“I am a successful female in the male dominated engineering field working with Erin to continue staying in a positive and self-supporting space.  There are not enough words to express my gratitude for finding Erin to work with, thank you Jessica – my old trauma therapist.  Erin is an amazing therapist of many modes (DMT, Reiki, Etc.) who is so far out of the box there are no clients that she would have trouble connecting with and helping them to help themselves by achieving their best authentic self.  

Highlighting a few of Erin’s skills would have to include her ability to draw out emotions that have been locked inside the body for years.  She knows how to work with clients at their pace, unlocking and slowly or quickly identifying the issues keeping us from moving forward in our lives.  Having worked with Erin since 2017, I have learned a method for drawing out these emotions through dance, art, music, or other modes of movement.  Where it has taken years to advance in self-identification, I can now say I confidently understand exactly where I am, what I need to continue working on, and how to navigate challenging situations in work, life, and relationships.  I would not hesitate to recommend working with Erin to discover your best self by releasing old non-supportive patterns, learning ways to communicate with others, and how to create / carve out time for the needs of your body that have needed attention for years.”

"I have become friends with my body as a result of dance/ movement therapy. This friendship has resulted in an awareness of my power as a body and as a spirit. When I look at the photo in my power pose, legs planted and feet grounded, face calm, I see someone who feels her physical body as well as someone who is connected to her younger self and older selves in an enless loop. I imagine that my younger self, my current self, and my crone self walk hand in hand as I navigate my life. I tell my younger self that the answers are are always within me, that they're in my body, that I am always connected to the universe. Whenever I'm scared or there is uncertainty, words of wisdom from my older/future self remind me that the truth and the answers already exist in me and I don't need to look further.

Moving my body how it wants to move, without overthinking, realigns my connection to the truth of who I was, who I am, and who I will be. Moving has taught me that it is okay to turn off my thinking brain and give her a rest and to take a break--the knowledge or answers somehow bubble up when I just move instinctually. Sometimes a truth is uncovered when I let my body tell a story and start moving. I have had the privilege of participating in two retreats in which I was able to deeply explore the archetypes and how they relate to my life and being. I think that the retreats have allowed for me to intentionally escape the intensity of my life and give me the ability to quiet the noise to be able to singularly focus on my light, my body, and where I am going. The lasting effects of the retreats are like strong ripples that I still feel even months and years after the retreat has completed. There is such a palpable magic that is stirred up in me from each of the retreats. I am forever changed because of them."

“I’m standing at the stove waiting for water to boil and I realize it’s a moment I’ll never have again, that I need to mark the moment just until the water boils. Stretch my arms, turn in a circle and peer into the pot to see the bubbles. I’m alive in the moment, feeling more alive because I’ve moved, just a little bit. 

And then, there are the ideas and suggestions that have been accumulating over the past few months of 52 Weeks of Movement. Week 43: falls and missteps, or even the fear of missteps. I moved my body to try out falls, to feel the fear of falling or failing, or, instead to feel solid.  Or, in week 21, exploring pleasure, fun, and feeling good when I was barely a month into healing from a serious accident. Through movement I discovered ‘feeling good’ by taking the time I needed to care for what felt vulnerable and hurt. It meant moving cautiously and carefully, but moving, nonetheless. 

Breakthroughs in how I understand myself and my relationships are not the intent, but they happen because I’ve given myself time in short moments, such as the one by the stove, to just move. They happen in longer stretches of time when I let ideas filter and settle, when I feel and understand them by moving my body.”

*Watch Marna's exploration of Self-Forgiveness below.