Today we’d like to introduce you to Nancy Parker.
Hi Nancy, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
For the past 25 years, I have helped thousands of individuals restore alignment in their bodies and in their relationships by accessing their Core Intelligence™️. In doing so, I have seen in my own life, and in my clients, how building a strong foundation in the body becomes a bridge to sustaining healthy relating with others, especially for empaths, highly sensitive woman, and men who are stuck in their heads.
Childhood illnesses and pain in my body shaped my early years. Well-meaning advice from doctors often missed the mark. I grew up as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) in a world that had little understanding of the impact of living with a wide open heart and sensitive nervous system. Labeled as shy socially awkward, this sensitivity affected my health into my early years, and my relationships into adulthood.
Only later did I discover that it was this incredible healer’s sensitivity that contributed to many of my challenges, as I was untrained for this desensitized, fast paced world. Once I realized this, I began to see this was also true for many who were drawn to work with me. So after healing myself, I began sharing the tools I used to support core integrity from the inside out; from the physical body, into all our relationships.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
A major breakup; a health crisis in my mid 20’s sparked a deep dive into alternative healing, studying ways to transform the health of my body and relationships. I was working in gyms and physical therapy clinics at the time, so I began by restoring alignment strength in my physical body to eliminate pain and move with confidence again. After that I sought help from western medicine to no avail, so I dug into “alternative” healing. I discovered what eventually became known as Functional Medicine Functional Diagnostic Nutrition. Using this science inner wisdom, I healed myself from adrenal fatigue and leaky gut. Once my digestion and energy was restored, my body had the capacity to began the deeper processes of healing my nervous system creating more resilience in my system as a whole.
I went to work developing what I call a “healthy semi permeable membrane”, aka healthy boundaries, and then healing early attachment trauma to help form healthy, secure attachments. You see as an empath, for most of my life I felt as if I never really belonged anywhere. Feeling easily overwhelmed or overpowered by others energy and needs, disconnected from community, relationships and my own body, I believed I may be better off a lone wolf.
A deeper part of me knew that we are social beings, meant to co regulate have healthy bodies and relationships. I knew there must be something more than living in a body that was dis-eased, and a heart that was closed off. Recognizing first in myself and then in my clients, that if our systems had experienced any sort of trauma from micro to extreme, we tended to go out of our bodies, shut down our hearts, and/or go up into our minds to keep ourselves ‘safe.’
As adults, we also tend to cut ourself off from our childlike sense of curiosity, wonder, and play. I found for many it is deeply healing when we invite these qualities back in. Healing doesn’t always have to be serious and suffering. During my own healing process, I studied and trained with a number of leaders in the industries of health, somatics energy medicine for healing. I began integrating the work of foundational health and Authentic Relating through Sacred Play™️ with myself, my students and my one-on-one clients.
This looked like:
*Learning how to stay open in connection while staying true to one’s self
*How to get out of our head and back into the body
*To safely open our hearts with discernment
*The ability to feel and communicate needs desires in a healthy way
*How to set clear boundaries and stand in them, lovingly and strongly
*And how to use somatic play, therapeutic movement and foundational health to move through it all with as much grace, ease and joy as possible
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
I specialize in restoring balance in the body, mind and heart of my clients. Starting with the tangible, measurable results of the body, and integrating in the energetics to playfully support lasting change in the whole system. Most clients come to me in pain sometimes with no known reason. We get to the root of it, unwind it and get them aligned, moving playing again.
InBody Wisdom (then known as Balanced Wellness), was founded in 2004 offers classes, retreats and personalized programs to guide others to Core Intelligence™️ energy mastery. In 2013, I co-founded Ecstatic Dance San Diego, and started offering all gender Sacred Play™️ embodied authentic relating workshops and as well as hosting regular women’s circles. I am an embodiment expert, teacher and community builder helping others cultivate relationships that foster true belonging, healthy connection and more joy.
For the past 20+ years, I’ve worked with over 40,000 individuals and facilitated over 4000+ transformational groups. I support sensitive souls and intellectual types to align and integrate the mind, body, and heart, creating a balanced connection to strength, clarity intuition like never before. I believe one of the best conversations you can have is with your own body, once you know how to be present and deeply listen to the guidance from within. I’ve seen again and again how mastering these skills transforms more than the health of your body. It transforms all of your relationships- to self, to others, to loved ones, and beyond.
InBody Wisdom center online, was created in 2020, as a hub for all my offerings. I host weekly classes online, monthly women’s circles in person, deeper dive group programs for women, and one-on-one Coaching programs for all.
The Aligned Membership is a great place to start for someone who is itching for support but not ready for the commitment of the one-on-one deep dive. This monthly membership gives access to weekly classes to further support functional strength, alignment and health in the body from the convenience of where ever you may be.
In my Core Intelligence™️ one-on-one program, we start by building up foundational strength and health. When there is enough integrity to support deeper healing, we can address hidden layers that may keep showing up as roadblocks along the way.
Although most of my work is for all genders, I have a couple special offerings just for women, to support highly sensitive types recovering people pleasers to establish and hold healthy boundaries while getting reconnected to their pleasure again. Regular women’s circles happen monthly and there is a deeper group program, ReSource, Energy Mastery for Women, that also happens a few times a year.
How can people work with you, collaborate with you or support you?
You can find out more and sign up to RECEIVE your FREE GIFT, my ReSourced Activation Kit by visiting https://inbodywisdom.com/ The ReSourced Activation Kit includes 3 gifts, one to support balanced, resilient energy in your body, your mind, and your heart.
Check out my programs and offerings while you are there. If you are interested in learning more, you can click the link and schedule a Discovery Call. We can dive in and see what may be a fit for you.
For support and/or collaborators, I am looking for spaces to host Sacred Play seasonal movement workshops retreats, as well as aligned contributors to share their gifts at these events and in my programs.
Finally, I’d love to speak more about the power of Healthy, Balanced Feminine Expression and Sacred Play on podcasts and online summits. Please reach out and/or make an introduction if you know a person, place or event that may be aligned. You can reach me here, https://inbodywisdom.com/contact/
Contact Info:
- Website: inbodywisdom.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trust_grace_coaching/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InBodyWisdom/
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