Isabella Pilar

Isabella Pilar (she/they) is an integrative bodyworker whose work stems from the understanding that our body is the vessel with which we spend our entire life, and thus it holds and remembers our every experience. When we neglect caring for our body in a restorative manner, we neglect not only our ability to release and move forward through our past pain (both physical and emotional), but we also inhibit our ability to feel fully and thus to live fully. As a dancer, I have always been in awe of the human body and the stories it tells and holds. My personal experiences with emotional and physical trauma led me to focus my work on the interconnection of body and mind.

Approach

I believe bodywork is meant to meet the body where it is, and to honor the unique stories each has to tell. I adapt each session to respond to the information your body provides, allowing for the deep and slow unwinding of stored pain, trauma, and memory. My approach holds the belief that our bodies know what they need to heal themselves, my job is to listen closely enough, and provide the right conditions for it to do so.

I draw primarily from my training in circulatory/swedish massage, deep tissue massage, ayurvedic abhyanga, reiki, craniosacral therapy, quantum sound healing, and aromatherapy. 90-minute sessions are encouraged for initial sessions, as well as for deep tissue sessions, so as to have adequate time to care for the body as a whole.

In addition to being a Certified Massage Therapist (# 81024), I hold a M.A. in Clinical Psychology, a M.A. in Human Rights, and a certificate in Somatic EMDR all of which inform my practice.