Change your body,
change your life.
Your pain is a pattern, not a mystery. I find it, together we release it, and teach your body to hold the change.
“Through love, all pain turns to medicine”
Rumi
Tension net
Anchor point
Pain is a pattern, not a mystery.
Think of your body as one connected web, not a stack of parts. Pull on it in one spot and the whole thing shifts. I find where the tension actually lives and release it there. That is why the relief lasts long after you stand up.
How the work works
What I help with
Conditions I help relieve and manage.
Too many struggle knowing things could be better. You have more potential than you know. Enhance your ability to know your body.
- Low back and upper back pain
- Neck pain and stiffness
- Shoulder pain, impingement, rotator cuff strain, frozen shoulder
- Hip pain and tightness
- Knee pain and tracking issues
- Sciatica and referred leg pain
- Plantar fasciitis, foot and arch pain
- Jaw tension and TMJ discomfort
- Posture related and tension headaches
- Repetitive strain in wrists and forearms, from desk and device use
- Rib cage and breathing restriction
- Forward head and rounded shoulders (tech neck)
- General postural imbalance and left to right asymmetry
- Reduced spinal mobility and stiffness
- Scoliosis related discomfort (comfort and mobility, not correction)
- Poor balance and instability
- Old injuries and scar tissue restriction
- Sports injuries and overtraining strain
- Movement compensation patterns that keep causing pain
- Mobility and fascia recovery after surgery, with physician clearance
- Postpartum recovery: core, posture, and carrying strain
- Abdominal separation (diastasis) related strain
- Pelvic and low back load after pregnancy
- Perimenopause and menopause stiffness, aches, and mobility changes
- Pregnancy related posture discomfort where appropriate
- Chronic tension and bracing
- Stress and overwhelm held in the body
- Feeling disconnected or not at home in your body
- Body image and embodiment struggles
- Stiffness and mobility loss with age
- Balance loss and fall risk
- Active adults and athletes wanting resilience and ease
- Dancers and movement practitioners refining how they move
Where to start
Four ways to work together.
Structural Integration
Hands-on work that goes after the cause, not the spot that hurts. They are rarely the same place.
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Fascial Fitness
Movement that trains the tissue under your strength, so you spring instead of strain.
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Pilates
Pilates with a structural eye. Real core control, not just a hard workout.
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Postpartum & Women's Work
Rebuild after birth, plus bone-holding work for the female pelvis that almost no one offers.
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How I work
What I do, and what I don't.
What I do
- Origin to insertion attachment work
- Whole body structural integration
- Breath guided deep release
- Sports and neuromuscular work
- Fascial release across the whole body
- Movement and Pilates education
- Skilled care for women's bodies
- Honest, clear guidance
What I don't do
- Fluffy relaxation massage
- Facials or esthetician work
- Spa add ons as the main event
- Chasing only the spot that hurts
- One session miracle promises
- Joint cracking or adjustments
- Medical diagnosis
Benefits
How my work can help you.
Find the real cause.
I read your whole body and release the fascia that is actually driving the pain. Deal with the cause and the relief sticks.
Move like yourself again.
Get your spine and balance back. We retrain how you stand and move so it carries into your actual life, not just the table.
Leave knowing your body.
You walk out understanding what is going on, not depending on me to keep fixing it. That is the whole point.
Relief that actually lasts.
This changes your structure, so the change holds for months and years. Not a reset that wears off by the weekend.
Stand tall, breathe easy.
As the fascia lets go, your ribs open and your posture settles back over a true vertical. Breathing gets easier without trying.
Age with ease and power.
Keep your mobility, balance, and spring as the years add up. Strong and capable, not careful and stiff.
Care made for women.
Unhurried, skilled work for postpartum, perimenopause, and the female pelvis. The attention this part of you rarely gets.
Grounded in real training.
Built on fascial research and the Anatomy Trains method, sharpened over nearly thirty years of hands-on work.
Results clients can feel
Mia's 3 session series helped me understand and work with the diastasis recti I have from my son's birth two years ago. Now I feel lifted and elongated, my organs feel supported, my belly is no longer dumping out. My posture is so much better. I feel like I am standing in gravity the way nature intended instead of hunched over. I only wish I had met Mia sooner.
Mom and computer programmer
My body really feels 10 years younger just from one session. My morning neck stretches were so much more delightful, and the range of motion in my neck has greatly improved.
Bodyworker, Ayurvedic practitioner
I've worked with Mia for 16 years. She doesn't chase the pain; she finds the why. She reads patterns in my body that other practitioners miss, then actually changes them. She is hands down the best bodyworker in Nevada City and Grass Valley.
Grass Valley
Mia's Oov class is great. I walk out feeling taller, more grounded, balanced, and centered. Her extensive knowledge of fascia shines through, she addresses the body as a whole instrument, all parts and systems interconnected. I highly recommend her teaching.
Pilates instructor
After an hour of Mia's exceptional teaching, I walked out taller and lengthened, more present and more intimately alive. After my 12 SI sessions my body felt great and moved with graceful fluidity. I felt 10 years younger. One session of Fascial Fitness brought all of me together, in a delightful way.
Retired chiropractor
I came in skeptical and left a believer. Mia has a way of listening with her hands that I have never experienced anywhere else.
Nurse