Hi, I’m Emily. Holistic health has always been a part of my life and is the part of myself I wish to share most. I was brought up in a very health conscious family and was taught at an early age how to care for my body. I remember going around during family get-togethers and giving everyone a back or foot massage. At ten I was having my parents teach me ashiatsu and I’ve been practicing ever since. Body work is nothing new to me and has always been something I have enjoyed. Each new modality I have had the opportunity to explore, makes me interested in what else is out there for me to learn to become a better practitioner. When I first started hearing about lymphatic drainage I was intrigued, but once I actually began learning about lymph in some depth, I realized it was a missing piece to my holistic approach.
Even though lymphatic work is pretty unique and had some new concepts for me to work through, the work itself felt very familiar to me. As an artist, I spent much of my time in school working with clay. Ceramics and clay sculpting were my main passions growing up. Doing lymphatic drainage feels extremely similar to working with clay. The nature of both is caring and gentle, soft and easy. Lymphatic drainage feels like an art to me. I treat it as such.
To say that just having experience with clay makes me a better lymphatic therapist would be an overreach, but the familiarity of the two modalities has made lymphatic work easy for me to approach with the right attitude. My job is to patiently and compassionately aid in healing journeys. Each client brings a new project that we work through step by step with care and sensitivity, just like any art project I dedicate myself to. I am incredibly grateful to have found work that feels like my favorite hobby and fulfills my passion for body work.
