“In consulting with Lesley I now have an immediate practice that I use in teaching, and in high stakes relational scenarios. Lesley’s process of questioning, listening, attuning, and discerning, provide profound insight and practical tools that can be applied across personal and professional contexts. Lesley has a gift for translating the wisdom of osteopathic principles into accessible pathways of transformation.” – Claire Turner Reid, movement artist and educator
“Working with Lesley is a bit like alchemy, I don’t always know what will emerge but something inevitably transforms or unfolds in surprising and beautiful ways.” -Marika Heinrichs, somatic practitioner and educator
osteopathy
osteopathy is a way of supporting our body’s inherent ability to self-organize and self-heal. osteopathy is not a technique or a therapy but a philosophy and an approach to hands-on care of the body that recognizes a person as an integrated whole.
an osteopathic approach includes modalities such as soft tissue and joint mobilization, visceral manipulation, and cranial osteopathy (cranio-sacral therapy). these modalities are engaged in order to remove obstructions to health, to invite the persons vitality to express as fully as possible and to support the body’s own self-regulating and healing processes.
lesley’s osteopathic approach often involves guided attention, gentle movement, and breathing to help a person make and integrate lasting change.
each appointment is unique to the needs of the person and of the day.
typical osteopathic appointments include time to listen to your concerns and priorities, perform an assessment, facilitate a dialogue and collaborative process where we work together to create an effective plan to support your learning and growth.
appointments covered by most extended health insurance plans
“Lesley’s mentorship has supported me to articulate a process of embodied inquiry that I have brought into many aspects of my practice including writing, movement, teaching, and bodywork. Lesley is skilled at bridging the space between direct embodied experience and language. Our work has supported me to explore this realm in spacious and open ways, while also having some structure and form to work from.” -Marika Heinrichs, somatic practitioner and educator