About Anna

The Bridge Between Science & Spirit

Grounded Somatic Therapy, Ancestral Medicine, and Clinical Care

A woman with long dark hair and smiling expression standing in a room with light green walls and a brightly lit window over her right shoulder. In the background is a massage table, also used by energy and animist healing practitioners.

My path as a healer has never been linear. I have spent my life moving between the worlds of emergency medicine, physiological science, creative expression, and deep somatic energy work. I believe that true wellness requires us to look at the whole human—the nervous system, the physical tissue, the ancestral line, and the energetic field.

My journey began in the fast-paced world of emergency medicine as an EMT, where I learned the profound reality of trauma, acute stress, and how the physical body responds under pressure. That clinical foundation remains the bedrock of everything I do. Today, I am continuing that medical lineage by entering a formal nursing program, working toward my long-term vision as a Mental Health/Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.

But medicine alone only treats part of the human experience.

To understand the deeper architecture of suffering and healing, I immersed myself in the somatic arts. As a shape-shifting guide with 2 decades of experience as a bodyworker, trauma-informed yoga instructor, Reiki master/teacher, and practitioner of shamanic healing, my work is dedicated to helping people understand their own unique resonance.

Whether I am holding space for an intimate ritual circle, teaching advanced energy mechanics to practitioners, or providing hands-on therapeutic bodywork, my goal is to provide a container that is scientifically grounded, emotionally safe, and spiritually sovereign. I am here to help you remember the cunning ways of your ancestors, regulate your nervous system, and reclaim your personal medicine.

Education & Clinical Foundations

My background includes trauma-informed bodywork, somatic movement and yoga, nervous system education, energy work, and ritual facilitation.I am currently grounding my twenty-year legacy in the healing arts within the rigorous standards of Clinical Nursing. This allows me to bridge the gap between ancient somatic wisdom and modern medical science.

Somatic & Nervous System Studies

  • Unergi Body-Psychotherapy: 1-year intensive apprenticeship with Ute Arnold; 2012-2013.

  • The Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method℠: Certified through the Trauma-Conscious Yoga Institute; 2020.

  • TraumaWise Yoga (200-hr): Trained by Stephanie Pappas in the lineage of Ravi Shankar and Dr. Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing); 2019-2020.

  • Specialized Trauma Training:Transcending Trauma through Yoga with Zabie Yamasaki, and Yoga for Trauma with Dr. Nathalie Edmond; 2019.

  • Psoas Foundations: Advanced studies in the "Muscle of the Soul" with Liz Koch; 2020.

Clinical Bodywork & Holistic Massage (Est. 2006)

  • 710-hr Holistic Massage Therapy Certificate: Health Choices Holistic Institute; 2005-2006.

  • Specialized Clinical Touch: Trained in Massage for the Medically Frail & Hospice (Sage Education; 2012) and Infant Massage (Infant Massage USA); 2014.

  • Technique Mastery: Ohashiatsu, Zen Shiatsu, Polarity Therapy, Trager Approach, Neuromuscular Therapy, Prenatal, and Reflexology.

Energy Medicine & Ritual Facilitation

  • Usui Reiki Level 1, 2, Master/Teacher: Initiated by Murielle Wesch; 2010-2012.

  • Shamballa Multidimensional Healing Practitioner: Initiated by LeeAnne Englert, LPC; 2013

  • Shamanic Healing Practitioner: Three years of intensive study through the Church of Earth Healing led by Rev. Bekki Shining Bearheart; 2019-2022.

  • Indigenous Perspectives:Walking In Balance with the Visioning B.E.A.R. Circle Intertribal Coalition; 2021.