earth-based
therapy
indigenizing the mind, body, spirit, and soul
indigenous : existing naturally; native
My approach is relational and rooted in the depths of our shared humanness. I interweave body-centered modalities, incorporating somatic interventions with an earth-based perspective, an orientation that is most approached by modern ecotherapy. While body-centered interventions cultivate awareness and true listening, inviting emergence of wisdom and movement to constrictions born out of protection, an earth-based orientation opens us up and connects us to the wholeness of life, naturally expanding our resources and capacity to experience the full spectrum of the human experience. Ultimately, contacting and being in relationship with the heart of who we are involves surrendering and feeling. And more often than not, re-emerging more alive from the deaths of protective, but limiting identities, toward a life that feels more truthful.
Connect to your wisdom and healing capacity
Surrender to metabolize emotions
Deepen into your own expression
Live in relationship to all life
My therapeutic approach towards wholeness is suitable for a multitude of experiences and presentations, including grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, relationships, transitional deaths, existential concerns, experiences of disconnection and feeling cut off from a sense of aliveness, and colonized bodies and minds sensing the possibility of a different way of being.
For the Indigenous Souls of all people who can still remember how to be real cultures, life is a race to be elegantly run, not a race to be competitively won. It cannot be won; it is the gift of the world’s diverse beautiful motion that must be maintained. Because human life has been give the gift of our elegant motion, whether we limp, roll, crawl, stroll, or fly, it is an obligation to engender that elegance of motion in our daily lives in service of maintaining life by moving and living as beautifully as we can.
MartÃn Prechtel
I grew up in the Eastern Sierra and as a young adult began to develop a nurturing relationship with the land and beings of the mountains and desert. Developing a safe relationship with nature, with all its wisdoms, has been central to my own growth and healing. I look forward to supporting you on your journey.
Bishop, CA
Offering Telehealth Throughout California
I accept Evernorth, Anthem Blue Cross Medi-Cal, Carelon Medi-Cal, HealthNet Medi-Cal, Partnership HealthPlan of CA & Private Pay