Integrative Wellness didn't make me healthy... it Saved My life.

 At LOOM, we take a synergistic approach to facilitating wellness. Our integrative model incorporates mind, body and spirit while supporting your physician-led healthcare. As the director of LOOM, I have a diverse skill-set in complementary health. I am a neuromuscular therapist, Georgia licensed massage therapist and certified meditation teacher, in practice for 23 years. I'm also a certified pregnancy massage therapist, but since I've never been a Mom, I generally refer to therapists who are. 

As you will see from my gallery of photos, my own size and health status has fluctuated over the years. I've battled obesity and many other physical challenges. Yet, I've thrived against some serious odds. If integrative health practitioners had not been present in my life during my early twenties, and again, during a more recent crisis, I certainly would not be here today. I owe my life and my career to integrative doctors; the first of whom diagnosed my elusive endocrine disease after four long years of mystery and suffering. Their comprehensive approach led me to the correct medical specialist. In advance, I knew what tests they needed to run in order to finally give me confirmation and what protocols I needed to pursue in order to recover. From that experience, I knew I wanted to serve people in that same way.  I wanted to teach people how to see themselves as thriving beings— pulling them away from the defeated emotion that they would have to exist as a collection of hopeless symptoms.  Sometimes you just need a new approach. Sometimes you need someone to help you weave all of the broken threads back together. Sometimes you need someone to help you get out the way of your own weaving. I know, because my own lifelines had become totally frayed.  Remarkably, I was led back to the "LOOM." There is hope. Allow me to show you the potential of your own Divine Design and how LOOM Integrative Wellness can help change your life.  

In 2016, I traveled to Rishikesh India to become a Certified Meditation Teacher. Extracting the time-tested sciences of the Ayurvedic tradition, this 300 hour program has allowed me to develop programs for groups and individuals alike. Meditation practice can be utilized to heal from emotional and physical stress and to optimize sports performance. It helps you to organize your thoughts and reconcile them with the wellness outcomes goals that we set together.  

Traditionally, Yoga is an exercise that prepares the body for meditation, and I have enjoyed teaching it under my certification from both non-religious and ecumenical Christian perspectives. I have also taught yoga classes and individual sessions for special populations; youth, elderly and persons of size.       

In addition to studying the mind-body connection through meditation and bodywork, I have taken advantage of unique opportunities to learn clinical pastoral methods and I have recently had the privilege of providing spiritual support within a hospital setting. For many years, my motto has been, "Create Space For Healing." Often, we stand in our own way with a collection of toxic thoughts and learned negative habits. During my 23-year career, I have developed a keen sense of how the body reflects trauma & grief and "holds onto" mental and emotional patterns. There is a scientific basis for this scope of work called "psychosomatics." Sometimes, specialized doctors and counselors are needed to address the psychological basis of trauma patterns. Sometimes, we just need to honor what the body speaks and reconcile it with prayer and reflection, as God directs.  

 LOOM™ Integrative Wellness is founded upon my personal relationship with Jesus Christ, who I believe is available to all people, regardless of religion.  Our ethical and professional standards remain non-religious. We welcome people of all faiths and traditions.  Spiritual care is an optional component at LOOM™ and your treatment plan can remain entirely free of any spiritual or religious nuance.

I have witnessed many unfortunate manipulations of spiritual care frameworks within complementary healthcare.  It is my mission to preserve safe spaces for all individuals who wish to acknowledge their spirituality as they pursue overall wellness.  We do not tap into cosmic forces.  We do not attune to mysterious energies.  We simply acknowledge faith in "The Great Physician," and honor it throughout your wellness plan at LOOM.  Before getting started, you can let us know if our spiritual component fits your personal perspective of care.