Ashley DeKam

My career path has been quite a journey. Out of college, I was a coach for a company working with distance and endurance athletes, both amateur and professional. I then started doing nutrition work for the company before leaving to open my own Pilates studio. While running the studio, I obtained my doctorate in Naturopathy. Working with my clients at the Pilates studio, I realized I had sort of a sixth sense, recognizing deeper issues in people beyond what was physically evident. I pursued more bodywork certifications and opened a practice where I work to balance the stress response in the nervous system via the connective tissue. This is hands-on work, but with a very light, intuitive touch. Because I work with the connective tissue that's innervated with the nervous system, much of my work is not only physical but psychological as well, so that I can use my background and psychology degree to help counsel people and work through issues that the body holds, calming the stress response in the body. Every session is different. Sometimes we talk, sometimes it's quiet, sometimes clients fall asleep, sometimes they laugh, sometimes they tell me their deepest, darkest secrets. I never know because the nervous system is so complex. I've even held people crying for three hours before, just to help process. Time is irrelevant. It's all about healing and creating a better moment, day, week, or year for whoever I see.