Exceptional services, support, and provisions for your exceptional life.
About Michele
My working career spans over 20 years in legal administration and two decades in bodywork (massage therapy, yoga, meditation, and reiki). I’m also a celebrant providing ritual support through meaningful ceremonies and creations, healing community workshops, and legacy projects.
With gratitude, I reside on the ancestral homelands and unceded territories of the Shasta, Takelma, and Latgawa peoples of Southern Oregon.
All are welcome.
Offerings
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Death Companionship
Non-medical, professional support along the continuum of death literacy and education, practical planning, navigating life-limiting illness, comfort care, dying, and bereavement. NEDA-proficient. Honoring personal choice, including Death With Dignity/MAID. Green burial proponent. Donation/sliding scale.
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Bodywork
Seasoned massage therapist, reiki master, RYT 200 (+) and space holder for integrative therapeutic massage, palliative touch, and restorative yoga practices. OBMT LMT Lic. No. 15857 (2008). Sessions conducted on second floor, pet-friendly home office. Mobile available for housebound.
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Ceremony & Ritual
Local Ashland celebrant authorized by law in the state of Oregon to officiate and solemnize intimate commitment ceremonies. In office, same day appointments available. Out of the Box Ceremonies offers handcrafted spiritual goods and other personal ritual support tools and gifts.
Inquire here.
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My Process
Ease and flow.
I’m doing things differently nowadays.
I’ve gathered everything I have to offer in one place; there’s no need to jump between online menus or sites, and it’s easier for mobile.
The contact form is in the middle of this very page, where you can access it easily by simply scrolling. You can schedule a phone call or massage or request a brochure, depending on your interest.
If it’s best for you to simply give me a call (or text) or send me an email, that works, too. I’m at 541.480.0105.
I look forward to being human with you.
The Hermitage
Creativity
or Writing Retreat
for the Solo Woman
Private Residence
Ashland, Oregon
A personal retreat for women needing time away from it all to dive deeply into creativity. A safe, quiet place located in beautiful Southern Oregon to write, explore, and drop in with no outside distractions. A soft place to land, to rest, find inspiration, be in nature, and recharge. Located among the trees at the base of the mountains and near a crystal clear, vibrant, flowing creek, and yet a short walk from Downtown Ashland if the need for the noises of town arises.
If you’ve been inkling to start writing “that damn book” or are wanting to rediscover your creativity — and your interest is piqued, click below for more info.
WORKSHOPS
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Morning Altars
Winter Walks Coming Soon
Grief and gratitude shared in community. Make impermanent earth art using the 7-step Morning Altars process during our meandering through Lithia Park or the Ashland watershed.
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SoulCollage
01/11/2025 11 AM Ashland
Create collage cards that have deep personal meaning and give voice to the images. Beginners and I’m-not-an-artist-type are encouraged to attend. Bring your curiosity and wonder.
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Care Circles
01/16/2025 6:30 PM Ruch Library
Compassionate community models of care: develop mutual support systems for instrumental activities of daily living; support others and remain informed about options in the aging process.
Boutique
LET’S CHAT
You inquire.
We connect.
Are we a good fit for each other?
Onward ho!