

Embodied Sanctuary is the culmination in my path as a massage therapist and bodywork provider, and is a big part of my personal healing journey that I have been on over the last several years. I want to create an offering that will be mutually supportive and offer coregulation for y/our healing process, and inspire you to uplevel to your next level of self-development, and to do the inner work to increase your peace and self-confidence before you invest in your next relationship. 

Instead of going from relationship to relationship, on an endless, unconscious relationship rollercoaster and never learning any of the hard painful lessons… Or instead of numbing yourself and distracting yourself after going through heartbreak, loss and grief - I want to invite you to connect to your body & regulate your nervous system.

We can’t change or fix the past,
but we can find peace,
regulate our nervous system and heal.