Ariel Lee - Holistic Therapy
healing through somatic wisdom for the nourishment 0f mind body spirit
Areas of Focus
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Maybe you’re experiencing:
- Constant worry (e.g. what might go wrong, what’s going to happen, endless hypothetical “what ifs”).
- Restlessness and/or fatigue.
- Difficulty concentrating or avoidance of situations.
- Physically this may feel like constricted or accelerated breathing, tightness, shakiness, and an overall sense of feeling unsettled.
Perhaps you’d like to feel:
- A greater sense of ease, balance, and rest.
- A subtle settling of the mind, nervous system, and body.
- The capacity to engage more fully with life while feeling less held back by nervousness and anxious states.
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Maybe you’re experiencing:
- Feeling like a difficult experience from the past is often being felt in the present even if the context has changed. This can also be tied to a relational wound where you had a need that didn’t feel met in the moment (by a caregiver, friend, partner, etc.).
- Hypervigilance (scanning your environment for danger or potential threats).
- Feeling easily startled or often on edge.
- Intrusive thoughts & memories or avoidance/ tuning out.
- Fearfulness related to traumatic reminders or triggers, and maybe feeling unsafe about aspects of everyday life.
- Feelings of shame or self-blame.
Perhaps you’d like to feel:
- Like life is yours to experience more fully without constantly feeling held back by wounds from the past or present.
- A greater sense of safety and empowerment in your being.
- More at ease, rooted in your being, and a widened capacity for the awareness of the present moment.
- The growing ability to settle your nervous system during or after stressful situations.
- Hope that you can begin to live your life more freely again.
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Maybe you’re experiencing:
- Feeling really down, sad, or low. A heavy cloud that doesn’t seem to lift.
- A loss of interest in things you typically enjoy.
- Low energy, fatigue, feeling truly exhausted. Difficulty getting out of bed, getting dressed, or engaging with daily aspects of life.
- Feeling like you’ve been in a slump for quite some time, or like you’re perpetually stuck.
Perhaps you’d like to feel:
- A little brighter, and perhaps a window opening for a replenished sense of joy.
- Movement towards feeling unstuck, and a feeling of light at the end of the tunnel.
- Like you have the energy and capacity to tend to daily aspects of life and what you enjoy most.
Special Interests
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Maybe you’re navigating:
- A career change or a big move.
- Educational or creative shifts.
- Transitions in relationships, friendships, and family dynamics.
- Feeling disconnected with yourself or as though your sense of purpose feels distant.
Perhaps you’d like to experience:
- Support as you begin to think about or embark on a new path.
- Trust in yourself and reassurance as you take steps towards something that may feel unfamiliar, new, or forgotten.
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Maybe you’re experiencing:
- Chronic exhaustion and/or stress.
- Feeling totally stuck or unhappy.
- Overwork that never seems to end. You may work late, multitask in ways some could not imagine, and yet it just doesn’t ever feel like it’s enough.
- Wanting something different and feeling unsure of what to do next.
- Sick-and-tired of feeling sick-and-tired.
Perhaps you’d like to feel:
- Room to truly breathe and an increased sense of agency.
- Reconnection with resources that offer replenishment, inspiration, creativity, and a source of energetic light.
- Renewal, a budding sense of fulfillment, and a return to your sense of purpose and passion.
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Maybe you’re navigating:
- Challenges with feeling fully apart of or accepted by parts of your cultural heritage or your community.
- External/ internal questioning or denial of your ancestral identity or aspects of who you are.
- Navigating familial and societal expectations and assumptions.
- Feeling stuck between different parts of what makes you who you are.
- Adjusting your appearance depending on your environment or the context of the setting.
Perhaps you’d like to feel:
- More connected with your cultural and ancestral heritage, and more connected with your community.
- A stronger sense of cultural identity with certain parts or all aspects of your being.
- Increased confidence in your identity and expressing your unique self more fully when you want to.
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Maybe you’re navigating:
- Familial pressures to make decisions that honor your family (e.g. perhaps decisions around your education, career, relationships, living situation, and so forth) even if that results in you feeling unhappy or unseen.
- A feeling that you can’t seem to live up to expectations, regardless of how hard you try.
- The desire to honor your being while also respecting aspects of your family dynamics and culture.
Perhaps you’d like to feel:
- An embodied understanding that doing something that serves you does not inherently mean you are being selfish. It’s okay for your family to have needs, and for your needs to matter too.
- A sense of acceptance in knowing that supporting your family does not have to mean consistently sacrificing your needs — and that sometimes doing what truly feels best for you can also lead to honoring your family in different ways.
- Supported when making decisions or setting boundaries with loved ones that may not feel easy or align with how things have typically been done.
- Open to the idea that making a decision that serves you does not negate the numerous times you have loved, honored, and supported your family. Perhaps both can coexist at once.
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Maybe you’re experiencing:
- Self-doubt in your abilities despite educational or career achievements.
- Working more to overcompensate for feelings of inadequacy.
- Worry that you will be exposed as failing to live up to expectations or titles associated with your education or career.
- Systemic oppression that reinforces your internal experience.
Perhaps you’d like to feel:
- An increased sense of confidence in yourself, your abilities, skills, and achievements.
- An embodied understanding that you and your work are good enough.
- Growing ease and assurance when you or your work are under a spotlight.
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I can support you with harnessing the natural wisdom of your body to develop new ways of responding to your environment so you can feel less bound to the past and more aligned with the present.
This may look like exploring posture, breath, grounding exercises, movement and more, that can provide you with insights on what feels good.
I may assist you with you with reconnecting with existing somatic resources and developing new ones to feel more at home and comfortable in your being.
Your body can feel more like a powerful partner rather than a barrier or enemy.
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I can support you with reuniting with your true essence despite the challenges you have experienced in life.
This may look like tuning into to somatic elements that assist you with feeling centered, relaxed, or empowered — and shifting limiting beliefs that have internalized over time for more expansive outlooks that reflect your resilience.
This could also include connecting with your ancestral identity and/ or developing a relationship with elements of the natural world around you that can spark wonder, strength, joy, and a remembrance of a special unity that is always present if we are open to listen.
I can partner with you as you walk towards the uncertainty that can come with significant life transitions so you can feel supported within yourself and externally.
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I can assist you with nourishing what brings you joy, comfort, and ease, even if that might be hidden in shadows or may feel lost.
This may look like increasing orientations towards what is going well in your day, that week, or that month despite difficulties that may coexist— which can then be expanded somatically, emotionally, and cognitively.
I can hold a container for somatic impulses to be processed along with the painful emotions and beliefs that may be tied to them. This can invite an unfolding of what wants to happen in your system—whether that’s emotions that want to flow through, insights that are calling to be explored, or sensations that are seeking space for movement.
I can collaborate with you to:
