My Journey of Service

My name is Lora Blazina, and I graduated from John F Kennedy University in 2011 with a master's degrees in counseling with an emphasis in somatic psychotherapy. I have been actively engaged in the study and practice of  healing arts for over 20 years. In addition to my master’s degree in somatic psychotherapy, I have also formally studied yoga, reiki, and sweat lodge ceremony. 

My personal journey began with yoga in 1997. Yoga helped me connect to my breath and to my body, and some very interesting things unfolded from there. 

By connecting with my body through yoga, I was able to experience mindfulness, grounding, containment and resourcing. These are all skills that make healing from childhood trauma possible. Additionally, experiencing  body work, energy work and participating in sacred ceremony gave my inner world a chance to re-awaken and revive. 

If it "takes a village" to raise a child, then it takes "a village of healers" to revive a traumatized inner child. This is why psychotherapy for childhood trauma is best augmented with other forms of health and healing of the body/mind/soul. Good nutrition, mindful movement practices, time with animals in nature, are just a few examples ways we build "our team" of healers and healing activities that support the transformation that can take place in psychotherapy. 

After a decade of yoga, journaling, body work, psychotherapy and sacred ceremony, I found my way to earning my masters degrees in counseling with an emphasis in somatic interventions for healing from trauma and abuse. It is my life's purpose to share what I have learned and experienced with others on a healing path. A truly encouraging aspect of our individual healing is that as each individual heals, so too does our world. Healing generational wounding makes way for a brighter future for everyone.