What clients are saying about the work -

Lauren is total presence and her calm, soft engagement is genuine.  I wasn't expecting much from craniosacral work and was quite surprised at the power of the method.  For example, about halfway through one session, we both immediately sensed my whole spine CHANGE.  It felt like my spine grew 4 inches!  Afterwards, when I got in my car I couldn't believe the difference in the ease and freedom in my upper and lower body as I maneuvered out of the tight parking space.  Most significantly, I felt psychologically different -- confident.  Within the hour I actualized a professional goal I had been hesitant to do for months.  More than any person I know, Lauren integrates her work, art, and spiritual life together to create a healing environment for her community.  She is the real deal!

-Pat S.

Receiving Biodynamic Craniosacral work from Lauren regularly over the last three years has supported me profoundly.  I feel the benefits in my nervous system, my emotional body, and my posture. Lauren is an attuned practitioner, with a rich range of experience and body-knowledge, and I feel safely held in her spacious and subtle attention.  I'm so grateful to receive this work from her.

-Sarah F.

 I worked with Lauren as part of healing from a trauma I had 20 years ago, and participated in craniosacral therapy as well as movement practice, both of which were deeply transformative for me.   Lauren has such an innate gift for creating a safe, magical space for the body to release lodged pain and emotion, both known and unknown.  She is kind, empathetic, knowledgeable, warm, and solidly professional, and knows how to tune into subtleties of the body in an almost mystical way.  I continue to use things that I accessed through our sessions, truly I would not be where I am today without her expert help.  I am forever grateful for my time with her!  I wholeheartedly recommend Lauren’s work to anyone who is ready for profound healing.

 -Sonja 

Lauren Tietz is truly gifted!   Working with Lauren over the past seven years has had a profound impact on my physical well being. Whether it is movement related work or body work, Lauren brings her impressive training and collective experience to create a meaningful dialogue with her clients about their needs, wants and goals. Lauren is intuitive, intelligent, multidimensional, thoughtful, insightful, extremely knowledgeable and creates an atmosphere of trust wherein her clients can optimize their experience.   She is one of the most genuine people I have had the good fortune to meet.  Her ability to share her wealth of body movement and awareness is unsurpassed in my experience.  

- Cathy B.

I believe that Lauren is truly a gifted healer. I have been working with her for the past couple of years and have been very impressed and satisfied with her abilities. As a survivor of trauma, I find massage work to be somewhat challenging and, at times, difficult. In the time that I have worked with Lauren, I have experienced no significant difficulties or challenges at all. Lauren is very attuned to people’s needs and she has a way of making people feel incredibly comfortable, safe, and supported. From the very beginning, I was able to be open with her about my history of trauma, and she responded with compassion, caring, and sensitivity. Lauren is a collaborative practitioner and will often engage in thoughtful discussions with me about what I might need for a particular session and what I hope to gain from the massage experience. She is genuinely interested in how her clients feel in response to her massage techniques and often tailors her practice to meet her clients’ needs. Lauren also provides “extra” support in the form of helpful suggestions, advice, and strategies (e.g. physical exercises) to address physical problems and pain. All in all, I feel that Lauren is a true gift to others and I feel very blessed and privileged that she is my massage therapist.

- S.D 

As a former three-sport athlete, proper fitness training was essential to staying competitive, fit, and healthy. After taking Lauren’s Movement Class, I discovered my core thinking for training muscle mass, although desirable, is less effective than conditioning proper muscle movements. Lauren’s patient and thoughtful focus on awakening core muscles, which I often neglected during previous training sessions, creates a symphony of motion throughout my entire body. Her classes incorporate several disciplines, from martial arts to dance to harnessing nature’s pulse, which is both refreshing and soothing. After an hour-long session, your entire body will feel invigorated from head to toe minus the stress and strain normally associated with this type of training.

- J.G.

Lauren is one of the most skilled and intuitive body workers I have ever had the privilege to work on me.  I have never had the same massage twice from her.  Like an improvised dance, each time I feel she is bringing a wonderfully embodied presence to each session, depending on what I am needing on that particular day.  Her nurturing, calm equanimity is matched by a wealth of anatomical knowledge and technical know-how.  She brings her whole mind, heart, and body to the serious business of body work.  

- Rebecca L.