THE HEALED SPACE IS MOVING

JUNE 10, 2026

Dear Community,

Last week, I gratefully had the chance to share this news personally with as many of you as possible… but for some it will come as a surprise (even as it explains the change you’ve seen in my calendar).

As many of you know, across the many years I’ve worked to develop and nurture The Healed Space, my commitment has been to expansion into increasingly neuroprogressive bodywork and somatic inquiry. Recently, an emergent change in my housing led to an unexpected chance to accelerate that expansion — but this chance will require a big change to my life and practice.

For the next couple of years, at least, it will take my bodywork practice from Ojai to my longtime home on the North Shore of Chicago. There, I’ll meet up with my 20-year collaborator, partner coach and dear friend Cherie, who many of you know. Together, we'll be partnering to realize a vision we’ve shared since our very earliest days in Chicago, building wellness programs together. 

The result will be a full service program for neuroprogressive somatic healing, thriving and success, with offerings in Chicago, Ojai and New England. Rest assured there will always be a place for you in it. 

This is a decision in service to a vision and the sustainability of our work — and I now have a plan to grow both. The process will bring me back to Ojai frequently and eventually regularly. I hope to see you when I return! 

In the meantime, my work has taught me that change that happens fast can take a while to catch up to, even when a transition is the right one. Change deserves room. Just as I will be giving lots of space over the coming months to let this digest, I hope you will too, while knowing this will not be an ending of our connection or our work together. 

Though my final weeks in Ojai are already full, please know I am holding each of you close as I prepare to go with invitations:

Virtual sessions with me: For my Ojai community specifically, I’ll resume offering Somatic Journeys and Healing Inquiry sessions over Zoom and phone at a special rate beginning August 1 through the end of 2026. For those newer to this work, these sessions are deeply supportive for nervous system regulation, working with stored stress, and meeting whatever is asking for your attention. Reach out anytime. I’ll also stay in touch when I plan to be in town.

Local practitioners I trust: I’ve gathered referrals for in-person bodywork on my website.

Returning to Ojai: The plan, loosely held, is to come back next spring for a wellness retreat, with room for in-person sessions while I’m in town.

Cherie: Many of you have personally coached with her over the years, and know what magic it is to work with her in visionary spaces. I can’t tell you what it means to me that we will share a geography after so many years being on opposite coasts. I look forward to all we have planned. (If you are new to Cherie you can meet her at a free talk she happens to be giving next week at the Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology Studies - or mindGAINS).

There is more on the horizon as our practices and collaborations expand. I’ll be sharing as new offerings unfold — I hope you’ll stay close.

Before I close, I want to say there isn’t a version of this email that holds the full weight of what each of you has meant to me. The trust you’ve placed in me and in our work has shaped me, and I’m carrying you with me into what comes next. 

My deepest hope is that our connection continues, in whatever form fits.

With so much love and gratitude,

Maia