Miri Nakamura PhD, CMT
My purpose in life is to seek magic, moments of awe and wonder that transforms your life.
As a craniosacral therapist, I want people to experience the same kind of magic that the modality has brought to my own life.
My Story
My journey in the healing arts is a fairly unique story. I began as a university professor, who spent nearly two decades in academia. I did everything I was told would bring me happiness: publish my book, get tenured, climb the never-ending social ladder. But over the years, my body started to have problems from not following my heart.
While trying various methods to heal myself, I had a serendipidous encounter with Craniosacral Therapy. With one small adjustment in my throat, I experienced an emotional release and a sense of wholeness. For about ten days after, I felt connected to something greater than myself and experienced pure joy. I had returned to my true self.
Since that magical day, I have simply been following the path. After six years of training in both Upledger and biodynamic schools of craniosacral therapy, I opened my private practice in 2016. On top of the osteopathic knowledge of craniosacral, my path has led me to study various models of trauma healing, especially Somatic Experiencing, which I incorporate into my sessions. I have had the fortune to travel to countless beautiful places on this earth to learn from amazing teachers and from the sacred lands themselves, but I consider my clients to be my best teachers. Everyone who has walked through my door has taught me something valuable, not only about the modality but about myself.
The paradigm of craniosacral is: Your body already possess the knowledge and wisdom of how to best heal itself. I would be honored to help you on your healing journey and show you the magic and light that reside within you.
Qualifications
Soul Portrait by Thais Aquino
Craniosacral Therapy training with the Upledger Institute, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy with Leonid Soboleff and Gary Peterson
Somatic Experiencing (Intermediate)
Integral Psychedelic Therapy Certification Program (Sage Integrative Health)
Long Distance Healing, Healing from the Core, Suzanne Scurlock
Over 700 hrs of training as Certified Massage Therapist at the Mckinnon Institute & Esalen Institute
Healing Arts Practitioner at Wilbur Hot Springs
Dharma Yoga Teacher, 200YTT
Ph.D. in East Asian Studies, Stanford University
Fulbright Scholar
Author of Monstrous Bodies: The Rise of the Uncanny in Modern Japan