Hi, I’m Stella Beauchamp

A Massage Therapist, Clinical Herbalist, Homesteader, Entrepreneur and freak of nature dedicated to helping you grow your vitality.

As a Massage Therapist

I blend my background in Herbalism, yoga, and passion for health into a wholistic intuitive approach to working with my client’s individual needs. Each body is unique, which is why I allow your body to be my road map. During each session I tailor my work to focus on the present needs of your body. Looking at the body as a whole system, I find the roots of your tension and hold a safe space for emotional release and soulful reflection of what it means to thrive in your body in this moment.

My massage style is a blend of Thai, Structural Integration, and Craniosacral. During sessions I use heated herbal packs of traditional Thai herbs to soften tissues and relax muscles. I use gentle stretching to open the body’s energy lines and release tension. Thai Massage is a matrilineal art, passed down through thousands of women for thousands of years. It was the primary health care, midwifery care, and eldercare. The energy of Thai massage creates a container with safe mothering arms.

My Structural Integration work was the next chapter of learning for me. I received my first Rolf 10 series in the winter of 2023. Before my practitioner and I even had our intake, the energy in the room had pulled me in to a depth that had volume and reverence. From that moment on I have been pulled ever deeper into the thick, intertwined world of connection, relationship, and differentiation within what we call the human body. I’ve always believed in magic, but I never knew how mysterious and intricate the magic of the human body is. To me, Ida Rolf (the creator of the 10 series), is a genius. She combined her knowledge, felt sense, research and experimentation into what is now the 10 series. To be Rolfed…. is a process, with a beginning, a middle and an end. It is a voyage through the lands within, the emotional, physical, reptilian, nervous system hard drive that is our human experience. Through fascia, the snags and knots are explored and equilibrium is redefined as our felt sense adapts to a life lived upright, held, grounded, understood, and supported

My mot recent studies are at the Upledgar Institute for Craniosacral technique. This technique offers a completely different approach with subtle touch working with the deepest parts of our human form, the central nervous system. Craniosacral opens a door into the very substance that holds the spinal cord and brain. With this work, I have access to making shifts within the body on a much deeper level. Craniosacral begins to unravel tensions that have been sustained from early ages and release adhesions that are hidden within the deeper layers of the spinal cord and structural cranial membranes.

Credentials:

  • Acorn School of Clinical Herbalism

  • Spirit Winds School of Thai Massage

  • Baan Hom Samunphrai School - Massage School in Thailand

  • TensegrityU - Structural Integration

  • Upledgar Institute Craniosacral therapy

As a Clinical Vitalist Herbalist,

I am trained in the Ancient traditions of Unani Tibb medicine, which root back to ancient Greek medicine based on the teachings of Greek physicians, Hippocrates and Galen. My education was centered on the belief that we humans possess a force of life within us that waxes and wanes respectively to how well we listen to and treat our bodies. With this Vital force, we have the power to heal and recover from illness and disease, and to witness this life in an energized, strong, and humble fashion.

In my practice, I aim to only use regional and homegrown herbs, and give thanks and offerings to the land from which it comes. Nature provides all the tools we need to live our best lives and I believe it is crucial to live in a way that reciprocates the generosity of nature in order to restore the gifts she gives.

My Story

I was blessed to have spent my childhood on 12 acres of country land, living in a straw-bale house that my family built. Our land offered us winter streams, summer meadows, and endless avenues for creativity and imagination. We gardened daily, tended animals, and explored the woods. Whether I was smearing native clay all over my body, planting seeds in the garden, taking the compost to the chickens, or going for a walk in nature, I always wanted to be close to the wild.

When it came time for me to leave home and go to college, it became painfully clear that I was not on the right path. As soon as I got a taste of the rat race, I developed a yearning for a life more entwined with nature. I dropped out of University after one year, started working on an organic farm and further explored my passion to live off the land in harmony with the Earth. Not too long after, I found herbalism and decided to attend the Acorn School of Herbal Medicine. After immersing myself in clinical herbalism, I found massage and realized the power of healing the body through touch. From that point on, I have lived grounded in knowing I am living the life I envisioned for myself since childhood.

When I’m not actively working on my business, I am hiking or running with my dog, tending to Nisenan land, a small garden, a flock of chickens, picking up rpadkill to tan hides or mixing up magic in my Apothecary. This kind of personal and professional diversity helps me keep the wheels of life moving.

I strive to offer a deeply healing space where the stress of day to day life can be left at the door and the pursuit of living an ease-full life aligned with your passions and dreams can be realized. The human body is our only vehicle through this experience on Earth, I am passionate about making it a pleasurable, magical, and rewarding adventure.

I am here to tend to your body in a non-judgmental way and give you the resources you need to be aware, trusting, and resilient along your journey.

Awareness ~ Choice ~ Trust