I’m so glad you found me here!  I'm Katie Bernstein. My last name rhymes with Einstein and Frankenstein.

Growing up, I loved to make art, listen to (or make) music, and move my body. 

My art started with photography (darkroom, pre-digital), then came clay sculpture, and later, drawing and painting. 
Listening to certain music helps accelerate healing. The same thing happens when I play piano or keep rhythm of a song I'm hearing (brief teenage stint learning drums - I miss them). I tried guitar at one point but it didn't feel 'right'.

I have pictures from dance classes and recitals in childhood ~ ballet and tap. In middle/high school I liked distance running on the cross country team (slowest runner, proudly).


A little intro...

In recent years (okay, adulthood lol), stressors have impacted/"stopped" (in quotes for a reason) all of those things.

I've been taking steps (little ones, bigger ones) to address the causes of stress, then tried to finish each step by bringing back in a little of the joy.

I've been practicing being in charge, being the disruptor. The things that work for me are, then, the things I've been teaching others how to do, first in person and now, also, here.

I started public school teaching in 2000 and was trained in massage therapy in 2001. Jobs in bodywork and public school teaching did not overlap ~ they ran parallel. Some years doing one, then switching to the other for the next several years. Yoga teacher training came later and became another separate thing.



Patterns ~
recognizing and (gently) disrupting

Client Testimonial

“Katie’s concern for my well-being is one of the qualities that sets her apart from other practitioners."

I learned about gut feelings in massage training. I also learned about trust.
Okay, I mostly learned that I didn't trust myself. Just being honest here! :)

To be successful with clients, I had to learn what my intuition sounded and felt like. That way I could find out, more clearly, what each client needed (in addition to what they told me).

In those first years as a bodyworker, I was repeatedly drawn to learn more about the energy body. I added Reiki training and discovered how little I knew - about myself. I started journaling to capture as much as I could, because suddenly I was getting a lot more information from my gut than I had been used to. Click the journaling button below (and visit the blog) for more.


Separate/parallel...
until they're not

learn more about journaling

guided journaling

craniosacral therapy

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breathwork + Meditation

Let's Work Together

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