Jeri Teresa
Quick Facts:
Jeri’s location for appointments is at our Main Street location
392 E. Main Ave
Sisters, OR 97756
About me:
Hi, I’m Jeri. I moved to Central Oregon in 2017 to work as a field guide in wilderness therapy. Being immersed in that environment—supporting people in crisis and watching the therapeutic process up close—I realized something crucial: healing happens through the body, not just the mind. That insight led me to shift paths, study massage therapy, and spend the last six years learning how the body holds experience, adapts to overwhelm, and communicates what words often can’t.
Somatic coaching has become the bridge between my background in mental-health work and my deep respect for the body’s wisdom. Outside of sessions, I draw nourishment from tending growing things, spending time in the forest hiking, camping, and opening myself to the experience of awe, as well as engaging in somatic dance and movement practices.
These are the places where I learn and return to my own body—practices that inform the steadiness, curiosity, and respect I bring to my work. It is a daily practice to walk this path for myself and it is my calling to accompany you on yours—to hold space for what hurts, to honor the resilience your body has built, and to support you in uncovering the deeper truth and joy waiting underneath.
What services do you offer?
Somatic Coaching:
In coaching sessions, we combine conversation with embodied awareness, breath, and gentle movement to explore how your body holds experience and what it needs to shift. This work supports regulation, emotional clarity, boundaries, and the capacity to move toward what matters to you.
Massage Therapy:
My massage sessions offer restorative, therapeutic touch that helps release tension, integrate emotional or somatic insights, and support overall wellbeing. I work slowly and intentionally, listening to the body and following its cues.
Embodied Workshops:
I also offer small workshops focused on embodied boundaries, nervous system awareness, and reconnecting with the body as a resource. These classes blend education with simple, experiential practices that you can take into your daily life.
Who is a good fit for my services?
My work is a good fit for people who sense their body is carrying more than their mind can explain. You might notice tension, activation, numbness, or repeating patterns in your relationships or daily life, and you’re wanting a different way to meet those experiences.
You’re someone who’s curious about your inner world and open to slowing down enough to hear what your body is communicating. You don’t need things to be “fixed” for you—you’re looking for support, guidance, and practices that help you feel more connected, resourced, and steady within yourself. My services typically support people who:
• Want to feel more at home and present in their bodies
• Are working on boundaries, communication, or staying grounded with others
• Notice old patterns and want to shift them from the inside out
• Prefer a gentle, paced approach rather than intensity or pressure
• Value practical tools they can use in everyday life
If you feel drawn to reconnecting with your body and creating more capacity for what matters in your life, this is a good place to begin.
Who is NOT a good fit for my services?
My work may not be a good fit for people looking for quick fixes, prescriptive advice, or a highly structured treatment plan. I’m not an appropriate provider if you need clinical mental-health support, crisis intervention, or medical assessment. My approach also won’t resonate if you prefer fast-paced sessions that stay only in intellectual problem solving or avoid slowing down into bodily experience. If you’re disinterested in gentle exploration, subtle awareness, or moving at the pace your system can genuinely handle, my work may not be the best match.
What to expect when working with me:
When you work with me, you can expect a calm, grounded space where we move at the pace of your nervous system, not at the pace of pressure or expectation. I listen closely—to your words, your breath, your posture, and the subtle shifts that show what’s happening underneath the surface.
I offer gentle curiosity and practices that help you notice what’s present, name what’s true, and feel what your body is communicating. Sessions often include a mix of conversation, somatic awareness, breathwork, gentle movement, and self-expression that supports regulation, boundaries, and clarity.
You’ll learn how your system organizes around stress, how to recognize early cues from your body, and how to build resources that make change feel possible and sustainable. I avoid quick fixes, spiritual bypassing, or forcing a narrative onto your experience.
I don’t rush emotional processes or separate the mind from the body. Instead, I support you in developing a more trustworthy relationship with yourself— grounded, embodied, and real. Clients often describe our work as spacious, steadying, and deeply relieving, with a sense of being met exactly where they are.
