Meet Leah
I am a licensed massage therapist, Homeopath, Energy seeer (some would say healer), mother, dancer, lover of food, and a gardener. I’ve guided thousands of clients through their process of healing because I see the wholeness within and help to bring that to the surface..
It all started at the age of 8, after getting my very first massage and loving it. So obviously I started massaging all my friends, so I could get a massage back! Later in my 20s, I returned to my love of bodywork after a frustrating whiplash injury from choreography (I was moving my body in crazy ways at the time!). The injury took years to fully recover from, but it made me realize I wanted to do more than just dance and bartend. I desperately had to listen to that healer in me that was screaming to come out!
So off I went to massage school in New York, the first stop in my life-long exploration of the body, mind, and soul.
Listening is the Key to a Great Therapist
Throughout my personal journey I worked with many different wellness “experts”, and the ones that helped were always the ones who did not pidgeon-hole me into a pre-existing model of bodily perfection. They did not try to “fix” me. They allowed space and encouragement for my body to heal itself. Man am I grateful for all the experiences (even the crappy and painful ones!) because they pointed me towards how I show up for you. So I listen, I learn about your journey, I utilize tools to release unwanted patterns, and I encourage your body to heal itself.
“A beautiful thing happens when we start paying attention to each other. It is by participating more in your relationship that you breathe life into it.”
—Steve Maraboli
How I Got Into Nutrition & Homeopathy
A few years into my career as a massage therapist, I was stressing my body in more ways than one. I was performing in Massachusetts (away from home), eating more bread, cheese and wine, and prepping for an upcoming move to Salt Lake.
As much as I wanted to move to SLC, I was not giving myself time to process it all. And because my body speaks to me (and I wasn’t listening close enough!), I developed major stomach pains.
Turns out I had a bad case of candida and needed to drastically change my diet and assess my emotional state.
After changing what and how I ate, my pain drastically decreased but was still not fully resolved. So I reached out to another practitioner (an acupuncturist)… When she asked if I had grieved over leaving New York, it hit a chord, and the tears finally started to flow! Apparently I had been shoving this grief deep down, and was not even conscious it was there. When I finally grieved over leaving the life I had built there, the last of my abdominal pains went away.
A big bonus occurred after sticking to food that worked for me- My life-long, horrendous spring allergies went away, and I stopped getting so many colds and flus! I mean, I had shingles in my 20s, folx. So yeah, nutrition upped my level of health– my energy improved, my mood improved, the whole shabang.
The next few pieces in my treatment puzzle were Health Coaching and Homeopathy.
Energy & Transformation
When was the last time you felt held, supported, connected, joyful, and limitless from within?? Were you a child? Was this recently? Take a moment, close your eyes, and imagine how that feels – imagine you are whole, you are joyful, stress melts away, and you are at peace.
… Was this a challenge for you? It used to be for me.
But now this is how I often feel! Before these last few years, however, I’d say I felt almost anything but that. In fact, I was deep in survival mode- in pain, low energy, and struggling to find a way out of an autoimmune disorder affecting my digestive system. What the $?#! happened to me?!
Turns out I was coasting for too long, not doing the work to uncover and release the true limiters blocking my way to a joyful life – Blocking my way to becoming more whole, more me. The subconscious beliefs and patterns (self judgement, lack of self worth, guilt, shame..) were affecting my emotional reactions, habits and choices in life.
I honestly felt at the end of my rope and had to literally look death square in the face on a few occasions. I was really great at covering all this up, so I could continue some semblance of a life during this challenging time. AND I did not give up- I found two modalities that bring tears to my eyes just thinking about how profoundly they’ve uplifted my life.
I could write for ages on both the Higher Self Energy Work and Homeopathy. We are made up of energy first- quantum physics helps to explain that.. And these 2 modalities work with energetic blocks or frequencies, so for me, they allowed physical healing, emotional calmness, and a greater sense of who I am and what I want to contribute to this world.
In the end, the techniques I utilize with my clients are techniques that helped my healing in more ways than one.
My hope is for you to not have to go through as big of a challenge to find joy and a sense of wholeness and connection with your world and the people in it. So if you’ll let me, I’d love to help you.
Massage Credentials/Trainings
- Swedish Institute AOS in Massage Therapy, NY, 2008
- Licensed Massage Therapist in UT, 2011
- Craniosacral 1, Upledger Institute, 2023
- Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Intro, 2019
- Visceral Manipulation 1, Barral Institute, 2019
- Anatomy Trains Myofascial Meridians Workshop, 2009
- Trigger Point Trainings: Neck, Head, Arms, Legs, Pelvis, 2008-2009
- Structural Integration: Head & Neck, 2009
- The Lower Back Workshop, 2010
- BA in Dance, minor Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University, 2002
Homeopathy, Nutrition, and Energy Work Credentials
- Diploma Classical Homeopathy, International Academy of Classical Homeopathy, 2022
- Higher Self Healing Certificate, 2020
- Nova Lightwork Certification, 2018
- Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, 2017
- Functional Lab Test Analysis at Metabolic Healing, 2018
- Chakra & Nutrition/Detox Workshop at ACNEK, 2012 & 2013
- Nutritional Kinesiology Intensive, Dr Klemer, 2012
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