Meet Dr. Valerie Brown

With an understanding of the trans-theoretical model of change, motivational interviewing, enneagram, ayurveda, trauma, neuroscience, and somatic experiencing; I expertly weave these concepts into coaching sessions and health plans to help you break through barriers and create your dream life.

Functional movement is an essential aspect of your health and overall wellbeing. Your posture, the way you move, and any unhealed injuries or traumas can leave imprints on your nervous system. This integrative approach provides a comprehensive medical history, functional movement evaluation, neuromuscular re-education, manual therapy and an individualized home program consisting of therapeutic exercise, alignment practices, and breathwork. This combination of interventions will help to release endorphins, relieve anxiety, and promote relaxation within your body. Additionally, building strength and stability will make it easier for you to do the things you love without feeling held back. 

This trauma-informed and poly-vagal approach to yoga is guaranteed to stimulate your body's innate healing capacity through simple, restorative, and effective practices that are backed by science and thousands of years old traditions. Who knew yoga could be as restful as legs-up the wall, humming in your car, or building deep core strength while waiting in line at the grocery store? 

The gut-brain connection is an essential part of healing from trauma, illness, and anxiety. The enteric nervous system, which lines the intestinal walls, informs the vagus nerve of the inner-happenings of the body. In optimizing your digestion and absorption, and meeting your individual nutritional needs, you will improve your mental and physical well-being immensely. 

The most common chronic conditions facing our world today are impacted by factors such as our environment, sleep, nutrition, movement, and stress. Take inventory of these areas of your life to maximize your healing potential and wellbeing.

This Japanese healing art restores the body through stimulating the innate healing capacity within. Sessions are coupled with sound healing, and deeply restorative. Clients often report release of emotional blockages and improved mental clarity, creativity, and performance after sessions.

These hands-on techniques help the body physically and energetically, creating more space within your tissues for healing through enhancing mobility and motility. Clients find these sessions very comforting, and often catalyze improvements in performance, digestion, range of motion and nervous system regulation.

Heart-rate variability is the most important biomarker of nervous system health. The degree to which your body is responding and adapting to stress in the moment, and creating coherence in body and mind, is the degree to which you are able to direct your energy towards healing and growing. See in real time how your body responds to various mindset, breath and movement practices, creating a nervous system that is resilient and self-regulated.

The vibroacoustic sound healing table is a cutting edge technology that works through brain wave entrainment, cymatics and intention to help your body, mind and spirit come into full alignment. This transcendental sound journey is not only relaxing and rejuvenating, but it also creates permanent changes in your nervous system, helping your body and mind adjust to a higher level of coherence and vitality.

This method of healing, which has been described as a musical adventure, works in three scientifically rooted ways: intention, brain wave entrainment and cymatics. Read more here.