Dreams as messengers. As containers of love. As an invitation to be known honestly. As a path towards reclamation. As a way to finish the unfinished business.
Body as container and connector for and with all things. Body that knows what is beyond language and still speaks. Body that has its own story, that can be tended, encouraged, cared for…that can be home.
Art as the shared language of dream. As a way to take what is inside and make it visible. As a way to connect with creativity and creative potential. As an agent of transformation.
Because sometimes it isn’t about figuring things out.
It is about being with, being seen and feeling what is ready to be felt.
If you have a sense your body needs attention, have insight but remain stuck in patterns, or have experienced an impasse in more traditional therapeutic spaces, let’s connect.
Let this be the start of something different.
The start of embracing all that you are and can be.
This work is an offering of what I believe can transform lives – experiencing peace with living in a body and all that emerges therein, tending our personal and collective woundedness with loveliness and care, embracing other ways of knowing and being, and recognizing of our innate embeddedness to each other, our kin, and this earth.
Somatic Experiencing relieves the symptoms of trauma, increases nervous system flexibility and attunement, and supports your connection with your vital, authentic selves. The primary focus is supporting the renegotiation of thwarted survival energy.
I will accompany you through your dreams and the feelings they hold, the symbols, settings, and people. With presence and curiosity, we inquire deeply and create spaces for revelation so you have a chance to unlock the potency of your dreams gift. You will leave the session with a grounded application, something you can do in your waking life to honor the dream.
Movement-based expressive arts are a way of coming to know oneself, story, and potential through the creative art process. By tracking inwardly on the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels of awareness, we gain material for our written, moving, and visual expression.
Julie MacAdam is a somatic therapist and educator who specializes in trauma renegotiation with the help of dreams, the body and intricate nervous system, and the creative arts. She is also a yoga teacher and community and clinical herbalist.
Julie believes that healing is an ongoing, moment-to-moment, process that can be supported with the heart posture of presence and attunement. She supports people to have expanded flexibility and choice and creates space for other ways of knowing. She believes we each can feel capable and confident to live artfully with our whole selves, wound included.
She brings over a decade of experience and training in nervous system physiology and education, the creative arts process and praxis, yoga and breathwork, and community and clinical herbalism to offer inclusive, inquisitive, person-centered care.