Last year, Denise Elysa joined Dr. Sarah Young on the NeuroAlchemy podcast, a show exploring the intersection of science and soul. Partway through the conversation, Denise described her healing not as one dramatic turning point, but as a thousand tiny moments of choosing herself again and again. That phrase became the thread running through the entire episode. The conversation covered …
The Summer Solstice: A Turning Point and Opening to Receive the Medicine of this Season
Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year, arriving in June in the Northern Hemisphere and December in the Southern Hemisphere. The sun reaches its peak, the light is full, and somewhere in that fullness is an invitation most of us walk right past. Denise Elysa, somatic practitioner and intuitive energy healer, has been working with the rhythms of …
Announcing a new virtual sanctuary: EmbodiedSoul with Denise Elysa
For over 5 years it has been a dream of mine to create a way to offer this work sustainably and affordably. My partner always teases me that if we were to win the lottery, he would finally be able to give up working a regular job and that I would continue to do this work for free. He’s probably …
Welcoming 2026 softly…
Welcome to 2026! This first full week of January can bring up a lot for people – relief, pressure, chaos, ease, slowness, and more. If you’re a parent you may feel relieved that school/daycare is back in, routine is returning. If you’re a parent to a child with additional needs or challenges around school, this week might bring more stress, …
On the Days That Could Break You: Choosing Connection Over Collapse
Last week I had a really hard day. I had hard conversations in multiple areas of life, and received devastating news that will force me to either expand or contract. The type of news that in an instant, gives you the choice: are you going to be a victim (because you can, and it would be an acceptable response to …
My Work is Shifting – Exciting News!
I have so much exciting news to share with you all! Much of it is still in the works so I can only share so much at this time, but read on for what I can tell you. I’m into my practicum for my Somatic Reconditioning Practitioner’s Certification as well as finishing up some business classes. I’m really seeing how …
Yesterday I left my wheelchair in the car – on purpose.
Yesterday we took our youngest to the Aquarium…and I left my wheelchair in the car. Most of healing does not happen overnight, nor in big, sudden, social-media worthy shifts. Have I experienced what most people view as “miracles”? The sudden ability to walk for example, after a period of being unable to walk unassisted? (In my case due to severe …
My Body Hasn’t Always Felt Like Home
I live in a body that for much of my life has not felt like home. These days I often don’t recognize it. I’d be lying if I said I never wince at its sight. It doesn’t look like the body that I worked so hard for, so many years ago. The clothing that used to feel most comfortable, no …
6 Years Ago I Celebrated Remission, Then I Crashed.
6 years ago yesterday – July 1, 2019, I gathered with friends and family to celebrate the end of my Lyme treatment (4-5 years of it at that point) and the beginning of what we thought was remission. 6 months later my life changed drastically in many ways and I experienced a series of overlapping events (about 3.5 years of …
I couldn’t have done this 6 months ago; Reflections on Lyme disease, Complex Chronic Diseases and how far I’ve come.
Barefoot on the earth, morning sun on my face, chicory and dandelion “cappuccino” in hand, bees in the flowers – all things I’m grateful for this morning. This moment had me reflecting on the early days of my health journey when I was first diagnosed with Lyme disease and co-infections in my early 20’s. A lot of my dialogue around …
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