Welcome, I’m Cleo

I found plant medicine in 2012 out of desperation. I was struggling with severe anxiety, overwhelm, dissociation, and depression. My life felt muted—joy, curiosity, and creativity were buried under layers of childhood trauma. I coped by over-functioning, so I appeared "great" on the outside, but inside I was suffering.

Through meditation and yoga I connected with my body and a wider awareness. This gave me relief, but it wouldn't last. I was desperate for something that would actually stick.

Ceremony cracked me open—not because it fixed me, but because it showed me what I'd been avoiding: memories, emotions, sensations, and beliefs my subconscious had buried. Traditional talk therapy helped me understand my patterns, but I was stuck in my head, disconnected from my body, living in hypervigilance.

When I started working with body-based therapists, everything changed. I learned to feel my nervous system—how sensitive and on-alert it was—and to re-regulate myself when activated. Instead of shutting down, I had the capacity to show up more fully. Old narratives that had trapped me in pain lost their grip. The more I bravely turned toward myself—even when it was difficult—the more capacity became available. The return was, and continues to be, so rewarding.

Now, I offer what has profoundly transformed my life: the embodied foundation that makes deep work possible. This work—informed by Focalizing and Somatic Experiencing—helps restore balance, resilience, and presence so you can meet life with more ease and groundedness. In Somatic Sessions, I help people build the bridge between what they've experienced and what their nervous system can integrate—so they can stay present with discomfort without shutting down, numbing out, or falling back into old behaviors.

This work transformed my life. I'm here because I know what it's like to feel hopeless and disconnected—and I know what becomes possible when you learn to come home to your body.