jill's story
Jill was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Before going to massage school she attended college and studied psychology and child psychology. She left those studies feeling at the time they were too intense. She then attended Mind Body & Spirit Learning Alliance and soon after completing the training she opened Soothing Hands Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork.
She trained many therapists during this time. After six years she sold her practice and moved to Nosara, Costa Rica. Although Nosara is her homebase she travels the globe often to share her work.
the moments that shape us
Like most of us, Jills journey to present time has been a roller coaster. When she was just two her mother became engrossed in a cult, something that would forever change the rest of her life. After a tumultuous childhood consisting of extreme religious upbringing, verbal and physical abuse, isolation from anyone not in the cult and with no understanding or guidance of how basic society and life works, at sixteen Jill told her mom she was out.
escaping the past
She wasn’t going to follow the cult’s ways. With the support of her father (who was trying his best to keep her and her three younger siblings safe) family members and friends, she did it.
Jill was forced by abuse from her mother to leave her parent’s house. So just before her eighteenth birthday, she left. Her mother forbid her from seeing her siblings. For years Jill struggled learning how to “live” as basic lessons she has missed learning through childhood and adolescence happened to her much later in life. On top of the impressions left in her from such a harsh religious upbringing, she couldn’t see her siblings. Alas her will to not only survive but flourish drove her to where she is today.
Like many that are raised in cults, once Jill escaped, principles and words like “spirit’ “soul” “god” “pray” anything spiritual, she ran and ran fast. But after twenty plus years of doing bodywork she couldn’t ignore that she wasn’t giving just a massage. She could feel something else was happening. When it first happened it was when she was still in Jersey running Soothing Hands. A client who she still sees today asked her what had happened during their session? Jill had felt it too but had no idea what happened. To Jill it felt like a daydream, she kind of went off and couldn’t really remember what exactly she had done to the client but when she came out of the daydream state she knew something really awesome had happened. Instances like this occurred from time to time throughout the years. Jill would always respond “our souls danced” not really knowing how true that was. What Jill knows now, that she didn’t then, was that her love and compassion for those clients, paired with being fully present in the session is what allowed her to be a vessel for energy movement and a soul channel. And the more open and trusting the client is, the more magic will happen.
the path to now
Although Jill had become successful in many aspects of life; she could feel something was missing. Those that know, know…if you want the life you dream of, if you want true happiness, if you want to feel complete fulfilment in life…you need to go inward. All our power and kryptonite are in us, all our strengths and weaknesses, dark and light…all our memories, traumas ALL OF IT IS IN US. A quote from the amazing Caroline Myss “Your Biography becomes your Biology”.
And if you don’t sit with it and let go of what is holding you down or not assisting you in the life you desire, its stays in you and forever limits you. So Jill went inward and with the guidance of many amazing souls, in this realm and others, she did the self work. Let go of the old patterns and beliefs she didn’t even realize she was carrying and made new choices, for new paths. In doing this her ability to drop in and be completely present in her work grew strong. Her awareness of unconditional love and compassion for each person she encountered was heightened. That soul dance was happening with almost every client and more and more felt comfortable asking what it was and sharing the experience from their point of view.
This is when Jill received the upload that she must become a Breathwork Facilitator, a tool that was a game changer in her own journey. A tool anyone can use, at any time, any place and accessible to all of us! Jills ability to be a vessel and channel a persons soul and assist them in moving stagnant energy was brought to extraordinary levels. Jill continues to dive inward in this never ending process of self growth. Which creates a more powerful healing space for the souls she works with. Jill works with plant medicine to assist those she works with in going even deeper into the subconscious and heart. Jills purpose is guiding others through the Receive steps to create a safe space where they can heal themselves.
To be in a place of unconditional love and joy, to trust themselves, listen to that voice inside (Soul) and be present in this amazing, beautiful, blessing of a thing, we call life.
