BIO

Hello, I am Olivia, Owner of Sunyata Embodiment.

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Personal History / Background:I have always been fascinated with the mind/body connection and how pain and disease are created. What led me to the path of healing is my own experiences of trauma particularly losing my father at the age of 13. I noticed how much it affected my body and mind. Unfolding into how I experienced life as a whole. I felt fragmented, and I have searched for various means of mending the fractured parts and also finding acceptance for the present moment in realizing we as humans are not a project to complete but rather a process of discovering. The painful events I have experienced created an accelerated path of self-inquiry on how to cope with loss, grief, and the various stressors of life. This loss carved my own journey of healing and opened doorways to what I want to offer others. Trauma creates an emptiness inside, a hole that feels it can never fill. It seems the missing piece to healing trauma cannot be done in isolation. We need others to witness and hold space for us, even with all our fractures and broken pieces. There is a way to include and honor the purpose of emptiness itself. Like a ceramic bowl, both the structure and the space have function. Sunyata; the emptiness within form. My deepest desire is to be able to create space for you to discover your own healing and reconnect to the embodiment of your innate wholeness.

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Credentials:
I am a Licensed Massage Therapist and Craniosacral Practitioner the Salt Lake City area.
I graduated from Healing Mountain Massage School in the spring of 2019 with 900 practical hours.

I chose to specialize in Craniosacral Therapy and Somato-Emotional Release through the Upledger Institute International.

Completed Craniosacral CS1–CS2 in November 2023, as well as Somato-Emotional Release 1 (SER1) in March 2025 and will be completing (SER-2) as of July 2026.

I am also Reiki Level 2 certified. I have 7 years of experience in various spas throughout Utah and Southern California.

I studied yoga in Thailand in the winter of 2024  where I trained 200 hours of Yoga Teacher Training. I learned ancient techniques of Pranayama, Hatha, Yin, Ashtanga, and Vinyasa yoga. I have practiced yoga and various forms of meditation, mindfulness, and breath work for over 12 years.

I have found a recently found a pathway through writing and healing through the creative process, therefore have been inspired to incorporate creative and somatic life coaching into my offerings.

I have studied under Peter Lavine PHD, founder of the Somatic Experiencing Institute and author of Waking the Tiger. I have as well as attained a Somatic Coaching certification through the Transformational Academy. I have lived personally through many traumatic experiences and it is the foundation of what drives my passion to study into any and all modalities of healing. 

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