MY STORY
dropcap]I[/dropcap]was born this time around under the Aquarian Sun and the Gemini Moon. These constellations aligned and determined I would walk this earth as a deep feeler; very connected to my mind and rooted in intuition – grounded in my heart and not really in my feet. This I found out, would be exactly where I was being led to learn and discover more of this human experience. I’ve learned not only to bring my body along for the ride, but that its wisdom is what would truly change me.
Like many of you who have shown up here, we share similar human feelings. How we feel them is what makes our experiences our own. I am witness to hardships, trauma, gutting grief and wild-fire anxiety. I’ve felt deeply walking in the way of Womanhood, Motherhood, Entrepreneurship and the many roles I embrace. I have great respect for my wounds, much reverence for difficult feelings and a keen will to expand in all of it. These feelings being archived in the body…are the places in great service to the Soul.
I have made this “Emotional Biology” and “Neurosomatics” my focus – to serve in this domain of work where we uncover the wisdom of the body and that wholeness includes our difficult feelings just as much as our comfortable ones.
After years of being very Aquarian, chasing thoughts, running from anxiety and half-assing the hard emotions, I became a true reflection of my mind. My nervous system mirrored my brain. My body spoke louder than my mind and I burned out. I felt every system in my body divide into parts as I fell apart – hormones, heart, mind. I was incapable of sleep, my heart was tachycardic and unable to regulate itself and my physical strength was gone. This perpetuated a cycle of anxiety coupled with a very dysregulated physical body. There was nowhere to go but here and here was hard. I had a lot to repair while I still showed up as a mother, wife and business owner.
In the division and separateness of seeing myself in parts, I also saw my whole. I understood the greatest wisdom I could ever experience was within my body. It was the messenger of my mind. I also began to realize that not all that I was carrying was mine – that within my flesh and bones were the traumas of my ancestors, my culture, my earth.
I took action – and rebuilt by dropping out of my head and into my body with breathwork and somatics. I can testify with all of my being, that this has been the most profound practice to witness change, higher states of feeling, awareness and strength. It continues to…
+ ASTOUND ME
+ EXPAND ME
+ CONNECT ME
+ AND UNITE ME
After years of being very Aquarian, chasing thoughts, running from anxiety and half-assing the hard emotions, I became a true reflection of my mind. My nervous system mirrored my brain. My body spoke louder than my mind and I burned out. I felt every system in my body divide into parts as I fell apart – hormones, heart, mind. I was incapable of sleep, my heart was tachycardic and unable to regulate itself and my physical strength was gone. This perpetuated a cycle of anxiety coupled with a very dysregulated physical body. There was nowhere to go but here and here was hard. I had a lot to repair while I still showed up as a mother, wife and business owner.
In the division and separateness of seeing myself in parts, I also saw my whole. I understood the greatest wisdom I could ever experience was within my body. It was the messenger of my mind. I also began to realize that not all that I was carrying was mine – that within my flesh and bones were the traumas of my ancestors, my culture, my earth.
I took action – and rebuilt by dropping out of my head and into my body with breathwork and somatics. I can testify with all of my being, that this has been the most profound practice to witness change, higher states of feeling, awareness and strength. It continues to…
+ ASTOUND ME
+ EXPAND ME
+ CONNECT ME
+ AND UNITE ME
CLIENT LOVE
Connecting with Celeste and learning from her has been profoundly impactful in my life. Celeste quickly attuned to what I was saying and listened deeply to what I was interested in working on/healing. She created a container of safety and security that supported me. All of her offerings: meeting, breathwork practices, writing, check-ins and words of encouragement were exactly what I needed. I initially connected with Celeste because I know breathwork is important but I couldn’t seem to sit with my breath. Having her knowledge and guidance has allowed me to access and benefit from daily breathwork practices (for increasing my CO2 tolerance, managing my pain and connecting to my divine feminine energy) that I wasn’t able to do by myself. She is truly our ‘faithful trail guide’. Thank you Celeste.
-J. Pinder
MY WORK
My stories have inevitably become my work. They have created a place I hold for you to uncover the awareness and wisdom your body holds and to embody the change you want to see.
I am a Functional Breathworker specializing in CO2 Tolerance Training, Nervous System Intelligence (Polyvagal Theory), Heart Coherence and Cold Therapy. I am trained in Trauma-Informed Somatics and Postpartum Doula Support.
