Melissa (Mellie) Artema
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I came into this world empathic, energetically sensitive, and naturally aligned with a kind of language that goes deeper than words. I have always had a profound interest in holistic ways of seeing and exploring the human experience.
Coming from a long generational line of traditional healers, I became fascinated with the human body at an early age and started reading encyclopedias and anything I could get my hands on about the body and health at around 4 years old, a gift of hyperlexia. Later, around 1987, still in my childhood, I began diligently studying herbal medicine, learning to identify plants, practicing reflexology, and studying everything I could find related to the human energy system and holistic healing. I found yoga in 1993 and have continued to develop and focus my skills through the present, extensively studying, practicing, and integrating numerous healing modalities into my own life for both personal and professional development. I have studied dozens of bodywork, energy medicine, and acupuncture styles and have studied with many prominent herbalists. My professional background is heavily focused on wellness and healing arts, providing body-centered therapies, services, and education to promote holistic ways of thinking, building self-awareness, and creating intentional personal and spiritual growth. I offer consulting, training, and education on a variety of topics related to wellness and personal development. My work uses multiple, eclectic modalities and peer support values to offer opportunities to slow down, connect, reflect, learn, holistically process, and expand our human experience. |
I use a collaborative approach, encouraging a high level of personal responsibility and taking action in support of one's well-being while also honoring mystery, paradox, less "doing," and the more intangible and subtle ways in which personal transformation happens. I tend to attract gentle souls who are empathic, highly sensitive, or neurodivergent. My work is informed through my own lived experience with neurodivergence, disabilities, and chronic illnesses. Sessions are offered through the lenses of somatics, energetics, acupuncture theory, yoga philosophy, and other integrated perspectives. I offer supports focused on trauma resolution, somatic practices, bodywork, Eastern methodologies, and soul tending from a grounded, body-based framework.
While I love learning, I also acknowledge that our education systems are broken and unhealthy in many ways. I have an even greater appreciation for lived experience, integration and reflection work, contemplative practices, and intentional personal growth work. It is this kind of consistent and ongoing work that allows us to truly gain wisdom through experiencing the wholeness of our humanity. Formal education can enrich these experiences but can never be a substitute for them. I have special interests in consulting and education, mind-body connection, consciousness studies, and interpersonal neurobiology. My formal academic studies are in the fields of acupuncture, transpersonal counseling, divinity, and integrative health with a focus on ecopsychology.
While I love learning, I also acknowledge that our education systems are broken and unhealthy in many ways. I have an even greater appreciation for lived experience, integration and reflection work, contemplative practices, and intentional personal growth work. It is this kind of consistent and ongoing work that allows us to truly gain wisdom through experiencing the wholeness of our humanity. Formal education can enrich these experiences but can never be a substitute for them. I have special interests in consulting and education, mind-body connection, consciousness studies, and interpersonal neurobiology. My formal academic studies are in the fields of acupuncture, transpersonal counseling, divinity, and integrative health with a focus on ecopsychology.
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Artema Somatics LLC
Center for Embodiment Studies™
800 Wilson Avenue, Suite 51
Menomonie, WI 54751
Cell: (715) 651-6118
Fax: (844) 579-0079
Center for Embodiment Studies™
800 Wilson Avenue, Suite 51
Menomonie, WI 54751
Cell: (715) 651-6118
Fax: (844) 579-0079
