Hi there, I’m Ryan. I’m a somatic practitioner.

As a young adult, a personal history of trauma and illness led me to explore a variety of healing systems. This path began with a few years spent in Buddhist monasteries, studying meditation.

I then traveled to Oregon for training in Heiner Fruehauf’s rigorous Traditional East Asian Medicine doctoral program at the National University of Natural Medicine. Here, I studied with masters of acupuncture, herbalism, and Qigong. Upon graduation, I was awarded “Best Capstone Project” for my work on the treatment of trauma with traditional medicine.

For the next decade, as a doctor of traditional East Asian medicine, I practiced trauma-informed acupuncture and herbalism in Maine, North Carolina, and Georgia. During that time, I also immersed myself in the world of somatics, a body-based approach to resolving chronic stress and trauma.

These days, somatics has become my primary focus. I help clients feel more resourced, regulated, and resilient, using the somatic techniques of the Somatic Experiencing and Tao of Trauma systems.

To learn more about my services, click here.