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soma essence healing
Specializing in Trauma-Based Body & Energy Therapies
CranioSacral Therapy, SomatoEmotional Release
Somatic Experiencing®
Transforming Touch®
Reiki & Reiki Training, Healing Earth Lodge Weekends
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Jodie Cara Lindley
Trauma-Based Bodywork & Energy Healing
I am a trauma-based bodyworker with over 20 years of foundational experience as a Registered Massage Therapist. The focus of my practice has shifted over the years, and I now specialize in working with clients who have Developmental Trauma (In Utero & Birth), PTSD/Trauma, Anxiety/Depression, Physiological & Psychological Syndromes, Stress Disorders, and various Pain & Physical Issues.
My sessions integrate modalities that are focused on Nervous System Regulation & Reorganization, Discharging Traumatic Stress, Releasing Muscle and Fascial Tension/Bracing, Restoring Primitive Reflexes, and Clearing Energy Blockages. I primarily work with ages 14 and up.
I typically integrate any of the following modalities, which are dependent upon client goals and presenting symptoms: CranioSacral Therapy & SomatoEmotional Release, Somatic Experiencing®, and Transforming Touch® (Developmental Trauma & Primitive Reflex protocols). Visit My Modalities page to learn more ...
I also have experience with Pre & Post Psychedelic and Plant Medicine participants, of which bodywork can greatly enhance integration. I have other holistic interventions in my toolbelt of Energy and Body healing, which I typically include when indicated.
I believe the body knows how to heal … sometimes it just needs help activating the healing potential. This can come by satisfying our early developmental and attachment needs through secure presence and safe touch.
Please know this takes time .. I do not offer quick fixes. What I do is help facilitate the system towards balance, bit by bit.
Questions/Intentions I encourage you to bring with you to any session with me, as this will drive the focus and energy of the work:
*What do you want to see happen and/or experience?
*What would you want to be different at the end of each session?
*What is important for you?
All sessions seek to bring more regulation into the nervous system, and gently unearth and shift patterns of stress, pain, blocked survival life force energy. This is done mindfully, compassionately and within a client's own pace and rhythm.
I believe in a holistic approach to healing and wellness. Therefore my work represents an integration of mind-body-spirit. Please see my credentials below. It would be an honour to work with you.
My Practice
I am honoured to practice as part of the team at Newmarket Therapy Centre, located in downtown Newmarket.
This Centre of Psychotherapists is truly a healing Centre, with my partner Jason Koenigbaur, RP at the helm.
I approach my work intuitively, but with a strong foundation and understanding of the body’s basic physiological and energetic processes, primarily that of the nervous system.
The nervous system is our “map of wellness” and is the guide in my bodywork. My current studies reflect the latest in the neurochemistry of stress and trauma.
The energetic healing therapies I use are grounded in years of experience and study.
I believe that a Higher Power is always present and willing to assist in the healing potential.
My services complement talk therapy ... I can help with
Anxiety
Anxiety needs a voice, and for us to listen to our needs. That includes what the body needs.
Stress & Tension
Stress & tension are forces of pressure. These are held in the tissues and the mind.
Pain
Pain, especially chronic pain, is the body saying please pay attention to me, I am speaking.
Depression & Feeling Flat
We all shut down at times. Feeling overwhelmed can even cause us to leave our bodies. These states depress our body and energy systems.
Feeling Disconnected
Listening to the body and Spirit are steps towards renegotiatingdisconnection.
Trauma
Our overwhelming moments live in the body. Working with the body can restore & repair.
My Credentials ...
Somatic & Trauma-Based Modalities:
Registered Massage Therapist since 1999
CranioSacral Therapy & SomatoEmotional Release since 2006 with the Cranial Therapy Centre & Upledger
Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner Training (SEP) with The SE Trauma Institute Advanced Level
Pre & Peri Natal Workshop Video Training facilitated by Raja Selvam
Current Training in Developmental Trauma: 2021-2022
*Transforming the Experienced-Based Brain (Transforming Touch®) with Stephen J. Terrell, PsyD, SEP
*Somatic Resilience & Regulation with Kathy L. Kain, SEP & Stephen J. Terrell, PsyD, SEP
Holstic & Energy Modalities:
Reiki Levels 1-111, Master & Teacher/Trainer since 2005
Shamanic Healing training since 2008 with FOS
Healing Earth Lodge (Sweat Lodge) Facilitation & Supervision since 2016 (with Heloisa da Silva Porto)
Practical Astrology Training with Kelly Surtees in 2012-13
Ancestral Healing & Regression Therapy Training with Heloisa da Silva Porto in 2020
Assistant for Grief Ritual with Elder Heloisa da Silva Porto
The wound is the place where the Light enters you. ~Rumi
Integrative Sessions
Relieve Traumatic Stress
Clear Patterns Held In The Body
By Appointment Only
Questions? Please Contact Me!
Contact Info
Phone
Address
647 - 287 - 7745
440 Queen Street, Newmarket, Ontario
Land Acknowledgment
We acknowledge the Town of Newmarket, and the Newmarket Therapy Centre, are located on the traditional territories of the Wendat, Haudeno-saune, the Anishinaabe, and other Indigenous peoples.
We acknowledge the privilege to be on this land, with gratitude.