*Please note that I just completed massage school and will have limited availability for the month of February, as I study for my state licensing exam!*


From my standpoint, it is hopeful to be alive and participating in the ever-unfolding touch revolution. We’re living through demanding and shocking moments of history, and I believe that human connection and touch play a key role in the construction of lasting positive social change. It’s inspiring to partake in personal and societal shifts around our relationships to the meaning of touch. We each have our own entry point and unique set of experiences that bring us here, to today, to this moment. I come from a family of bodyworkers, anatomists and doctors, and find a sense of endless possibility in the many possible approaches to ourselves and our bodies.


What does it feel like to arrive into and inhabit your body? How do you access sensations of pleasure, joy and calm? What does it feel like to “let go”?


A cuddle session with me is a chance to try on something new. It could be a chance to build your inner and embodied sense of your yeses and nos. We can work on identifying and unlearning people pleasing patterns. You can start looking for the answers from within you, and begin to share your energy from a place of choice rather than survival.


You may be wanting a place to share companionship and touch, or you might be looking to push at your edges and go beyond the limits of what you knew to be possible for you. A cuddle session with me could be a moment to let go into feeling held, cared for and witnessed. We could explore touch, play, and ease. What if things, for just an hour, felt easy? What if that hour became a few hours, and then became a day, and eventually became most of the time: if life, regardless of the changes and challenges, felt peaceful and easy for the most part? That feeling starts somewhere. Come be with me for a while, and be easy.


My time with my grandma in the last years, and days, of her life were some of my most rewarding, inspiring and influential times for many reasons. She went into hospice a few months before her death, and I was very involved in the process. In that final chapter she was the most willing to ask for and receive what she wanted and needed to make her comfortable and happy. There were silly, tender, sometimes frustrating moments, remarkably vulnerable times, gut-punching reflections on life and an ongoing weight of decisions to be made. Since that time I’ve been drawn to end of life care as an important time of loss, change and possibility.


I’m inspired to play a part in making cuddle therapy more accessible to hospice patients and their loved ones. Perhaps you’re seeking comfort, compassion and witness at the last chapter in the life of a loved one, or comfort and care as a grieving family member or caregiver. This can look many different ways, and I’d like to offer my support. If you have a loved one currently in hospice and you think that this work may be of service, please reach out.**


Finally, there’s nothing quite like the feeling of trust. I believe that trust is a relational currency of great value and something that we spend to earn. In my life I’ve learned that it takes time and positive shared experiences to build a felt sense of trust. Relationships are an ongoing and beautiful trust-building process. Among the first steps in building trust are trusting ourselves, and then making the choice to invest a little trust into relationships where it might be able to grow. I am interested in earning your trust, for safekeeping. So it can grow and become something you’re able to invest and spend in trustworthy places.


**I’m not working exclusively with hospice-related clients, if any part of my profile speaks to you, I hope you’ll get in touch with me.
           

If you submit a request for a session you can expect a reply within 24-48 hours with

2) about finding time for a 20-30 minute phone conversation to see how we may be a good fit to work together.

At this time, I’m mainly offering outcalls, which means that my clients are responsible for providing a clean and comfortable space for our sessions. If there is a strong preference for me to provide a space, let me know and we can discuss our options for that.

For outcalls over 30 minutes away, I may apply a small travel fee unless my client is unable to travel due to a disability or illness.

When we determine to move forward after an introductory call, you confirm your appointment with a $50 deposit that will go towards the session. If you cancel with at least 48 hours of notice, I’ll return your deposit (I accept Venmo and Zelle, and cash and checks in person).


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