Whale Being Therapy, Ellie Wilde, Ph.D.
tired of pretending & enduring?
Ready to come back to life?
welcome home.
Numb? Sad? Anxious? Exhausted? I'm so glad you're here! Pull up a chair, if you like. Release your jaw, let your shoulders go, or take a deep breath. Stretch, wiggle, or have a loud yawn!
I support healers, change-makers, creatives, scientists, and community leaders from diverse backgrounds seeking a way back to life. This path takes us from burnout and isolation to vibrant, connected aliveness. My work with individuals, relationships, and groups is rooted in commitment to collective liberation, and daily personal practice.
This active, creative work reconnects us to what matters most. Life regains color as we open to sensation and deep connection. We feel it all -- love, grief, fear, awe, silliness, hope, meaning and enchantment. This frees us to move towards our purpose in action, our sense of self, and self- trust.
Clients tell me what I know from personal experience -- that moving differently reveals an endless world of possibilities and realms of life they last accessed as kids. Even in these trying times, these practices let imagination, spontaneity, playfulness, and energy emerge and catalyze empowering, enlivening change.
I strive to co-create a relationship that invites your whole self. Your full range of expression -- tears, rage, laughter, wonder -- are equally welcome. I am honored to help all parts of you connect with the belonging and aliveness that are our birthright.
I delight in discovering together what becomes possible for you, and watching the ripple effect!
Read on or reach through the portal to begin!
rediscovering aliveness? cool, BUT HOW?
Great question! We don't just talk about problems. We do something about them in real time.
Together, we ground into support, actively explore possibilities, and find transformation. We play with new shapes and ways your body can move. We discover new ways you can see, hear, feel, and use your voice.
We focus first on resourcing, moving slow and listening to sensation together. We physically release stress, then help you refill your cup. We shift between bottom-up and top-down processing to build mind-body integration. We help you notice experience and strengthen knowings and connections you discover in each moment. You learn to trust yourself.
A deep well of creative energy opens, one we can all access. You learn how to both guide it and let it be your guide, discovering deep purpose, support, and meaning as you viscerally come back to life and move towards your dreams. All parts of you are welcomed, held, and invited to share needs, gifts, and wisdom as you grow and transform.
Each session includes powerful somatic practices you can access anytime, anywhere. Your expertise in stress release gets you an all-access pass to flow and play. Leading others becomes easier when you lead a harmonious inner team.
We explore gentle, playful ways for you to grow capacity for presence with what is --- and with what is possible. You set the pace as we make room to learn for the the full range of your human experience -- grief, shame, rage, joy, curiosity, awe, reverence, love, excitement, compassion. We integrate thoughts, feelings, and actions to help you move in alignment with your purpose, and guide others skillfully.
This approach is the one I use myself. It's easily the most powerful and enjoyable I've found in a lifetime of searching. It reveals opportunity where we once only saw obstacle, replaces numbness with attunement, turns scarcity into abundance. Removing blocks to flow lets your gifts come through and shine. You breathe easier, and enjoy yourself way more, while somehow making a much bigger impact!
