Centerpiece — Wellness Retreats at Playhaus

Our Philosophy

Healing happens when the body leads

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

What is somatic?

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

Discover Your Soma

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.

Identify Your Saboteurs

Learn when and how your protective patterns take over — and begin to understand just how many areas of your life they quietly shape.

Cultivate Awareness

Simple practices — some taking only seconds — interrupt grooved patterns in real time and begin to rewire the brain and reconnect the body.

Strengthen Your Sage

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.

Create New Soma

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.

Integrate Into Life

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

Reconnect.
Slow down.
Truly thrive.

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.

Casey hiking in the mountains with her dog

Are you ready to slow your pace and reconnect with your highest self?

01 Notice where you hold tension and which "saboteurs" — unprocessed stress, unhelpful inner dialogue — have quietly taken the wheel.
02 Lasting change comes through simple practices, done consistently. Moving from reaction to response is gradual work — it asks for intention, patience, and self-forgiveness.
03 My goal is to help you reclaim your natural state of ease and flow — by addressing disconnection at its root and returning you to the truth your body already holds.

What We Offer

Experiences crafted for you

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.

Woman and dog walking through a tunnel toward light

Workshop · Sunday, September 20 (Equinox Weekend) · 10am–3pm

Unfurl

From the body into the wild

An afternoon dedicated to opening what summer has asked of us, held on the equinox threshold — where light and dark stand in equal measure, and one season passes gently into the next. We begin in the yurt, in the body — somatic embodiment and myofascial release, softening what's been held tight all season. Then we take our body into the wild — a guided hike with intentional prompts through beautiful forest. We close by writing what we're ready to release — and what we're ready to grow — onto compostable seed paper, then planting it in the earth. A quiet act of harvest and intention, left in the land, carrying summer's lessons into what's next. Lunch provided. Come ready for adventure, and for aliveness.

Somatic Hike Myofascial Release Seed Ritual

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Coming Soon

Sauna & Adventure in the Forest

Step outside the ordinary. We begin with a grounding forest hike on Galbraith's trails, returning to the warmth of our barrel sauna for contrast therapy and deep relaxation. We close with a guided reflection practice — integrating the stillness the body finds after being fully alive.

Hike Sauna Reflection Contrast

Two women mountain biking through a wildflower field

Dates TBD

Ride + Restore

Begin with a mountain bike ride on Galbraith's trails — then transition into a restorative yoga session in the yurt to let the body unwind what the ride stirred up. We close with a shared breakfast and unhurried conversation.

MTB Yoga Yurt Studio Breakfast

Interested? Let me know and I'll notify you first when it's confirmed. →

Deep Dive

Ready to shift from
auto-pilot to
alive-pilot?

1 individual spot currently open

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

Somatic Coaching

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.

Yurt interior with three yoga mats and paper lantern light

What's included

Bi-weekly 1:1 somatic coaching sessions
Personalized practice toolkit for your daily life
Discover & work with your unique saboteur patterns
Move from reaction to response — in all areas of life
Leadership, relationship & life navigation support
Mental fitness & inner sage-strengthening work
One fully curated in-person retreat at Playhaus
Full year of dedicated support & accountability

Year-Long Container

Couple's Coaching

Connection doesn't erode all at once — it thins in the small moments: the conversation cut short, the assumption made instead of asked, the distance that grows quietly between two people who still love each other. This container is for couples ready to come back to each other, not through fixing, but through learning to truly hear and be heard.

Together, we work with whatever is most alive between you — communication that's broken down, intimacy that's faded, patterns you both keep circling back to without knowing why. The body doesn't separate these things, and neither do we.

This is 2:1 somatic coaching — you both in the room, learning to reconnect, communicate, and listen deeply, with everything included in the 1:1 container, held for two.

Rustic wooden table set with croissants, jam, bananas, and coffee

What's included

Bi-weekly 1:1 somatic coaching sessions, together as a couple
Personalized practice toolkit for reconnecting daily
Discover & work with both partners' unique saboteur patterns
Move from reaction to response — in your relationship and beyond
Deep listening & communication practices
Mental fitness & inner sage-strengthening work, for both of you
One fully curated in-person retreat at Playhaus
Full year of dedicated support & accountability

Weekend Retreat + Recommended Integration

Unwind Weekend Package

Two nights, fully your own, at the base of Galbraith Mountain. A private cabin, a cedar sauna, forest trails, and sweeping views of Puget Sound and the islands — held as a fully guided, one-on-one experience combining movement, somatic embodiment work, nature, reflection, and creativity. No agenda to perform, no phone to check. Just space to get grounded, feel present, and let the mountain and forest take care of the rest.

To integrate what surfaces, two months of post-retreat coaching is highly recommended — five sessions in total, including one before your retreat to set the stage for what you're wanting to create or unwind from.

Available add-ons: private yoga, guided hike & picnic, additional MFR session, sound bath, or a massage/bodywork session in the yurt with a seasoned, vetted practitioner.

This offer is currently in its founding stage, with special pricing available for early guests.

Woman and golden doodle walking through misty forest in morning light

What's included

A private 2-night stay at Playhaus, in your own cozy cabin
Guided intention-setting, somatic embodiment work, and movement woven through the weekend
A solo hike with sweeping views of Puget Sound and the islands — hand-drawn map included, no phone required
A guided journaling and art session, for reflection and creative expression
Morning and/or evening cedar sauna sessions, for rest and recovery
A guided myofascial release session, using MFR Tune Up Balls to release tension and restore ease in the body
A thoughtful welcome basket with baked goods (GF/DF options available), snacks, a journal, and fresh flowers

Let's find out if we're the right fit.

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The Space

A yurt at the edge of the forest

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.

Yurt wellness studio with B,Mat yoga mats & props
Barrel sauna on property
Direct access to Galbraith Mountain trails
Outdoor gathering and fire space
Small group capacity — deeply held & never crowded
Surrounded by old-growth forest and mountain air

Come home
to your
body.

Healing happens when the body leads