Learning to navigate life with chronic back pain is a daily struggle. For me, this struggle began as the lingering result following a number of traumatic spine and brain injuries in my teens. Somewhat serendipitously, all these challenges eventually led me into a life-changing bodywork session in 2019. This one session dramatically shifted my internal felt experience in a profound way. I very excitedly showed Su how much range of motion I gained and gleefully described how weird and wonderful the sensation of the absence of pain felt.

This sudden newfound freedom lasted three days before the pain returned with a vengeance, but the experience was deeply imprinted in my mind. A door to a world of new possibilities had been opened and I was determined to find my way back.

Shortly thereafter, we went into COVID lockdown, and I had nothing but time to dwell on how far I felt from that delightful feeling of lightness and ease. Motivated to understand what happened, I picked up the first book I found on bodywork and began developing a daily movement practice. This book referenced numerous others, and each movement session developed my internal awareness and illuminated deeper layers of patterning that raised more questions. One year later, I enrolled in The Wellness Massage Center & Institute.

It is an absolute honor and privilege to practice this work which has brought so much relief and hope to my life. Each person who walks through the door brings a life of experience and their own unique patterns. It is a joy to meet someone where they are and to work together to grow their awareness and instill a greater sense of internal coherence and functional adaptibility.