Personalized and compassionate bodywork for everyone
+ feeding help for the littlest ones
Michelle Bielicki, IBCLC, LMT, CST-C
Philosophy
Though I work with all ages, I always think about babies as my most important little teachers. They teach us so much about what it means to be present. They lead with instinctive knowledge and react to the world without bias or filter. It just IS. I adore this about babies! They taught me to go into every encounter with the questions “what does this person need and what is the body showing me?”.
I approach infant feeding and bodywork in much the same way, with the philosophy of first asking individuals about their goals, then working with the body with those intentions. Combined with a strong foundation in anatomy and physiology and an open dialogue with the client, so much can be achieved both physically and emotionally.
I enjoy working with clients who are eager or curious participants in the work, those who love to explore, and those who have or are interested in cultivating internal awareness. I have a gentle and intuitive touch and prefer to use the least invasive method of getting the job done.
My bodywork specialities include:
CranioSacral Therapy
McLoughlin Scar Tissue Release (MSTR®)
Emotional release & integration
“Touch provides its own language of compassion, a language that is essential to what it means to be human.”
— Dacher Keltner
The journey, the science, the heart.
My professional journey began with a Bachelor of Musical Arts degree from Pacific Lutheran University. Music was my first foray into the “unseen”— and achieving a high level of musicianship both taught me deep focus and how to sense.
After becoming fascinated with birth and lactation when my own children were babies, I began working as a birth doula and lead groups with a volunteer with a peer to peer lactation support group. I later became an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant), supporting the community with home visit services. In 2016, I joined as staff at Seattle Breastfeeding Medicine (the practice of Dr. MaryAnn O’Hara), where I was first exposed to the incredible benefits of bodywork. Compelled by the changes I saw in both adults and babies, I went back to school (yet again!) to obtain my massage therapy license, and later became a certified Craniosacral Therapist through Bastyr University. It has been a beautiful and rewarding journey!
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