the bones about my start
I’m a student and lifelong practitioner of Maya Abdominal Therapies, trained in the lineage of Dr. Rosita Arvigo, and continually deepening into craniosacral work, spiritual healing, and grounded mystic practices.
Since 2001, I’ve worked with spiritual bodywork, massage, and energy medicine—guided by the belief that touch is an essential language of community, a pathway to connection, healing, and deeper awareness.
My travels and love of learning from diverse cultures have shaped my approach to the healing arts, infusing it with curiosity, humility, and reverence.
My Work Focuses On:
Childbearing years: fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause
Pelvic health: including organ prolapse, scar tissue healing (post-birth & post-surgery)
Infant & adult craniosacral therapy: especially for supporting the birth parent & baby dyad
Visceral & intraoral craniosacral therapy, Maya Abdominal Therapy, healing touch, and more
Modalities & Techniques I Work With:
Craniosacral therapy (including intraoral work)
Visceral manipulation
Maya Abdominal Therapy
Postnatal care (Certified Innate Traditions practitioner)
Big Island Lomi Lomi
Hot stones from Alaska foraged with love off Homer spit
Acutonics
Reflexology
Reiki & subtle energy work
Herbal support with Rusty Moon Botanicals: hand-crafted plant medicine from wild-foraged, garden-grown, & reputable, socially equitable + conscious sources
Ongoing Studies & Passions
I’m deeply committed to continuing my learning, especially around:
Plant medicine & folk healing
Wild & alley foraging, mushroom identification, and native plant cultivation
Spiritual nutrition—what feeds the soul as well as the body
Neuroscience & trauma—how generational patterns imprint the physical and emotional body
Gemstone & earth wisdom, ritual practices, and nature-based magic
A Little More About Me
I live in South Seattle, where I tend a garden, wander in the plant world, and find renewal in the sea.
My animal companions—Lilu, Bambina, and Rocky the cats, and Tapiwa dog—keep life playful and grounded.
I love documentaries, camping, and time in nature, where I return again and again to the rhythms that guide all healing.
Certifications
The Scherer Institute of Natural Healing
Santa Fe, NM
Massage and Bodywork License: ma00015963
2001
NCBTMB
National Certification Board Therapeutic Massage Bodywork
300175-00
2001
AMBP (Associated Bodywork + Massage) & ASCP (Associated SkinCare Professionals)
670424
2001
Washington state Licensed Massage Therapist
MA 00015963
2001
Hawaii state Licensed Massage Therapist
MAT 7234-0
2003
Hawaii Community College
Honokaa, Hawaii
Nurses Aid
2003
The Euro Institute of Skin Care
Renton, WA
Aesthetics License: 81379
2009
Maya Abdominal Therapy~ lineage of Dr. Rosita, Don Elijio Panit, Miss Hortence Robinson
San Ignacio, Belize
Certified Maya Abdominal Practitioner + Spiritual Healing lineage of ancient traditional medicines
2010- 2016
Cedar Mountain Herbal School
Skagit Valley seasonal spring, summer, fall wild foraging, local plant identification & creating medicine with Love & honoring sustainable harvesting
2016- 2018
Certified INNATE Traditions Postpartum Care Provider
Caring for birth parents, baby, non gestational parent in the indigenous science tradition of 40 days & 40 nights of centering birth parent with extended resting periods, warming therapies, bodywork, warm foods & community. When we center birth parent, we radically care for the collective.
2017
Gyan Yog Breath, Rishikesh India
200 hr Hatha Yoga Teacher Training
+
Reiki Level I & II
2018
Coursework
Craniosacral Braun Method with Phyllis Braun, Santa Fe NM, 2001
Pregnancy Massage, Santa Fe NM, 2002
Breath Works, Big Island HI, 2002/ 2003
Dynamic Energetics, Santa Fe NM, 2003
Lomi Lomi, Big Island HI, 2003/ 2004
Hands on Healing, Waimea Big Island, 2004
Maya Abdominal Massage self care, Vashon WA, 2010
BioTherapeutics Skincare CEUs, Seattle WA, 2010- 2014
Maya Spiritual Healing, San Ignacio BZE, 2011
Maya Abdominal Massage Professional, Loveland CO, 2011
Maya Spiritual Healing, San Ignacio BZE, 2012
Jade Reiki, Level I, Seattle, 2013
Craniosacral Braun Method with Phyllis Braun, Yellow Springs OH, 2013
Maya Abdominal Massage Certification, San Ignacio BZE, 2014
Craniosacral Braun Method with Phyllis Braun, Yellow Springs OH, 2014
Maya Spiritual Healing Wisdom Circle, San Ignacio BZE, 2015
Maya Abdominal Massage for Pregnancy, Greenfield NH, 2015
Craniosacral Braun Method with Phyllis Braun, Yellow Springs OH, 2015
Spirit Work, Training in Power, Seattle WA, 2015
Latest Massage Research, Micheal Hamm, Seattle WA, 2015
Love Your Guts Seminars, Marty Ryan, Bellingham WA, 2016
Innate Traditions Postpartum Care Provider Certified, Seattle WA, 2016/ 2017
Craniosacral (CST) Carol Gray:: Subtle Hands On Skills, Portland OR, 2015
CST Carol Gray:: the Basics, Portland OR, 2015
CST Carol Gray:: Beyond the Basics, Portland OR, 2015
CST Carol Gray:: Pregnancy Birth & Postpartum, Portland OR, 2021
CST Carol Gray:: Infant Craniosacral, Portland OR, 2021
CST Carol Gray:: Supporting Emotional Release, Portland OR, 2022
CST Carol Gray:: Infant Craniosacral, Portland OR, 2024
Ethics Courses with Brain Utting, Seattle WA, biennial
Chat with me
free 15 minute phone or Practice Better video consultation to inquire about how my work tends to your health, how I work.