SACRAL ROOT

Rooted in Healing. Expanding Possibility.

I help people shift old patterns, reclaim their voice, and feel at home in their bodies again.

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This space was made for you.

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If you’ve landed here, you’re probably someone who’s already done some inner work. You’ve read the books, maybe tried therapy, maybe meditated or journaled.

And yet… something still feels stuck.
Maybe shame still lingers. Maybe the same patterns keep showing up in your relationships. Maybe intimacy feels out of reach, or your voice disappears when it matters most.

You’re not broken. You’re human — and you’re ready for something deeper. Something that moves you from understanding into lived, embodied change.

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OVERVIEW OF OFFERINGS

This isn’t just talk therapy. Awareness alone can take years to rewire patterns. I focus on relational, experiential, and embodied practices — blending evidence-based methods with select Eastern healing approaches — to bridge the gap between what you want to change and how you actually live, love, and connect.

Neuroscience shows that neuroplasticity — the brain’s ability to form new pathways — thrives through experience. During times of transition, chronic stress or burnout, anxiety or low mood, or when earlier experiences continue to shape the present — patterns that once helped us cope can begin to feel limiting. Within an attuned therapeutic relationship, both lived experiences and intentionally guided inner experiences can gently activate and integrate new neural pathways — supporting regulation, clearer boundaries, authentic expression, and a renewed sense of possibility when things feel stuck or fragmented. As these experiences are felt and embodied, the brain and nervous system form new connections, and over time, those connections become your new default.

That’s why my offerings span multiple entry points. Whether through integrative therapy or holistic services such as Reiki, breathwork, or sound, the work is designed to support lasting change by meeting you at the level your system is ready for — so insight doesn’t just stay intellectual, but becomes something your body knows how to sustain.

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1:1 Coaching

A personalized space to explore what feels most alive for you — whether that’s relational patterns, sexuality, communication, stress, or the ways you feel stuck in your body or life. This work is sex-positive, kink-aware, and inclusive of all identities and relationship styles. Coaching blends insight with somatic-based experiential practices so you can shift not just in thought, but in how you live and relate.

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Conscious Connected Breathwork

A two-hour, in-person ceremonial breathwork experience using conscious-connected breathing, music, and optional Reiki assists to support emotional processing, nervous system resilience, and embodied clarity. This is an active, immersive journey for those seeking deep inner exploration and integration.

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Reiki Journeys

Gentle, attuned energy work designed to promote nervous system regulation, energetic balance, and deep rest. Offerings include online Reiki, in-person sessions, and my signature immersive Reiki + Sound Journey — each meeting you where you are and supporting restoration from the inside out.

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Private Sound Bath

An immersive sound experience for individuals or groups, using crystal alchemy bowls, drums, chimes, a gong, and more, to soothe the nervous system and invite deep relaxation. These sessions offer a sensory pathway into stillness, connection, and collective or personal restoration.

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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

– Anaïs Nin

Hi, I’m Chelsea. I’m a trauma-informed therapist, somatic coach, and Reiki master.

My path has not been linear. I lost my sister to an overdose and spent years healing from the impact of an emotionally abusive relationship. Talk therapy gave me insight, but it didn’t bring me back to myself.

Today, I guide others to do the same: to reconnect with their body, their voice, and their wholeness.

Read my story
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Reiki Healing Session with Chelsea Saunders

I’ve had the honor of supporting my clients through truly meaningful shifts.

FROM SHAME TO INTIMACY

A client once came to me ashamed of his past relationships and unable to be intimate with his partner. Through months of coaching, Reiki, and psychodynamic depth work, breathwork, and guided practices, he learned to release old narratives that had lived in his body for years. Today, he and his partner have an active sex life and are planning for a family — something he once thought was impossible.

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FROM GUARDED TO GROUNDED

Another client, carried a quiet ache—resentment in her 10-year relationship, disconnection from joy, and a longing for home she couldn’t quite name. Together, we worked with her body, her voice, and the tender parts of herself she had long protected. What began as a struggle with partnership dynamics became a deeper journey of softening, letting go of old narratives, and reclaiming joy. The result wasn’t just a stronger relationship — it was her reclaimed sense of self.

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FROM SURVIVAL TO THRIVING

Other clients I’ve worked with have broken free from cycles of unhealthy relationships and reclaimed their confidence after sexual trauma. Many have learned how to expand their capacity for pleasure while staying anchored in safety, and discovered intimacy as a space of curiosity, play, and creativity. These shifts don’t happen overnight, but through consistent practice, clients begin to experience relationships — with themselves and others — as more authentic, nourishing, and alive.

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What if your healing wasn’t just a session here and there — but a multi-month unfolding?

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In 2026, I’ll be guiding a transformational program that blends coaching, breathwork, ritual, and integration. It’s not for everyone — but if you feel the tug in your body as you read this, you might already know it’s for you.

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