Hi! Welcome to my world!

I know you’re here because you want things to change drastically in your relationship and perhaps you’re wondering if I can help?

What changed my life and how I was able to significantly improve my relationships was directly related to me understanding my highly sensitive nature. Even if you think this isn’t 100% you, read on for just a bit longer as so many of my clients don’t recognize this about themselves before our work together or it’s something really new for them to wrap their minds around.

I’ve always been someone who could pick up on the feelings of others, and before I understood this, it looked like my mood changing after I’d spent time with someone or feeling super drained after what was supposed to be a conversation to catch up or a ‘fun” day out. Even though helping others feel better was something I did for a living, it didn’t occur to me that my personal relationships were taking up that bandwidth leaving me feeling drained. No wonder I was irritable and short and feeling emotionally overwhelmed a lot of the time.

I’m not sharing this to put blame on anyone. Relationships, by nature, involve more than one person and there are many dynamics playing out under the surface. What was important for me to figure out was what I needed to stay grounded so I could enjoy my relationships without feelings consumed by them.

If you’re struggling in your relationship around asking for what you need, feeling like an equal partner and being heard even if some days you are on the more ’emotional’ side, I’ve got you.

My journey began with seeking out yoga and meditation from an early age simply because it made me feel better. I didn’t realize until I was older how it was specifically helping me connect to my body, regulate my nervous system, and give me the space and tools to process big emotions.

I relied on that practice for a long time and even though I felt better during and for a little while after, I would still bump up against challenges in my relationships. It was hard for me to say no when someone needed something. I didn’t know when it was ok to choose my needs first. I would get tired and overwhelmed and burst out in frustration and my partner would have no clue where that came from. I had no idea I needed a lot more alone time than I was giving myself and I was always wrapped up in what someone else needed.

A few years after teaching yoga, I started studying a modality called craniosacral therapy. As a pediatric occupational therapist at the time, I was planning on taking that back to the kids I was working at an early learning center, but something else called me. As I started working with adult clients, I could see how much stress and tension they were holding in their bodies from past experiences they hadn’t processed.

And of course the same was true for me…as I did my own personal healing work, I also dove into studying and practicing this modality and went to many trainings through the Upledger Institute so I could not only learn how to support nervous system healing, pain and injury but also guide my clients through somatic processes to release the hold of past trauma in their bodies. For years in my practice, I saw clients who came for physical injuries that were often has an emotional cause. It was why a traditional approach had fallen short and a more holistic approach was needed. I also had the humbling experience of working with clients who were working to free themselves of the weight of witnessing early violence, abuse, sexual assault, deaths of parents and even miscarriages.

And as I continued on in my own work and practice, I realized I needed to leave my city environment. I had been living in Washington DC for nearly nine years and NYC for nearly a decade before that. My nervous system needed a break so I moved out to the west coast to a mountain town in southern OR. While I won’t get into all the details here, I will say that it was a very healing experience and gave me the space and time to explore my own personal healing at an ancestral level I’ve never been able to access living in a busy city all those years. It was transformative, to say the least.

It was at the time of my move, in the fall of 2018, that I transitioned my practice online to support clients virtually. I continued to study how our bodies are impacted by and hold trauma and old experiences. I learned more about how this played out in relationship dynamics, and I was able to make SO many connections between having a sensitive nervous system and the impacts of early trauma and how to support clients to heal their nervous systems while taking action to change their behavior in relationships so they could take up more space, be and act like themselves and truly be seen by others.

This is the crux of my work today. I know what it’s like to be ambitious, to want to make a difference in the world, be on a path personal development and also wanting to think my way through everything. My work continues to bring me back to my body to show me that healing from the inside and then doing the real work of owning your needs, saying how you feel and actually setting the boundary as you work to regulate your nervous system IS the ‘trick’ to transforming the quality of your relationship.

I hope this gives you a glimpse of my journey and experience and how I can support you to shorten yours!

Professional Education & Experience

Manisha has a B.S. in Occupational Therapy from New York University and holds a Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University. She’s pursued advanced training in CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release through the Upledger Institute to develop her skills in facilitating trauma informed healing practices. She trained with Tami Lynn Kent, MSPT in her unique method, Holistic Pelvic Care™, to further learn trauma resolution skills and how to access the creative potential of our bodies. She has completed two 200 hour yoga teacher trainings in the hatha and vinyasa methods in NYC and Washington DC and taught public classes in Washington DC for 9 years. She is currently enrolled in a somatic attachment therapy certificate program with the Embody Lab to further develop her skills in using somatic practices to help her clients transform their relationships.

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