Embodied Wellness Coaching
Embodiment, in short, is how you are in your body. If you struggle with persistent pain, then chances are good you’ve been wishing for a different experience or trying not to feel your body altogether.
Embodied Wellness Coaching is a process that allows you to re-connect with the healing potential of your body and a deep sense of wholeness. You’ll learn how to better understand your body’s cues, expand your self-awareness, and re-connect to your healing potential.
These virtual sessions merge the best of the Feldenkrais Method® and Functional Medicine-Based Health Coaching to create changes that stick! For some, these sessions focus on cultivating habits that can reduce pain, while others focus on implementing a healthier lifestyle. Whatever your needs, I'm here to support you.
Accepting 2 New Clients.
Feldenkrais Functional Integration®
Whether you’re a grandparent, a musician, or just want to get through the day without pain; I can help. We’ll begin where you are and focus on what you need to move forward.
When you gain greater awareness of how your whole body supports you in every action, pain decreases, and life feels easier. You’ll start to understand how your thinking and emotions impact your movement and your comfort.
Functional Integration uses precise touch and gentle movement to help you gain that awareness and cultivate the skills necessary to move, think, and feel differently. Before you know it, you’ll find yourself tapping forgotten potential and a newfound sense of comfort & ease.
Accepting 3 New Clients
How We Begin
Most people begin with a 15-20 min free Discovery Call. Others purchase a package and book their first session. I'm always here to help. I've been helping people just like you unravel mind-body patterns for over 20 years. This 15-20 minute chat is our first meet-and-greet. I'll answer any questions you have and give you a sense of how I can support you.
Once you commit, we’ll schedule your 90-min Foundation Session. This session is the foundation for our work together. It’s a comprehensive 90-min session dedicated to getting to know what it is that you want to achieve. We'll get clear on your history, dive into your "why," and explore a bit of movement so that I can get a feel for how Functional Integration or Embodied Wellness Coaching can best support you. We'll also take a bit of time at the end of the session to co-create a program that's right for you.
Our Work Together
All new clients begin with a three-month program of private sessions and mentorship. Changes don’t happen overnight, and it takes time to develop new habits. Pacing things this way allows you to gradually integrate the information, embody the somatic skills you need to reduce pain, and integrate the changes you make into your daily life. Together, we will explore concerns specific to you and your body and discover the tools you need for a lifetime of living well.
PROGRAM PHASES
INTRODUCTION AND DISCOVERY PHASE:
Many of my clients integrate this work into their lifestyle. Initially, they’re seeking practices to reduce pain and symptoms or to stay mobile, healthy, and resilient. Eventually, they engage differently with themselves and with life. Nearly everyone I see shifts from being pushed by their pain to being pulled by their dreams.
The Discovery Phase typically includes our Foundation Session and the first month of working together. I’ll get to know you and your goals and dreams. You’ll start to experience a whole new approach to living well. We’ll also peel back the layers of your daily routine, take a closer look at your nutrition, activity level, habits, tendencies, and pinpoint those that might be hindering your progress towards better health.
EDUCATION PHASE:
You’ll develop your awareness, expand your knowledge, and hone the skills you need to be successful. As part of that process, we’ll tap into the power of neuroplasticity to help you to rewire your pain and regain your life. Once you’ve mastered the process of working with yourself in this way, everything changes. And it’s a wonderful feeling.
I invite you to think of this work as a path and a practice, like meditation or playing an instrument. It’s a skill to be developed over time and where there is no end to improvement.
*The duration of this phase is dependent on your individual needs, concerns, and goals.
INTEGRATION PHASE:
With my accountability and support, you will be able to integrate your newfound knowledge, skills, and awareness into daily life. You’ll have a better sense of what helps you feel well, what inspires you, and how you approach integrating change. You’ll feel empowered to take the lead in your learning. This is where you start to become your own guru and best medicine.
*The duration of this phase is dependent on your individual needs, concerns, and goals.
Most people I work with get dramatic results within 6-12 sessions. Why? Because our work together is a process, and the 3-6 months allows them to shift old habits and create sustainable change. It allows me to be here to support you every step of the way.
Just consider how long it took you to get where you are! You are brilliant. You have learned strategies of moving, thinking, sensing, and feeling that have enabled you to survive. Now I can help you to learn new strategies that will help you to THRIVE!
Investment
3 Month Basic Program
$900
One 90-Min Session via Zoom
Six 60-Min. Sessions via Zoom
Post-session follow-up notes with recommendations.
Weekly email check-in to help keep you on track.
Six months of the Embodied + Well Library ($234 value)
Live locally? Choose between Functional Integration, Embodied Health Coaching, or alternate between the two.
3 Month Fully Supported
$1,800
One 90-Min Session via Zoom
Twelve 60-Min. Sessions via Zoom
Post-session follow-up notes with recommendations.
Weekly email check-in to help keep you on track.
Six Months of Embodied + Well Membership ($234 value)
Live locally? Choose between Functional Integration, Embodied Health Coaching, or alternate between the two.
Pain-Free Hips
I am in pain much of the time, but after seeing Buffy my hip joints have not hurt at all. Our Session was very soothing and I will be returning for more help very soon.
Brain Injury Betterment
I want you to know that Buffy’s coaching has helped me more than any other aspect of my brain injury rehab or retraining and I am so thankful for all she’s done.
—Mel
Mama’s Pain & Son’s Development
I first came to Buffy for personal training after my son was born in 2003. She helped reintroduce me to my abdominal muscles. Since then, I have seen her as a Feldenkrais practitioner for postural issues and injuries. I love to Crossfit, and I was having sore knees. Buffy helped me so much and brought an awareness that I still carry with me into workouts. When my son was diagnosed with developmental dyspraxia, I knew Buffy could help him integrate his reflexes. Her rapport with my son was so sweet & he really looked forward to going. If you check her education, you would be pleasantly surprised that she's as smart as Spock! She's got a passion for the physical and emotional body. She can certainly help you with yours.
—Brenda
Less Pain + Fewer Meds
I continue to experience nothing short of phenomenal growth in so many areas.
I have significantly reduced the # of medications I take/took regularly and have cut way back on the dosages of others. There has been such a reduction in pain overall that I was able to do things I hadn’t done in years, even decades, including riding my bicycle, cooking, and my main love, playing guitar.
—Bruce
From Injury To Discovery
Initially, I came to Buffy to see if the Feldenkrais Method could help me overcome limitations from an injury. I’ve stayed because it offered that and so much more.
Now, at 62, I benefit on many other levels. Each class is a journey of discovery for me. They’re challenging, but mentally and physically rewarding. I find a chance to laugh at myself and the habits I’ve developed over the years; habits that may have been useful when I was younger but now limit me. With Buffy’s guidance, I find new and easier ways to move, and my listening, concentration, and observation skills all improve.
—Cindy
Mindless Eating to Feeling Well
Before working with Buffy, sitting in front of the TV at night was a call for me to stuff my face with sweets, salty carbs, and then some. I would go to bed feeling bloated and miserable, leading to a painful night’s sleep. What’s transpired in our time working together has been nothing short of amazing, including many changes in my eating habits, mindset, and lifestyle: and... I am no longer diabetic!
—Happy Client
Ease For Painful Flares
Although I've been in the health and wellness industry for 15 years and have helped many people with pain, there are occasions when my own old injuries flare-up. As humbling as that can be, I feel safe and can trust Buffy to work on my body when it's hurting. She is an amazingly skilled practitioner and I give her the highest respect and recommendation.
— Pete K.
Tired of life feeling like one big episode of "Manage My Pain"?
If you're tired of life feeling like one big episode of "Manage My Pain," I get it. I've worked with people just like you. I can show you gentle, safe ways to reverse patterns of chronic muscular tension that work. But more than that, I can help you break free of the lifestyle habits that keep you stuck in pain.
Many of the current therapeutic processes, the type you are most likely undertaking, are not movement-based. Instead, they focus primarily on isolated/individual parts of the body. This is not a bad thing, BUT we need to teach these parts to move in sync with the rest of the body. We need to understand how to move as an integrated whole — physically, mentally, and emotionally. There is no separation. We must re-educate ourselves through movement.
My mission is to provide you with the knowledge, skill, and awareness needed to move beyond pain and into a life that you love.