New England Healing Arts

Have a scar that's healed... but something still feels off?

Maybe there's:

• Tightness
• Pulling
• Tugging
• Numbness
• Strange sensations
• Or simply a feeling that the area doesn't move the same way anymore

A lot of people don't connect these experiences back to their scar.

Or they do... and assume it's just something they have to live with.

Over the past several years, scar care has become both a professional passion and a deeply personal area of interest for me.

After having two C-sections and navigating my own medical decisions surrounding a future prophylactic mastectomy, I found myself seeking out support that addressed not only how scars looked, but how they felt and functioned in everyday life.

As a Gentle Scar Therapist, I've seen how scars can continue to influence movement, sensation, and the way the body compensates long after someone has been told they're "healed."

This summer, I'll be offering a Gentle Scar Therapy Support Series designed to provide structured support while helping shape the future direction of this work within my practice.

✨ This series may be a good fit for individuals who are at least one year post-operative and have:

• C-section scars
• Top surgery scars
• Mastectomy scars (uncomplicated cases)
• Abdominal surgery scars
• Other scars on a case-by-case basis

The series includes:

🌿 Two 90-minute sessions
🌿 Three focused follow-up sessions
🌿 One optional completion session approximately three weeks after the final treatment

Participants who complete the full series and completion session will receive a complimentary session.

Pilot Investment: $300

As I continue advancing my education through a mastectomy intensive and begin graduate studies in public health, my long-term interest lies in understanding scar outcomes and exploring how we can better support people long after the incision has healed.

Questions? Curious if this may be a good fit?

Send me a message, email me at [email protected] to learn more.

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🌱 Now Announcing: Gather & Grow 🌱

The Empowered Wellness Project is excited to launch Gather & Grow, a new pilot series hosted at Tri-County Health Equity Zone.

Gather & Grow is designed to be a welcoming, low-pressure space where families can connect, access resources, ask questions, and spend time in community.

Think farmers market meets parent support, meets play group, meets wellness fair.

Come for a little. Come for a lot. Drop in, explore, connect, and participate in whatever way feels right for you.

Current areas of support include:

👶 Perinatal Doula Support

🧭 Community Health Worker Resource Navigation

🌿 Perinatal Health Coaches

🤲 Infant, Toddler & Growing Child Massage Education

🦋 End of Life Doula Support

Our long-term vision is to grow Gather & Grow into a traveling, mobile model of care that brings community, resources, education, and connection directly into neighborhoods throughout Rhode Island.

We're actively seeking future host sites, community partners, allied professionals, sponsors, and organizations interested in sharing resources with local families.

Visit the Gather & Grow website to learn more, explore sponsorship opportunities, and get involved.

Wellness is a community project✨

Let's build the village together. 🌱

Please share this post and reach out if you would like to connect/collaborate/contribute!

Join us for a free, monthly community gathering held on the first Thursday of each month at Tri-County Health Equity Zone!

Register here!
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Gentle Scar Therapy has been life changing for me. One of those rare times I can actually be my own LMT😂

I have a Panniculectomy scar that runs from hip to hip & goes across my lower abdomen. The surgery was successful, the recovery was smooth, and overall the scar healed really well, and mostly minimally visible. With the exception of my left hip. That portion had anchored down. It wasn’t painful, and it didn’t interfere with my day-to-day life but I could feel the skin tug at that spot.

This actually wasn’t what led me into scar work, that came after my first C-section (that’s a story for another post).
But once I started my Gentle Scar Therapy training with on October 6th 2025, I began working on this area almost every night before bed, using whatever techniques I could do on myself. The photo on the left isn’t even where I started. I wish I’d taken one at the very beginning.

I wasn’t really checking in visually at first… but one night in November I decided to take a look.And I was honestly stunned. I knew it was feeling different as I worked on it. However, actually seeing it (and more importantly) actually pausing to check in with my body…was a different experience.

That tight, anchored feeling had softened & released.

My hip felt more open.

When I side bent to the right, I had more range of motion without that hard tug. It was kind of wild how much better my hip and upper leg felt. And also kind of funny… how we don’t always notice when something improves. I’ve continued working with this scar (and my C-section scars) regularly since then.

Scar tissue is often overlooked. We have a surgery, we heal, and then months or years later things can start to show up:
pain & dysfunction. Often showing up somewhere completely different.

We end up chasing symptoms without realizing the scar might be part of the picture. It’s one of the reasons I’ve become so interested in this work. ESPECIALLY with C-section scarring.

“Do you have any scars?” is now one of the first questions I ask before I begin working with someone.

Because scars are kind of like icebergs. What you see on the surface is only a small part of what’s going on underneath.

Okay sooo… apparently I’ve been BUSY behind the scenes 😂✨

While I finished my Gentle Scar Therapy training back in December, I just made my final tuition payment and officially received my certification! I can now say I am officially a Gentle Scar Therapist 🤍

AND I completed my Chair Yoga Teacher Training!!!

This one has been a long time coming…
Something I’ve been slowly working toward over the past year, but dreaming about for over 6 years.

Feels really good to finally be here 🥹

Keep your eyes peeled because we’ve got some new things coming:

✨ Scar tissue work
✨ A free community chair flow series

Quietly building… now popping out with receipts 🧾😂✨