Bellingham, Washington
Immersive wellness retreats and workshops nestled in the forests of Galbraith Mountain — rooted in a yurt, surrounded by trails, dry cedar sauna, and stillness.
Explore OfferingsPlayhaus · Galbraith Mountain
Our Philosophy
Centerpiece is a somatic approach to wellness — a space where movement, breath, and stillness are not separate practices, but one conversation with the self. We believe the body holds wisdom that the mind has yet to catch up with.
Nestled on the slopes of Galbraith Mountain in Bellingham, our yurt wellness studio becomes a container for transformation: intimate, intentional, and held within the natural world. From the sauna to the forest floor, every element of our space is designed to bring you back to center.
"The body is the first landscape
we ever inhabit." — Centerpiece
Somatic Coaching
Somatic means whole body — your physical form, your senses, your environment, your relationships, your spirit and culture. All of these elements shape who you are and how you move through the world. Together, they form your unique soma.
When you're under pressure, in conflict, or feeling triggered, your soma activates. Your body tells a story — jaw tension, a tight neck, the urge to shut down or run. These sensations aren't problems to suppress. They are clues, and learning to read them is where real change begins.
In somatic coaching, we return to the body so you can listen to what it's been trying to tell you. You already have the tools. We simply learn to use them.
"Peace still lives inside of you. It isn't difficult to re-ignite — it begins with noticing who is driving the ship."
Our saboteurs — those conditioned patterns of protection — are present in all of us. They guard our inner innocence, our deepest connection to ease and joy. When we learn to recognize them, we stop being driven by them. One degree of shift at a time.
The Centerpiece Arc of Transformation
Untangle your thinking · Trust the wisdom of the body · Change your life
Get truly in touch with the part of you that leads you into patterns you don't want to repeat. We can't change what we haven't yet met.
Learn when and how your protective patterns take over — and begin to understand just how many areas of your life they quietly shape.
Simple practices — some taking only seconds — interrupt grooved patterns in real time and begin to rewire the brain and reconnect the body.
Build mental fitness through five innate internal powers you already carry. When these are lit up, your saboteurs naturally quiet — like turning on the lights.
With a rewired brain and body, you begin to build the life you want. Not a quick fix — a lifestyle shift that you make entirely your own.
Bring this framework into relationships, work, family, and beyond. The possibilities are as wide as the areas of your life that are ready for a reboot.
Your Guide
Over a decade of somatic practice, structural medicine, and deeply personal inquiry — in service of your return to yourself.
As a somatic practitioner and former Structural Medicine Specialist, I've spent over a decade witnessing how unresolved stress lives in the body — and how profoundly life shifts when we finally listen to it.
Today's world has created an epidemic of disconnection — from others, from ourselves, from the quiet knowing beneath the noise. My work is an invitation back to that knowing.
Are you ready to slow your pace and reconnect with your highest self?
What We Offer
Each offering is thoughtfully designed to meet you where you are — whether you're dropping in for an afternoon or committing to a deeper journey of several days.
A slow, intentional practice combining myofascial release techniques with yin-inspired yoga. We use props, breath, and stillness to release deep tissue holding patterns — emerging softer, more spacious, and fully present.
Step outside the ordinary. We begin with a grounding forest walk on Galbraith's trails, returning to the warmth of our barrel sauna for contrast therapy and deep relaxation. A practice of wild and still, cold and warm.
A deeper dive into somatic healing, scheduled across several days on the mountain. Coming soon — an immersive container of yoga, sound bathing, somatic practices, and extended time in the forest. Space is limited and held with great care.
The Space
Our wellness studio lives inside a yurt at Playhaus — a luxury mountain property nestled into the Galbraith Mountain trail system. The space is intimate, warm, and intentionally minimal so that the real teacher — the land itself — remains present.
Monthly Experience
Once a month, we gather after a morning mountain bike ride on Galbraith's trails for a restorative yoga session in the yurt, followed by a nourishing breakfast and unhurried conversation. This is community-building at its most organic — shared sweat, shared stillness, shared tables.
Deep Dive
The retreats and workshops are a taste. A year-long coaching container is the real journey. If you're ready to go deeper — to truly untangle your thinking, rewire old patterns, and build a life that feels like yours — this is for you.
Woven into our year together is a fully curated, in-person individual retreat held at Playhaus. This is your dedicated time to get clear on what you want to create, move through the hurdles in your way, and expand into your truest form — held in the very space that was built for exactly this kind of work.
This is not a quick fix. It is a steady, supported, deeply personal arc of transformation. We move at the pace of real change. Slow and intentional.
Year-Long Container
Life doesn't arrive in neat categories — and neither do the places we get stuck. This container meets you exactly where you are, working with whatever is most alive for you: a relationship that's stretched thin, a leadership role that's lost its spark, a sense that you've drifted from yourself and can't quite find your way back.
Whether the obstacles showing up are professional or deeply personal — whether you're navigating a transition, a pattern you can't seem to break, or simply a quiet knowing that something needs to shift — we work with all of it. The body doesn't separate these things, and neither do we.
This is whole-person work. Grounded in somatic practice, guided by your own inner wisdom, and held with deep care over a full year of transformation.
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