Meet
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, and over 15 years experience in Energy Healing. 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, Energy Blockages, 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, Clearing Energy Blockages, and Restoring The Auric Field. I primarily work with ages 12 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® Touch Work, Reiki & Shamanic Healing, and Transforming Touch® (Developmental Trauma & Primitive Reflex protocols). Please note the focus of my practice is with integrated sessions, and I no longer do traditional swedish massage. 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.

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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. 

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Please know this takes time .. I do not offer quick fixes. The body and nervous system take time to shift. Change is typically noticed after 4 sessions on a weekly basis. What I do is help facilitate the system towards balance, bit by bit.

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Questions/Intentions that can drive the focus and energy of the work:

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*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?

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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. 

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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.

Soma Essence Healing is honoured to practice as part of the team at Newmarket Therapy Centre. 

This Centre of Psychotherapists is truly a healing Centre, with my partner Jason Koenigbaur, RP at the helm. 

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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. Read more here ...

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The energetic healing therapies I use are grounded in years of experience and study.

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I believe that a Higher Power is always present and willing to assist in the healing potential.​