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TRAINING AND EDUCATION

  • MA in Embodiment Studies

  • Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)

  • Registered Somatic Movement Therapist & Educator (RSMT/E)

Kripalu School of Yoga

  •  200hr YTT 2010
  • Abhyanga Massage Course 2011
  • Ayurvedic Studies 2011

Sivananda Ashram

  • Yoga 1, 2 & 3 course 2018
  • Pranayam Studies 2018

Yasodhara Ashram

  • 3-month Yoga Development Course (YDC) 2019
  • Hidden Language Hatha Yoga Certification 2021
  • Hatha Yoga Certification 2019
  • Kundalini & Dreams Certification 2021

Lotus Palm 

  • Thai Yoga Bodywork Level 1 & 2 2012
  • Hot Stones Massage 2012

Ayurvedic Institute 

  • Ayurvedic Studies with Dr. Vasant Lad 2010-2011

Somatic Experiencing®

  • SEP, Professional Training Program 2020-2024
  • One-to-One and Group Supervision – ongoing
  • Assistant for SE Cohorts – Ongoing

Tamalpa Institute

  • RSMT/E, Two-year Movement-based Expressive Arts Therapy Training Program 2020-2023

DARe – Dynamic Attachment Repatterning 2026

Goddard College

  • Masters in Embodiment Studies 2020-2023

Herb Pharm

  •  Three-month Herbal Apprenticeship 2013

Thyme Herbal

  • One-year Herbal Apprenticeship 2014

Goldthread

  • Nine-month Herbal Apprenticeship 2014

Vermont Center of Integrative Herbalism

  • Three-year Clinical Training Program 2015-2018

Yasodhara Ashram

  • Dream Certification Program 2021

Vermont

  • One-to-One Personal Sessions and Supervision on-going

Leading Ethics

Embraces Paradox

Honoring complexity and paradox, cultivating resilience in the midst of the grit and mess.

Holistic Approach

Embracing the power of a transdisciplinary approach where more than one therapeutic modality is used, because we too contain multitudes.

Body Focused

Befriending the body, sensations, and feelings, so you trust in feeling and moving through what arises.

Work at Your Pace

Working slowly and attentively, allowing subtle changes to be felt and integrated.

Do you experience…

  • feeling disconnected from yourself or others
  • difficulties in relationship & maintaining a sense of yourself, your needs, wants & desires
  • feelings of isolation or a lack of belonging
  • low self-esteem or a lack of worth
  • disconnection from your body or creativity
  • feelings of being stuck in life, patterns of behavior, jobs, or relationships
  • anxiety or depression
  • senses of urgency  
  • perpetual stress or feelings of being unsettled
  • the sense of knowing what’s happening with a lack of accompanying changes 
  • challenges getting out of your own head, repetitive thoughts
  • being wired and tired
  • nightmares & sleep disturbances
  • traumatic retentions that show up as muscle tension, digestive issues, psychoemotional symptoms 
 
IF SO, LET'S CONNECT

tools we use

Dreamwork

Gain insight into your life’s challenges and understand yourself honestly through creating or building upon a relationship with your dreams.

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Somatic Experiencing

Learn tools to stay regulated in your nervous system, present in your body, and meet all that life has to offer with choice, sovereignty, and resourcefulness.

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Expressive Arts

Allow the creative process to support your discovery, transformation, and continued emergence. No artistic experience is needed.

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THOSE WHO HAVE SHAPED ME:

My dreams, my students’ dreams, the unflinching honesty and support that comes from dreams.

The people I work with and my on-going journey; all that continues to teach me about perseverance, vulnerability, courage and transformation.

Somatic Experiencing and its’ tools, techniques, and principles.

The Tamalpa Life/Art Process and teachings of Anna and Daria Halprin.

Arnold Mindell, the dreaming body and a process-oriented framework.

The yogic lineage of Gurudev Sivananda and the teachings of Swami Radha, founder of Yasodhara Ashram.

Dr. Gabor Mate and his teachings on authenticity and belonging. 

Susan Raffo and the lens of healing justice.

Bayo Akomolafe and his work and inquiry.

The teachings of Sharon Salzberg, Pema Chodron, and the practices that keep us soft, open-hearted, strong, and discerning.

Dance as movement through various teachers and forms.

Dr. Stan Tatkin and his teachings on attachment theory, neuroscience, and arousal regulation.

Plants, the natural living world, and my teachers of herbal medicine.

JULIE MACADAM

MA, RSMT/E, SEP

I am a registered somatic movement therapist trained through both Somatic Experiencing International and Tamalpa Institute. 

I have formal training and education in yoga, herbal medicine, dreamwork, and expressive arts therapy.

I have a passion to support people in deepening awareness, authenticity and belonging.

MORE ABOUT ME...coming soon!
“Working with Julie has been such a valuable experience. I had no idea that dreamwork could be such a window into my day to day patterns and conditioning. Julie so expertly and compassionately guides me to the gold. I understand now how much dreams have to offer us, and how much medicine is available in them. Julie is such a skilled practitioner and it is so clear that she loves this work, making her sessions all the more potent. I so highly recommend working with her!”

- Emilia, Massage Therapist
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"Time and time again, Julie ventured into the depths of my wounds with me compassionately, at the right time, knowing how deep to go, how to relate to what came up through the body, helping me find a deeper embodied senses of resolution and peace than I had experienced in a very long time. I’m not exaggerating when I say that every session led me through an arc, and by the end of each session, I felt reassured in my body and a greater sense of empowerment in handling the inevitable stressors of life. I approached my life with more grit and ease, took more risks, knew more clearly when to set my personal boundaries, and identified which relationships were supporting my health and happiness."

- Emily, Somatic Practitioner
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"SE with Julie was game changing, and the missing ingredient in my healing process. It took feeling what a settled nervous system is like to start noticing more clearly when I was activated or shut down. I started to be able to tell when something activated a survival response in me, even subtly, I had tools to move through it into groundedness and clarity, and the felt sense to know when I had actually succeeded. When I felt anxious or unmotivated, I could approach myself with more compassion, seeing these feelings for the “nervous system injuries” that they were instead of character flaws. Julie taught me nervous system literacy, and equipped with that literacy, so much of my life changed. Her understanding of nervous systems and her patient compassion earned my trust almost immediately. She truly has a gift."

- Anonymous
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