Welcome to The Practicing Body
A Sanctuary For Healing, Creative Embodiment, and Sensual Exploration
What is The Practicing Body?
The Practicing Body is an invitation to reconnect with the innate wisdom that lives within.
It is a space of presence, healing, and transformation where we meet ourselves, moment by moment, through the vessel of the body.
The body becomes our guide, our home, and our gateway to self-inquiry, insight, and meaningful change.
As we cultivate the capacity to be with all of who we are — the tender, the wild, the unknown — we begin to expand our awareness, inviting integration, creativity, and authentic expression to emerge.
Through the simplicity of being, we begin to touch the essence of who we are.
About Drea
My journey into embodiment is a slow, spiral-like reweaving shaped by the currents of life, free will, and infinite mystery. It reveals itself in waves and layers, unfolding continuously over time.
In the beginning, healing often felt overwhelming — like fear, anxiety, or the sense that something was wrong. But over time, that guidance softens. It becomes more loving, more intimate. I come to understand that what once felt outside of me is actually emerging from within. The guide is, and always has been, me.
The deeper I go in my own healing through the body, the deeper and wider I am able to go in my work with others.
The Practicing Body is an evolving blend of forms and traditions: craniosacral therapy, Reiki, shiatsu, thai massage, polarity therapy, ritual, yoga, mindful movement, dance, contact improvisation, breath work, meditation, sound healing, somatic experiencing, and coaching techniques. These come together in service of safety, presence, and the body’s innate capacity to heal.
About Drea
My journey into embodiment is a slow, spiral-like reweaving shaped by the currents of life, free will, and infinite mystery. It reveals itself in waves and layers, unfolding continuously over time.
In the beginning, healing often felt overwhelming — like fear, anxiety, or the sense that something was wrong. But over time, that guidance softens. It becomes more loving, more intimate. I come to understand that what once felt outside of me is actually emerging from within. The guide is, and always has been, me.
The deeper I go in my own healing through the body, the deeper and wider I am able to go in my work with others.
The Practicing Body is an evolving blend of forms and traditions: craniosacral therapy, Reiki, shiatsu, thai massage, polarity therapy, ritual, yoga, mindful movement, dance, contact improvisation, breath work, meditation, sound healing, somatic experiencing, and coaching techniques. These come together in service of safety, presence, and the body’s innate capacity to heal.
Creating a Practice
Working with me is entering a living, breathing process rooted in trust, safety, and sacred collaboration.
Each session is co-created, shaped by your needs, your truth, and your timing. I listen to your body, energy, words, and silence, and respond with the practices most aligned with the moment.
Our work moves like a fluid dance, guided by intuition, nervous system attunement, and our unfolding connection.
Sessions can be quiet, joyful, emotional, tender, or expansive. Healing flows with its own intelligence. As trust deepens and layers unfold, our sessions evolve naturally.
Ways to Work Together
In-Person Sessions
Sanctuary • Intuition • Transformation
A personalized, sacred space for healing, awakening, and growth— guided by your unique intention. Sessions may include intuitive coaching, bodywork, ritual, movement, or creative expression, tailored to support your journey. We meet where the work is best served: my healing space, your home, or in nature.
Online One-on-One Sessions
Healing • Awakening • Aligned Growth
These virtual sessions offer a supportive space to explore your inner world, align with your truth, and shift what’s ready to transform. Each session is guided by your intention and may include:
Coaching & Intuitive Guidance – for clarity and alignment
Somatic & Energetic Practices – to regulate and reconnect
Ritual, Meditation, movement or Creative Expression – to integrate and awaken inner wisdom
Group Practice Sessions
Collective Presence • Embodiment • Expression
These group sessions are sacred containers for shared practice, presence, and exploration. Offered both in person and online, they invite you to drop into your body, your breath, and your inner landscape, while being held in the energy of community. Each session is a living practice, intuitively shaped around a blend of:
Meditation & Contemplation – to anchor into stillness and inner clarity
Movement – to awaken the body and move energy
Creative or Emotional Expression – to access truth, aliveness, and connection
Sessions can last anywhere from an hour to 1.5 hours and may be offered daily, weekly, or bi-monthly, depending on the rhythm and cycle of the work.
Ways to Work Together
In-Person Sessions
Sanctuary • Intuition • Transformation
A personalized, sacred space for healing, awakening, and growth— guided by your unique intention. Sessions may include intuitive coaching, bodywork, ritual, movement, or creative expression, tailored to support your journey. We meet where the work is best served: my healing space, your home, or in nature.
Online One-on-One Sessions
Healing • Awakening • Aligned Growth
These virtual sessions offer a supportive space to explore your inner world, align with your truth, and shift what’s ready to transform. Each session is guided by your intention and may include:
Coaching & Intuitive Guidance
Somatic & Energetic Practices
Ritual, Meditation, or Creative Expression
Even at a distance, this work is powerful. We co-create a sacred space for transformation with presence and purpose. While single sessions are impactful, a 1–6 month journey is ideal for deeper, lasting growth.
Group Practice Sessions
Collective Presence • Embodiment • Expression
These group sessions are sacred containers for shared practice, presence, and exploration. Offered both in person and online, they invite you to drop into your body, your breath, and your inner landscape, while being held in the energy of community. Each session is a living practice, intuitively shaped around a blend of:
Meditation & Contemplation
Movement
Creative or Emotional Expression
Sessions can last anywhere from an hour to 1.5 hours and may be offered daily, weekly, or bi-monthly, depending on the rhythm and cycle of the work.
My Artwork
My art is an extension of my practice—intuitive, embodied, and reflective. Each piece carries its own innate wisdom, revealing itself when given the time and space to be truly seen, much like the body.
Most of my work is a blend of pencil drawing and acrylic on paper or canvas. I often go through phases of carrying a sketchbook wherever I go, allowing my surroundings and inner states to shape the pieces. This results in a diverse body of work, influenced by both place and experience.
Some pieces are rooted in specific geographical locations or born from immersive healing journeys. The Menstrual Blood Series, for example, reflects the raw creative revelations carried through the bloodline. These works serve as symbolic offerings—laying to rest ancestral patterns and reclaiming cyclical power.
What My Clients Say
Blog
The Body Listens Back
A mutuality of meetings. Belonging. Being completely inside an experience— the need for making plans ceases. The moment casts shades of light, creating forms of perception, caught with attention.... ...more
Holistic Wellness
July 04, 2025•2 min read
Fracturing
In this moment, I don’t remember any of the symptoms that led me to the doctors in the first place. I remember dreading the doctor’s appointments. I remember the dark rooms with long slabs of what loo... ...more
Holistic Wellness
January 24, 2025•3 min read
Am I Doing It “Write”?
Ok, Drea… now you must write. In spite of all the things you try to do right—write. Let unworthiness weep virtue and value it true, if that’s how it rings for you. Write until your rights right wrongs... ...more
Holistic Wellness
January 24, 2025•2 min read