About Katy Kern
In the span of three years, from 2006-2009, I became a new mother to two children via foster care adoption and had open heart surgery with a double-valve replacement. From putting myself on the back burner, I spiraled down a path of overwhelm filled with anxiety disorder and depression because I didn’t know how to counteract stress. I tried speaking with therapists, taking medication, and closing my interior design business, but nothing helped, and as a result, I suffered in silence for years.
A simple decision to return to yoga in 2014 changed it all. Through working with my body, I began to take an active role in my health. I discovered how to lower my stress levels, get calm with my body, and rebalance my emotional health. By becoming a certified yoga teacher in 2015, I started my journey as a relaxation specialist, self-care expert, and coach to help others.
In 2017, I expanded my knowledge of more modalities focused on the body. I eventually became a licensed massage therapist, which offered me exclusive access to training in more healing modalities, including CranioSacral Therapy. Ironically, I’ve found that the gentle touch modalities are the hardest-hitting in counteracting stress and achieving a state of relaxation and wellness. I also often teach my clients self-healing techniques to prevent the need for acute stress relief in the first place.
As an avid researcher about stress, anxiety, and self-care/ healing, I discovered I was a Highly Sensitive Person (Sensory Processing Sensitivity) and somatic empathy. When working with a client, I pick up subtleties most can’t through touch and physical feeling where clients have tension, as I feel it in my body, on a much smaller scale. For decades, I thought something was wrong with me, but now, knowing this information, these innate traits give me the unique ability to sense other’s pain and help them heal. Many of my clients discover that they, too, maybe HSP or an empath, often highly creative people, and soon learn better tools for handling their sensitivities.
In 2022, I became a CranioSacral Therapy Teaching Assistant for the Upledger Institute and enjoy helping others learn this powerful skill of relaxation and healing.
Relaxation is achievable, and I am so honored my self-care journey offers me an opportunity to help others find peace, balance, and healing. In addition to providing CranioSacral Therapy to my clients in the Philadelphia region, I also enjoy traveling to offer full or multi-day relaxation immersions.
November 20, 2023, will be my last day at my office practice. I am taking a break to recuperate and restore. After June 2024, I am available for as-needed sessions and travel appointments for those suffering from anxiety or recovering from a concussion. Session and Travel costs are TBD.
Contact me for more information - hello@katykern.com
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