Welcome Home
Embodiment is the sacred practice of finding home and safety within.
Through somatic healing, meditative movement, and presence, we begin to listen to the language of the body—emotion, sensation, memory, and energy.
This isn’t about fixing—it’s about being with what is.
When we slow down and meet ourselves with care, we soften old patterns and awaken new possibilities.
Your body holds the wisdom you’ve been seeking. Together, we create space to listen, feel, express, and remember: you are already whole.
Body Alchemy
Body Alchemy is the first 6 weeks of the 14-week Awak(e)motion journey.
Not sure if you're ready for the full 14-week journey?
You're invited to begin here and see what unfolds.
Body Alchemy, the first pathway of the Ishtara® Method, is an immersion into your emotional, survival and relational body.
You’ll learn to feel safely, listen deeply, and move with what’s true—using sensation, meditative movement and expression as pathways to healing.
*Open to six women. For men or others interested in this work, please reach out for more info.
*Must be able to attend all classes live
New classes in 2026
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The Practice
This isn't dance.
This is meditative movement.
This is a practice of listening with breath, sound, movement and pleasure.
Of learning the body's language and how the body speaks through emotions and sensation.
*Video Song Credit: Body Talk by Annaca
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Root
We find ground and center.
Anchor in the self as the container from which to metabolize and compost.
Spiral
We move from a place of attunement and witnessing. Parts of us that have been neglected and forgotten.
We return to self and essence as our ground and being. To fold and sketch into all that we've moved.
Return
What You'll Receive on the Full Journey
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Body Alchemy
6-week journey- Part One of Awak(e)motion
Body Alchemy is a guided return into the emotional, survival and relational body—a space to feel, listen, and begin to rewrite the stories your body holds.
This journey includes:
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Live 2.5-hour classes via Zoom
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Small group container (capped at 6) for individualized support
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Personalized body readings
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Curated playlists and song pairings to support your body story
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Digital guidebooks for each module
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A safe and sacred space to be seen, felt, and witnessed
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A closing ceremony and celebration—with ritual and adornment
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Body Trinity
6-week journey- Part Two of Awak(e)motion
Body Trinity is a deepening of our exploration. We learn to personify our nervous system patterns in new relationship met with love, understanding and presence.
This journey includes:
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Exploration of your Protectresses: Learn how survival patterns live in your body—running your life from the shadows-and how they can shift from a disowned to integrated.
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We explore 8 core body personalities aligned with fight, flight, freeze, and fawn responses.
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Exploration of your Liberators: Discover new space, possibility and response in your nervous system.
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You'll meet 8 liberator energies that help balance, free, and integrate your Protectresses.
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Creatrix transmission and closing ceremony: A celebratory ritual and energetic activation to meet your creative essence—your unique Shakti rising. This includes a live demonstration of other energies, with invited community members participating as transmission holders.
Testimonials
"The class wasn’t just movement,
it was a transmission. A remembering. A reclamation."
Carla R.
"I am so grateful for the rapid growth this class has given me: a new knowledge of my own self and body."
Anna C.
"With Melissa's shrewd guidance, and with the support of the wonderful women she amassed, I feel more seen and accepted."
Joey P.
"I will forever be grateful for the healing I experienced through this practice, as well as a liberation of my body & spirit."
Gabra Z.