Helping to strengthen positive neural pathways and a feeling of connectedness.

Meet Hillary

I offer hands‑on sessions designed to help clients feel more at home in their bodies. My approach integrates craniosacral care, somato‑emotional support, and interoceptive skills training. Each session uses touch, through clothing, to support the wholeness of body and being.

I believe long‑held tension is not purely biomechanical. And that the impacts of stress, anxiety, and grief can go deep. 

By meeting clients where their body meets their mind in the present moment, I invite a sense of spaciousness to re‑shape what’s been held and reconnect from within.

Why craniosacral?

I discovered skilled touchwork after I reached a point of burnout in a previous career nearly two decades ago, which led me to massage school in San Diego. While I explored many modalities, it was the craniosacral techniques where my hands began to ‘see’ not just a static body resting on the table but a fluid nervous system in motion. As an adult unaware of my neurodivergence, I found receiving this kind of touch deeply meaningful and I continue to learn from it.

I strive to listen attentively to each client who comes through my door, and listen with my hands to their whole body’s story. The therapy is less about fixing and more about being present, attuned, and allowing each session to unfold naturally.


Therapist's relaxed hands around a mug

Values

In the treatment room, I aim to hold a space that feels warm, encouraging, and curious. Below, I share core principles that guide my work.

My interest in mindbody connectedness began early, with 3 copies of Gendlin’s book, Focusing, in my midwestern childhood home, and a handful of well‑loved Pema Chödrön cassette tapes on repeat in the car. At a young age, I began to value what I now recognize as introspection, intuition, curiosity, and self‑discovery.

Mindful touch offers a rare sanctuary, a doorway into noticing subtle currents and textures within us, and a generative sense of ourselves. When a client practices mindful awareness on the table, it becomes possible to truly be ‘in’ the session rather than swept away by thoughts, automatic patterns, or the heaviness of the multiple crises we’re living in. This freer and fuller experience of the present moment is available to us all.

I believe better outcomes happen when your dignity is respected. If something feels uncomfortable during a session, please let me know so that we may make adjustments together. I offer a single‑session payment structure to give you autonomy and flexibility in your care.

Education and experience

I’ve had the privilege of being in private practice doing craniosacral therapy since 2013. Each session is tailored and will have its own path. My studio‑office is tucked away in a professional building in the Mission Hills/Middletown neighborhood of San Diego.

MANUAL THERAPY LICENSURE
– California CMT #3650
– Washington LMT #60341899

EDUCATION IRL
– Bachelor’s degree
– 500-hr massage school
– 1000-hr craniosacral and allied touch training
– Craniosacral Therapy Techniques Certified (CST-T)
– Craniosacral Therapy Diplomate Certified (CST-D)
– Intraoral training and endorsement
– 400 hrs classroom assistant craniosacral trainings
– Ongoing mentorship and peer supervision

If you’ve found your way here, you may be ready for a new approach to what’s going on with you. I offer a confidential space and a gentle invitation to inhabit your own change. If you’d like, we can connect for a brief consult call to see if this feels like a good fit.

You can always contact me directly at yourinneroasis@gmail.com.

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